ANALYSIS: Many actively managed global equity funds have produced appalling returns, but passive funds have hardly been a ‘get out of jail free’ card.
Peter Walker also looks into Polynesia’s origins, Canterbury’s founding.
ANALYSIS: It remains to be seen whether the recommendations of the two current Commissions will be accepted by the Government.
ANALYSIS: NBR’s publisher is stepping back from managing the company, amid a swathe of changes in the newsroom.
Sticky domestic inflation means Reserve Bank has put off interest rate cuts.
ANALYSIS: Government agencies with no political axe to grind have raised fundamental problems with the legislation.
ANALYSIS: The polls say the major parties are neck and neck, and Green voters might be electoral ‘king makers’.
ANALYSIS: It will require careful balance of ambition and environmental stewardship to ensure the digital future is bright and sustainable.
ANALYSIS: Mistaken information, deep fakes, and deceitful, orchestrated campaigns have destroyed trust in governments and media – but business can also be its target.
ANALYSIS: There needs to be real effort from central government to provide multiple alternative funding models to address gaps.