22 May 2024
Crafting a practical career path
Kevin Corbally |
From chartered accountant to Chief Risk Officer, Kevin Corbally shares his practical approaches to carving out his career path.
Research
02 May 2024
In Charts: Inflation drivers for 2024
Catherine Birch | Senior Economist, ANZ
Rate cuts later this year are possible but dependant on the easing of domestic price pressures
29 Aug 2023
China’s mortgage risk
Raymond Yeung | Chief Economist Greater China, ANZ
If property values drop 30 per cent in China, 12 per cent of the country’s mortgage book will be in negative equity. If the price drops by half, that figure rises to 51 per cent.
25 May 2023
Tapping into the benefits of energy efficiency
Mark Whelan | Group Executive Institutional, ANZ
Making better use of the energy we have today is both a reliable way to lower emissions and improve energy affordability.
28 Mar 2023
Infographic: Queensland – the state of the future
Camila Salazar | Content Producer, ANZ
Queensland has the opportunity to accelerate its already strong economic growth. Targeted investment can capitalise on a new economy.
28 Mar 2023
Economic report: The future of Queensland’s economy
Gene Tunny | Director Adept Economics
Queensland has a great opportunity to accelerate its very strong economic growth. Download the full Queensland: Future state report by Adept Economics.
28 Mar 2023
Queensland: robust growth over the long-term, now and in the future
Gene Tunny | Director Adept Economics
08 Mar 2023
More action is needed to bridge the financial wellbeing gender gap
Natalie Paine | Social Impact Research and Reporting Lead, ANZ
A disparity exists in the financial wellbeing of men and women – and just like the gender pay gap it will take work and systemic change to address the inequity.
22 Feb 2023
Light at the end of the tunnel for New Zealand agriculture
Susan Kilsby & Sharon Zollner | NZ Agriculture Economist and NZ Chief Economist at ANZ
For New Zealand agriculture, inflation remains a worry but China reopening brings hope.
16 Feb 2023
Tall stories about the economy
Andrew Cornell | Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
The world in economic downfall… Fake news?
23 Jan 2023
The recovery the world needs
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
China will be reopening as the world economy slows and its signs of recovery provide further insurance against a global recession.
23 Nov 2022
Queensland’s Catch 22: strong demand exacerbates the housing affordability challenge
Felicity Emmett & Eliza Owen | Senior Economist, ANZ & Head of Australian Research, CoreLogic
Queensland the focus of the latest ANZ CoreLogic Housing Affordability Report. Rate rises slightly eased house prices but not without serious rental and affordability issues for locals.
16 Nov 2022
Australian retail outlook – spending up, confidence down, sales peaks shifting
Tim Suffield & Daniel Ling | Head of Client Insights Institutional, ANZ & Associate Director Insights, ANZ Institutional
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales becoming annual events on the retail shopping calendar, how are household spending habits changing?
19 May 2022
Stateometer: trade drives momentum
Bansi Madhavani | Senior Economist, ANZ
Sharp increase in trade drove economic momentum in the first quarter, the ANZ Stateometer shows, despite a slew of challenges.
06 Oct 2020
Budget 2020: the new era of fiscal leadership
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
Speaking on video, the ANZ Chief Economist scores the Federal Budget on three fronts.
06 Oct 2020
Budget 2020: in pictures - 2020 vision
David Plank | Head of Australian Economics at ANZ
See the key announcements for the 2020-2021 Australian Federal Budget in this infographic.
06 Oct 2020
Budget 2020: spend, business, spend
Cherelle Murphy | Senior Economist, ANZ
Australia’s 2020-21 Federal Budget was designed to get the private sector spending again.
06 Oct 2020
Budget 2020: engineering a recovery
Cherelle Murphy | Senior Economist, ANZ
Australian Federal Budget prioritises a private sector recovery, with fiscal conservatism tossed aside.
06 Oct 2020
The new fiscal reality
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
The modern fiscal world is radically different from any before it. What does the mean for the post-COVID recovery?
