Knobbly knees were on show throughout Westpac offices around the country last Friday as the big five bank’s staff showed their annual support for BoardiesDay – a fundraising event of Surf Life Saving Australia.
Westpac actively encourages staff to participate in the community with 85% of the bank’s …
Many things in life are relative – so if you thought queuing was a problem in Chinese banks then take a look at the public health system.
A dragondata staffer experienced first hand how relatively advanced banks actually are compared to other mass industries in China after a …
The real decision-makers behind Britain’s company pension schemes lurk in the boardroom rather than the pension manager’s office.
The findings of the annual survey of the Confederation of British Industry, the body representing the UK’s business leaders, certainly make for some interesting reading.
Despite the shutdown of final …
The proportion of Australian households struggling to make ends meet has fallen marginally over the past six months despite a further rise in interest rates in August, according to new CoreData research completed last week.
The numbers doing it tough remains high however with 46.2% of households running …
The global phenomenon of Wikipedia has spread to funds management with a California-based investment group harnessing the talents of traders and investors to boost its fund performance.
Marketocracy, as the group is known, has removed the notion of ‘key-man risk’ often associated with funds management groups – whereby …
Large banks and financial institutions in many countries often have brands closely aligned to a nation’s history, culture and economic wellbeing.
In some ways this helps to partly explain the furore created when institutions look to move often non-core business operations offshore – however one angle rarely considered …
