22 Aug 2022
Catherine Birch
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Senior Economist, ANZ
Supply constrains and COVID-19 disruptions mean Australia’s major projects sector will not peak for at least a few years.
14 Feb 2022
Catherine Birch
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Senior Economist, ANZ
Construction in Australia’s infrastructure sector coped okay through lockdowns but there’s much work to be done to meet lofty targets.
12 May 2021
Felicity Emmett
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Senior Economist, ANZ
From an equity perspective, the 2021 Federal Budget has taken the right steps.
12 May 2021
Richard Yetsenga
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Chief Economist, ANZ
Speaking on video, the ANZ Chief Economist says budget pushes the fiscal boundaries – and is right to do so.
12 May 2021
Adelaide Timbrell & Hayden Dimes
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Economists, ANZ
See all the key announcements from the 2021-2022 Australian Federal Budget in this infographic.
11 May 2021
ANZ Research
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Budget shows strong commitment to spend until unemployment is below pre-COVID-19 levels.
15 Feb 2021
Catherine Birch
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Senior Economist, ANZ
Although spending on major projects is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years, pandemic-related uncertainty could slow progress.
04 Nov 2020
Catherine Birch
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Senior Economist, ANZ
Spending on infrastructure will be a focus for all levels of government to encourage growth and jobs in a post-COVID economy.
12 Jul 2019
Stuart Fuller
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Head of Law, KPMG & Board Member, Asia Society Australia
The traditional concepts of infrastructure - or investment - are being strained by technology and innovation.
24 Jan 2019
Sharon Zollner
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Chief Economist New Zealand, ANZ
Trucks and cars can tell you a lot about the economy – and NZ might be losing some grunt.
13 Sep 2018
Daniel Gradwell
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Associate Director - Property, ANZ
Australia’s $120bn in construction projects a boon for the economy but rising cost pressures a real risk.
11 Sep 2018
Antony Buick-Constable
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Acting CEO, New Zealand Bankers’ Association
Far from stepping back banks are backing the construction industry during the building boom.
30 Aug 2018
Paul Goodwin
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MD Institutional, ANZ NZ
NZ's infrastructure is being undermined by policy uncertainty.
19 Mar 2018
Jean-Paul Pelosi
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Freelance journalist
There’s a gap between Sydney’s desire to be a global centre and its physical shape. What needs to change?
18 Sep 2017
Carl Roberts
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Head of ANZ Loan Syndications for South & Southeast Asia.
An infrastructure investment gap is opening up in Asia challenges regarding the availability and pricing of capital are increasing.
11 Jul 2017
Leon Gettler
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Veteran and highly regarded management journalist
On the cusp of regulatory change India – the world’s largest democracy – offers immense investment opportunity.
07 Jul 2017
Jean-Paul Pelosi
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Freelance journalist
Australians should be asking more questions about how their streets are used before it is too late.
01 Jun 2017
Sara Brocklesby
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Manager, communications & media, University of Melbourne
After two decades of modernisation and motorisation, China’s green push could see bikes make a comeback.
24 Apr 2017
Terrie Lloyd
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CEO, Japan Travel KK
One of Japan's big-three parcel delivery companies, Yamato, dropped a bombshell when an "inside source" told a major daily newspaper they would gradually end their same-day deliveries for Amazon Prime customers.
07 Apr 2017
Daniel Gradwell & David Plank
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Economist & Head of Australian Economics, ANZ
The decline in Australia’s mining-related investment has been well documented in recent years. There are still declines to come, but there’s good news: the drag on the economy from mining is steadily easing and other sectors are picking up the slack.
06 Apr 2017
Jason Qi
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Director in Client Insights and Solutions at ANZ
According to the old wisdom, 2017, the Year of the Rooster on the Chinese horoscope, suggests we can expect to see miracles emerge from seemingly impossible situations.
06 Mar 2017
Jean-Paul Pelosi
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Freelance journalist
The world is preoccupied with rating the city. From the towering skyscrapers of New York to Tokyo’s colourful neon and Melbourne's amiable public spaces, it seems there’s a way to grade every aspect of the modern metropolis.
07 Oct 2016
Chris Kelly
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Award winning artist
We spend a lot of time on the way to work – by foot, by public transport or stuck in traffic. But exactly how much time?
01 Jul 2016
Matt Nicol
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bluenotes contributor
The largest, most populous cities in the world continue to grow and businesses (and their staff) are paying the price for increasing traffic congestion. And the worst place for it is not those cities infamous for traffic like Beijing or Bangkok but Australia’s beach capital.