05 Dec 2019
Aus Christmas retail: bah humbug
Adelaide Timbrell & David Plank | Economist & Head of Aus Economics, ANZ
A weak economy and ongoing discounting periods are putting a dampener on the Christmas spirit in retail.
26 Feb 2018
PODCAST: Alibaba, the sleeping giant of retail
Jo Masters | Senior Economist, ANZ
While Australian retailers are bracing their windows for the Amazon storm, Alibaba is walking freely through the door.
22 Nov 2017
Stateometer: a clearer picture
Cherelle Murphy | Senior Economist, ANZ
Strength in labour market, recovery in mining states sees convergence in ANZ Stateometer.
18 Sep 2017
Growth backers: financing Asia’s rapid expansion
Carl Roberts | 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.
17 Jul 2017
Super: the great Australian apathy
Alexis George | Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Group Executive Wealth Australia, ANZ
More than half of all Australians significantly underestimate how much superannuation they’ll need for independence.
10 May 2017
Australian Commonwealth Budget 2017-18
bluenotes contributors |
Australia's Commonwealth Budget has been unveiled, with a focus on security, fairness and opportunity.
03 May 2017
Building a better future for Aus manufacturing
Christine Linden | General Manager, Regional Business Banking, ANZ Australia
Australia’s modern manufacturing sector carries with it an international reputation for quality and innovation.
27 Apr 2017
Bridging the gap for rural healthcare
Cindy Arthur | Head of Health, Regional Business Banking, at ANZ
As chronic disease grows and Australians continue to age, access to quality healthcare and the services provided by GPs - including specialists - becomes increasingly critical.
26 Apr 2017
The prognosis for Australia’s challenged GP sector
Francesca Rizzo | BlueNotes contributing editor
Australia's health sector is grappling with a variety of challenges including an ageing population and growing burden of chronic disease.
13 Apr 2017
Under the waterline between China and Japan
Mark Skulley & Jim Skulley | Freelance journalist & Honours student in international relations at La Trobe University
One of Japan's foremost China watchers, Seiichiro Takagi, tries to look over the horizon when it comes to the South China Sea.
12 Apr 2017
It’s not all about millennials: consumers are ageing
Gina Westbrook | Director Strategy Briefings, Euromonitor
There’s never been a better time to be old – or to take advantage of the growing mature-consumer market. Life expectancy is rising around the world, having a major effect on consumer behaviour and the way business approach the market.
09 Mar 2017
Single living, smaller: the reality of 2030
Jennifer Farmer | bluenotes production editor
By 2030 the size, location and demographics of households globally is set to change.
12 Jul 2016
Nine out of ten people will do the right thing (and click this story)
Andrew Cornell | Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
How do you convince fiscal miscreants to pay their taxes on time? Simply tell them everyone else is doing it, it turns out. Behavioural economics does the rest for you.
16 Jun 2016
Five ways professional services firms can succeed in Asia
Megan Mulia | Director Research and Information, Asialink Business
Across Asia, the need for knowledge-based services is expanding exponentially. With the region’s burgeoning middle class set to grow from 500 million people today to 3.2 billion people by 2030, the total market for services is growing quickly, particularly accounting, legal and advisory services – industries in which Australia has developed global capabilities.
04 May 2016
Australian Commonwealth Budget 2016-17: the balancing act
ANZ Research |
Australia's Commonwealth Budget has been unveiled, with a focus on setting the economic agenda, reducing the company tax burden and structural challenges.
27 Apr 2016
The moving parts of Australian bank wholesale funding costs
Philip Bayley | Industry Fellow, Monash University
The cost of debt raised by Australian banks in wholesale funding markets has been steadily rising over the last 12 months but the trend has only achieved prominence since the beginning of 2016, particularly as banks have made some so-called ‘out-of-cycle’ rate.
01 Apr 2016
Data: the fertiliser for agribiz growth
Michael Whitehead | Executive Director for Agribusiness Industry Insights, ANZ
Big data and analytics are big news. The opportunities data analytics present for the global agricultural sector are astonishing yet in many ways they are just the next step in a process which has been happening for centuries.
