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CBA recruits MLC trio for KKR wealth joint venture
Colonial First State chairman Rob Coombe has hired three of his former colleagues at National Australia Bank’s MLC Wealth.
- Aleks Vickovich
- Opinion
- Superannuation
What will Australia do with its mountains of super money?
By mid-century our super savings will have long outgrown Australia’s sharemarkets, banks and the entire economy. We need to think about the implications of this now.
- Jeremy Cooper
Filecoin working with Holon on decentralised computer storage network
Protocol Labs, which is building a decentralised storage network to challenge the likes of Google, Microsoft and AWS, will work with Sydney-based Holon.
- James Eyers
Register
June
The new game in super and wealth
Turning the non-bank superannuation and financial advice model into a profitable business, at scale. Who will be managing the money?
IOOF’s CEO in driver’s seat as big banks flee wealth scene
As a young analyst, Renato Mota played a role in helping the banks enter wealth management. Now, he is doing more than anyone in Australia to help them get out.
- Aleks Vickovich
May
Higher education facing challenges on all fronts
Future-proofing higher education in the midst of a crisis
- Alana Piper
April
- Analysis
- Government Summit
Pan-Australia digital government emerges
The shape of a radically different federation began to take shape this week at the Australian Financial Review’s Government Services Summit.
- Tom Burton
Leaders debate the future of digital government
COVID-19 saw millions turn to governments for better service delivery. How will the momentum for whole of government digital service delivery continue?
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Putting citizens first the next digital transformation challenge
Once, a summit about ‘government services’ would have seemed oxymoronic. But both the consumer and digital age are catching up with the public sector at once.
- The AFR View
Five lessons from COVID-19 that will change us all
The disruption from technology and digitisation is in ‘equal parts overwhelming and exciting’, says Deloitte Access Economics chief executive Pradeep Philip.
- Julie Hare and Paul Smith
Government IT gold rush coming to an end: Pezzullo
Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo says the IT sector needs to prepare for a shake-up that will hit their profits.
- Ronald Mizen
Tech shift needed to counter China’s data supremacy
Australia risks being left behind by China if it doesn’t speed up the development and deployment of disruptive technology, says NSW government minister Victor Dominello.
- Paul Smith
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- SAP
A data-driven approach means a better response to bushfire emergencies
When the worst fire season on record hit NSW during the 2019/2020 summer, it became all too apparent how critical it was for the Rural Fire Service to be able to access timely, accurate data.
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The advice from his mentor Andy Penn that Stuart Robert ignored
Telstra boss Andy Penn taught Stuart Robert the fine art of micromanagement but he stopped short of auditing the performance of staff.
- Julie Hare
Meet the man flipping the government
Randall Brugeaud, the quietly spoken head of the Digital Transformation Agency, has been tasked to completely rebuild the way the Commonwealth works.
- Tom Burton
Call for national consensus on digital infrastructure
The federal government’s new digital minister wants states and the commonwealth to stop duplicating digital systems that don’t connect to each other.
- Tom Burton
- Exclusive
- Cyber security
Banks look for shared effort in escalating cyber war
Cyber security bosses at major banks say improvements in real-time intelligence sharing and assistance for smaller businesses will help counter the rise of cyber attacks.
- Paul Smith
March
- Exclusive
- Inside the deal
Long summer days: How BoQ swooped on ME Bank
BoQ’s George Frazis and Patrick Allaway used high-pressure M&A tactics to steal their quarry from more fancied rivals ANZ and Bendigo Bank.
- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald
Frozen loans tumble as deferral deadline hits
The value of frozen loans falls to just 0.5 per cent of total loans as the deferral experiment ends.
- James Frost
Nine’s cyber awakening represents an alarm call for all businesses
It all began with a 3am phone call informing the new Nine CEO of a cyber attack that has hampered operations all week and led to wider industry and government angst.
- Updated
- Paul Smith and Max Mason
- Opinion
- Bonds
RBA delivers stealthy QE increase
By maintaining the size of its bond purchase program while deficits are coming in much lower than expected, Martin Place is delivering a de facto QE boost.
- Christopher Joye
Banks to adopt YouTube metrics
Banks could use “dwell time” to monitor customer engagement on their apps as Zip plans an expansion beyond buy now, pay later and PayPal allows users to spend with bitcoin.
- James Eyers and James Frost
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Recovery relief as housing bubble risk rises
One of the biggest questions at The Australian Financial Review Banking Summit was whether Australia’s world-leading response to the crisis may now see a housing price bubble get out of hand.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
M&A boom says economy is strong
Investment bankers have taken the pulse of the post-pandemic economy and declared it is fit and healthy enough for a bumper year of M&A, with some banks already turning away business.
- Updated
- Tony Boyd
Responsible lending changes to ease customer pain points
Bankers and the prudential regulator agree that winding back the responsible lending rules will reduce time to lending decisions as Westpac knuckles down to the turnaround task.
- James Frost