23 Mar 2016
Katharine Tapley & Catherine Bremner
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Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions & Former Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions, ANZ
This story is an edited version of a workshop delivered by Katharine and Catherine at the ANZ Global Capital Markets Corporate Debt Conference in 2016.
15 Mar 2016
Tim Murphy
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Journalist and Former Editor, New Zealand Herald
So quickly is the rollout and uptake of Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) occurring across parts of New Zealand, the government almost can't keep up with its press releases.
15 Dec 2015
Jerry Ge
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BlueNotes contributing editor
The composition of Chinese investment in Australia is changing. Fast.
16 Sep 2015
Martin Irwin
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Partner, Baker & McKenzie
The infrastructure debt market in Australia has been, since the global financial crisis, overwhelmingly led by the big four Australian banks together with significant capital from the Japanese and Chinese mega banks. But the demand for funds continues to grow unabated. Does Australia need an institutional debt market?
21 Aug 2015
Rebecca Colquhoun
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BlueNotes contributor
Sitting across a polished wooden table, pre-prepared notes arranged in front and frequently referred to, speaking only on their specific subjects of expertise – but always taking notes – these are the people charged with explaining China's new infrastructure bank.
10 Aug 2015
Angelo Manos & Glenn Jennings
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General Manager EC and Property, ANZ & Associate Director, Client Insights & Solutions, ANZ
Specialise or perish. That's been the message from industry commentators since the economic downturn on how to survive in Australia's notoriously competitive road transport sector. But a look at the data shows the cost of transforming business models can outweigh the benefits and some operators in the industry may have taken a wrong turn.
04 Aug 2015
Andrew Cornell
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Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
Following the Titanic disaster – the shipwreck not the movie – the global shipping industry and governments vowed to make sea travel safer.
24 Jul 2015
Will Rathvon
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Former Global Head of Resources, Energy and Infrastructure, ANZ
In late June a historic event occurred in the world of international diplomacy and infrastructure finance that aims to help satisfy the burgeoning need for Asian infrastructure growth.
06 Jul 2015
Li-Gang Liu
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Former Chief Economist Greater China, ANZ
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank passed another milestone in late June when 50 of its 57 founding members signed articles of agreement (AOA) for the institution. So now it is in operational mode, what can we expect from the AIIB?
02 Jun 2015
Andrew Cornell
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Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
The 21st century may be the Asian Century or it may yet be the century the emerging world joins the developed world. But however this century plays out, it will be an Age of the City.
24 Apr 2015
Glenn Maguire
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Former Chief Economist South Asia, ASEAN & Pacific, ANZ
I like traffic jams. When I find myself – as I often am – at a standstill in Hanoi, Manila or Jakarta, I am reassured all is well. As an economist, the traffic jam is one of the most tangible indicators of economies growing quickly, a burgeoning new middle class rapidly forming - these new middle-income households are purchasing vehicles and scooters for the very first time.
08 Apr 2015
Warwick Kneale
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Managing Partner, Baker Tilly Corporate Advisory Services
by Warwick Kneale, Managing Partner of Baker Tilly Corporate Advisory Services and Accounting Services, Thailand and Myanmar. Baker Tilly Australia is represented as Pitcher Partners.
26 Mar 2015
Li-Gang Liu
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Former Chief Economist Greater China, ANZ
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has become a focal point in global media headlines as some key European nations break ranks with the US and join up. Still, given its size and its newcomer status, the AIIB is unlikely to usurp existing organisations like the World Bank in the eyes of the world.
17 Mar 2015
Brad Carr
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Director, Institute of International Finance
The latest meeting of G20 Finance Ministers in Istanbul, focussed on growth and job creation, placed particular emphasis on infrastructure investment - not least with this year's G20 president being home to four of the world's 10 fastest growing cities.
25 Feb 2015
Dylan Eades & Justin Fabo
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Former Researchers, ANZ
The outlook for major project development in Australia has deteriorated, further evidence of a declining resource sector investment phase but also broader factors, notably lower commodity prices and a slower than expected pick-up in non-resource business investment.
03 Feb 2015
Indonesia is on the cusp of a new ‘golden era’ where the principal arms of economic policy in the country coordinate to implement new President Joko Widodo's development plan.
11 Nov 2014
Mike Smith
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Former Chief Executive Officer, ANZ
I have been a frequent visitor to China over 30 years. Its continuing transformation and growth is nothing short of remarkable. The country’s far-sighted focus on opening up has supported industrialisation and urbanisation on an unprecedented scale.