21 Mar 2016
The digital future of food
Mara Bun | Company director, consultant & moderator, Tallebudgera Valley
Remember the days when newspapers and TV decided what was news and consumers responded accordingly? Just as the news value chain splintered into a world where people create and share media, the food industry also confronts a changing landscape.
16 Mar 2016
Stateometer: slight east-coast easing
Felicity Emmett | Senior Economist, ANZ
States on Australia's east coast eased slightly in the first month of 2016 according to the ANZ Stateometer, although trends remain broadly positive.
04 Mar 2016
Germination in Aus grain industry
Christine Linden | General Manager, Regional Business Banking, ANZ Australia
The resurgence of rural and regional Australia is real. We are seeing fresh evidence of renewed confidence almost every week.
03 Mar 2016
Investment pours into FDA across APAC
Rob Locke | Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services and Managing Partner, EY Oceania
It's literally every day a new data breach or cyber crime or regulatory order flashes across news screens and alerts. And boards are taking notice.
02 Mar 2016
The five meatiest grains themes for 2016
Mark Bennett | Head of Aus Agribusiness, ANZ
Australia's grains industry is fundamental to the agribusiness sector. Not only does it create value in its own right but supports revenue growth in domestic and export markets across Australian agribusiness.
15 Dec 2015
What else is China buying in Australia?
Jerry Ge | BlueNotes contributing editor
The composition of Chinese investment in Australia is changing. Fast.
11 Nov 2015
The other strategy every IT leader needs
Andrew Arcuri & Richard Helm |
Cost and time overruns are commonplace for IT projects but in a major business transformation, they can be fatal. Research shows when technology-enabled transformations fail, they fail hard.
02 Nov 2015
The price of perks
Marcia Levinstock | Founder and Managing Editor of Content, Primary Ideas
One of the first questions we ask when we first meet someone is “What do you do?"
22 Oct 2015
Who watches the cyber watchmen?
Bruce Hassall | CEO, PwC New Zealand
Leaps in technologies hold great promise for contending with seemingly intractable cyber threats. Yet the spotlight on technological advances can dim the focus on the roles, competencies and training of people—often an over looked although very effective defence. We're seeing this start to change.
21 Sep 2015
Those who embrace disruption succeed
Christine Wakefield | Vice President of Global Corporate Payments ANZ, American Express
Disruption is a phrase increasingly bandied around in business circles but what's the real impact of disruption to Australian business and how do they respond in the face of it? Well, the results are in: those who accept disruption are statistically more successful. And those who turn away are just treading water.
15 Sep 2015
Have crims developed a social conscience with tap'n'go?
Andrew Cornell | Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
The mass theft of payment card data aside, the biggest payments scam going in the United States at the moment is petrol theft – even as the cost of fuel falls.
07 Sep 2015
The true cost of Australia's rural health issues
Andrew Gilbert | Head of App & User Support, ANZ
Rural and regional Australians face particular challenges due to geographic isolation. Unfortunately, health is a major one.
01 Sep 2015
Introducing the ANZ Stateometer: Big states pull away from the pack
Cherelle Murphy & Kirk Zammit | Senior Economist & Former Economist, ANZ
There are a lot of data out there telling us about how the economy is going. Building approvals, retail sales, the unemployment rate and consumer confidence are a few of the frequent indicators we are inundated with.
31 Aug 2015
Will market volatility stall China's liberalisation plan?
Li-Gang Liu & Richard Yetsenga | Former Chief Economist Greater China & Chief Economist, ANZ
Financial market turmoil has dominated economic news from China over the last month but has the volatility stalled the crucial move towards freer financial markets? BlueNotes put the key questions to ANZ China economist Li-Gang Liu and head of global financial markets research Richard Yetsenga
28 Aug 2015
Digital transformation in four (not so) easy steps: Part One
Maxim Sharshun & Stephen Reilly | Former Engagement Manager & Director, PwC Strategy
It's true. This internet thing looks like it really might catch on. It's a revolution, these meme-things tell me. Infographics cry about skyrocketing take-up rates and omni-channel proliferation. Our competitors have Chief Digital Officers, Disruptive Innovation Evangelists and UX/CX Champions.
