ANALYSIS: Many actively managed global equity funds have produced appalling returns, but passive funds have hardly been a ‘get out of jail free’ card.
ANALYSIS: The past five decades have witnessed a dramatic transformation in the origins of NZ’s immigrant population, with a similar evolution expected to unfold in the next half-century.
Academics describe ‘abject failure’ of extremist politics.
ANALYSIS: Eric Watson’s son Sam is now managing director of an ASX-listed company. Investors will wonder if his business can overcome the legacy.
ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has reassured Māori the coalition will honour the Treaty.
ANALYSIS: While the Government recognises ‘the importance of local decision making’, it will not take a hands-off approach.
ANALYSIS: Ultimately, 2023 was a year of ‘what if’s and ‘maybes’.
ANALYSIS: Houthi attacks in the Red Sea just the latest in an escalating series of crises causing pain for all the world's exporters.
ANALYSIS: Quantifying the long-term impact of asset management fees.
ANALYSIS: Why the West must protect its intellectual heritage.