Karl Marx seems to be the poster boy of late in the economics world with his critiques of capitalism penned in the 1800s. To maintain the illusion that this burningpants correspondent is hip (so far no Che t-shirts though), we will play along.
If we could surmise his …
The Australian media is a schizophrenic beast. In just one week, we have heard predictions that a shortage of housing supply will underpin demand; that Australia’s heading for a US-style property crash; that unemployment is on the rise and the economy is heading for recession; and that the …
The biggest shakeup of the UK banking sector in more than 25 years was announced on Monday in London, with the Government moving quickly to support the plan.
Chancellor George Osborne led the chorus backing a review by the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) into the sector and …
For the past week or so, your burningpants correspondent has been travelling the country, talking to people, presenting data, meeting members of our high net worth panel and listening to what people have to say.
A lot of this time was spent with people from financial planning businesses …
French president Nicholas Sarkozy said: “Globalisation requires us to reinvent everything” and nowhere is this more relevant than in the world of financial services.
Recent CoreData client meetings on the ground in Europe and US, and via calls with clients in Latin America and Asia have seen reoccurring …