21 Aug 2015
NZ's craft brewers go froth and multiply
Pete Barnao | BlueNotes contributing editor
Something special is brewing in New Zealand's craft beer industry. Demand for distinctive, quality beer is bubbling over at home but also growing abroad at a rate unimaginable a few years ago.
10 Aug 2015
Wrong way, go back: Australia's transport sector
Angelo Manos & Glenn Jennings | 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.
31 Jul 2015
The future of intra-Asia investment
Kevin Plumberg | Senior Editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit
There's a big shift in inter-regional investment on the horizon in Asia. Economic relationships between regional neighbours are poised to become even stronger but remarkably different in the years ahead driven by increased private-sector activity.
30 Jul 2015
Why business cards have survived against all odds
James Rose | Freelance journalist, Newsmodo
Recently three of Steve Jobs' old business cards were sold for $US10,500. Ironically this happened as Apple spearheads a push towards the use of e-cards which could effectively make hard-copy business cards obsolete.
27 Jul 2015
The changes Australian agriculture needs
Mark Bennett | Head of Aus Agribusiness, ANZ
Australia's agricultural sector faces the pressure of expectation as mining investment winds down and the country looks north to Asia's growing demand to provide the next great boom.
23 Jul 2015
Prepare for the LNG boom
Andrew Cornell | Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
Spiralling global demand has Australia facing a boom in its gas market similar to the ones seen in other commodities in past years, according to ANZ's head of commodity research, which could see LNG overtake iron ore as the main driver of Australia's exports in the export stakes and help push Australia's trade balance back toward the black.
15 Jul 2015
Australia's budding green bonds
Oliver Yates | CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Australian energy is slowly going green. More than 30 new renewable energy plants will begin operating across Australia within the next five years and Australia's fast-growing green bond market – and thousands of superannuants – are likely to be behind the investment helping to build this new capacity.
13 Jul 2015
The ageing elephant is an advantage
Bruce Hassall | CEO, PwC New Zealand
An ageing population is one of the key megatrends affecting New Zealand, Australia and most other developed countries. Like most megatrends it's often viewed as a threat, an ageing elephant in the room.
09 Jul 2015
What went wrong with China’s market
Li-Gang Liu | Former Chief Economist Greater China, ANZ
Investor confidence is tumbling in China and with it the county’s share prices driven by what has been in our view a rapid deleveraging process. The saga, which has seen billions of yuan wiped off the market, provides participants and regulators with an invaluable lesson on risk and rational investing.
25 Jun 2015
Digital customers need more than just digital
Stephen Karpin | Group Country Manager, Visa
Consumers, on average, unlock their mobile phone 110 times a day. You're likely to check your phone before you finish reading this article – if you're not already reading it on your mobile.
23 Jun 2015
How we can all help fill the female talent pool
Marion Fulker | CEO, Committee for Perth & Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
Gender equality is a hot topic nationally and internationally at the moment. In my experience, a discussion about diversity in any form quickly becomes a conversation about gender and this is probably because we haven't yet created an equal playing field for 51 per cent of the Australian population.
22 Jun 2015
Are credit cards a rip off right now?
Mike Ebstein | Director, MWE Consulting
In Australia, credit card holders are right now watching the cash rate hover at record lows, taking mortgage rates down with it. It's not something that's being reflected in their card rates. So why aren't these rates moving?
15 Jun 2015
A people strategy for the digital age
Bruce Hassall | CEO, PwC New Zealand
One of the biggest challenges for CEOs is making sure they have the right people to cope with the future – a near impossible feat for the rapidly changing digital age. Across the Asia Pacific, the speed of change is reshaping the way we live and work and business strategies are undergoing a fundamental re-think.
09 Jun 2015
Unravelling the Asian textile supply chain
Mark Ganz | Director Client Insights, ANZ
The Australian textile industry is at a vital turning point. With up to 70 per cent of Australia's retailers now sourcing directly from overseas, understanding the upstream dynamics of fabrication and distribution have never been so important.
28 May 2015
Women: take more notice of your financial future
Jane Nash | Head of Corporate Sustainability and Financial Inclusion, ANZ
For the first time since the ANZ Survey of Adult Financial Literacy in Australia was launched a decade ago, this year's report included a specific section on women.
25 May 2015
BlueNotes Podcast: Four signs an ASEAN boom is on the horizon
Glenn Maguire & Tammy Medard | Former Chief Economist South Asia, ASEAN & Pacific & Head of Diversified Industrials and Global Subsidiaries, ANZ
South East Asia is on the cusp of a boom as the ASEAN region looks set to emerge as not just a production hub but a domestic consumption hub as well. At ANZ, we think ASEAN will become as important for the global economy and for Australia and New Zealand over the next decade as China is now.
01 May 2015
Aus, NZ look to offshore M&A
Julie Hood | Managing Partner Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
A slowdown in domestic growth in Australia and New Zealand is contributing to an increased appetite for offshore merger and acquisition activity, according to new confidence data.
30 Apr 2015
Singapore: founding ASEAN nation but where is its future?
Vishnu Shahaney | CEO Indonesia, ANZ
As the year-end deadline for the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) draws near, the region's leaders are calling for a concerted last push over the finish line. Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recognise greater integration through a single market and production base is crucial in realising the region's economic potential.
28 Apr 2015
Financial integration lags the ASEAN boom is that a problem
Andrew Cornell | Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
In what was a predominantly bullish and timely reminder the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) looms as the next economic giant in the region, a few challenges stood out in ANZ Research's latest economic insight, ASEAN: The Next Horizon.
24 Apr 2015
Australia’s next horizon
Glenn Maguire | 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.
23 Apr 2015
Social customers will transform banking
Amanda Gome | Former head of digital and social media, ANZ
Across the financial services industry there is still scepticism around the value of social media. “Isn't it personal?" some ask. “What's the value to a bank of embracing social media? And are our customers really even on it?"
17 Apr 2015
Five ways services can be Australia’s job future
Mark Whelan | Group Executive Institutional, ANZ
The mining boom is in the past and Australian manufacturing is on its last legs. Where does this leave Australia's export industry? On its knees? The answer is no.
25 Feb 2015
The simple key to business success at home and abroad
Andrew Carlton | Vice president of customer service, American Express
Close to one billion new consumers will play a major role in shaping global demand for businesses over the next five years, according to Deloitte, as developing economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America continue to see rapid growth of their middle classes.
01 Dec 2014
ASEAN leads gender parity charge to drive economic growth
Eugenia Victorino | Economist, ANZ
Good news: economic participation within ASEAN is higher than the global average, according to a world Economic Forum report.
22 Oct 2014
Financial services still has a gender problem
Russell Thomas | CEO and Managing Director, Finsia
Women in the industry are paid less than their male counterparts and remain underrepresented in leadership roles.
09 Oct 2014
Inflation still a challenge for Modi: ANZ Research
Glenn Maguire & Devika Mehndiratta | Former ANZ Chief Economist South Asia, ASEAN & Pacific & Former economist, ANZ
The lack of ‘big bang’ reforms initiated by the new Modi government in India means the price of food and other goods is unlikely to come down. Without a majority in the upper house of the Indian parliament, the government is only able to deal only with ‘low hanging fruit’, and even then, these smaller scale reforms will take time to progress. More significant issues such as food supply and distribution will have to wait.
25 Sep 2014
Up in the air: what lies ahead for road transport?
Mark Ganz | Director Client Insights, ANZ
Drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, are one of the more spectacular risks facing the road transport industry. No longer just science fiction, with companies such as Flirtey in Australia and Amazon’s Prime Air in the US set to launch in 2015, it is easy to see that the transportation sector will need to evolve or get left behind on the ground.
04 Sep 2014
Intense competition and costs drive innovation in Hong Kong restaurants
Nicole Franklin & Zebrina Lau | BlueNotes contributing editors
Hong Kong’s vibrant restaurant scene is under threat – and not just from traditional rival food destinations in Asia like Singapore and Seoul. It’s not a noodle war, per se, but challenges in the way those noodles and other restaurant foods are prepared and served.