13 Oct 2023
Adelaide Timbrell & Arindam Chakraborty
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Senior Economist, ANZ & Economist, ANZ Institutional
The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence index is trending up. Consumer confidence rose 1.9 points last week amid continued reports of cost of living pressures.
28 Mar 2023
Gene Tunny
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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.
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.
10 Apr 2018
Antonia Watson
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ANZ Group Executive and CEO, New Zealand
First home buyers in NZ are starting to come back into the market.
19 Jan 2018
Thomas Hounslow
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bluenotes contributor
How much do doubles players earn compared with singles players at the Australian Open?
16 Jan 2018
Anthony Cavanagh
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CEO, Ganbina
Explore our interactive infographic to discover how Ganbina is making a difference to the lives of Indigenous Australians.
12 Jan 2018
Thomas Hounslow
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bluenotes contributor
It’s summer, it’s movie time so which flick is the greatest of all time? We have the figures to show you.
15 Dec 2017
Thomas Hounslow
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bluenotes contributor
Going deeper into credit-card debt seems to be a common Australian Christmas tradition.
01 Dec 2017
Thomas Hounslow
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bluenotes contributor
Almost 95 per cent of Australian and New Zealand homes play video games. Still think it’s just for kids?
17 Nov 2017
Thomas Hounslow
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bluenotes contributor
The wealthiest countries are often not the smartest, this interactive infographic shows.
15 Sep 2017
Thomas Hounslow
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bluenotes contributor
Explore our interactive infographic to discover the financial and psychological burdens of natural disasters.
11 Aug 2017
Thomas Hounslow
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bluenotes contributor
The world’s 50 most-valuable sporting clubs are in a league of their own compared to teams in Australia.
04 Jul 2017
Peter Dalton
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Managing Director Design & Development, ANZx
Far more than just a telephone, the iPhone has changed the world – and connected it – arguably more than any other device in recent history.
02 May 2017
Stephen Ries
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General Manager ESG and Stakeholder Engagement, Communications & Public Affairs, ANZ
Consistency in approach has delivered ANZ a 23 per cent lift in cash profit in the first half, supporting an improved return on equity.
12 Apr 2017
Gina Westbrook
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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
Jennifer Farmer
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bluenotes production editor
By 2030 the size, location and demographics of households globally is set to change.
16 May 2016
Greg Au-Yeung
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Head of Technology China, ANZ
Similar to many of my peers – if I haven’t been dragged to the shopping malls - I buy almost everything online. Thanks to China’s rapid development in the internet age, this is now really a breeze.
06 May 2016
Casey Hall
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Former Asian editor, WSJ, NT, CNN
China’s consumer economy is booming. So too, despite the well-publicised restrictions on content and channels, is the online economy. Now add ‘foreign goods’ to the fuel because cross border e-commerce is a boom within a boom – to the extent the government has just introduced some new controls on commerce.
17 Mar 2016
Paul Edwards
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Manager Operations Strategy, ANZ
Sitting through a bad PowerPoint presentation can be a tough experience for all involved. BlueNotes received a great response to Paul Edwards' recent piece showing how to rethink your approach to presentations, kicking off a great conversation in the comments and on social media.
04 Dec 2015
Sreeram Iyer
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Chief Operating Officer - Institutional, ANZ
How often have you heard a new starter in a workplace ask: “Why are you doing that this way? This is madness!”?
22 Oct 2015
Bruce Hassall
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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.
14 Oct 2015
Peter Booth
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Provost and Senior Vice President, Sydney University of Technology
Australia's largest trading partner, China, has a strategic focus to shift from 'Made in China' towards 'Designed in China'. Australia's 4th largest trading partner, South Korea, has established 17 major innovation centres in 17 major cities across the country to quickly develop its creative economy and creative industries.
21 Sep 2015
Christine Wakefield
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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.
01 Sep 2015
Cherelle Murphy & Kirk Zammit
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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.
21 Aug 2015
Pete Barnao
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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.
11 Aug 2015
Grant Mitchell
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Director, Port Jackson Partners
Papua New Guinea's development goals require a tripling of electricity supply by 2030 - growth the existing electricity delivery system will be hard pressed to deliver.
11 Aug 2015
Mike Smith
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Former Chief Executive Officer, ANZ
Asia's industrialisation is presenting Papua New Guinea with an unprecedented opportunity to fast-track its economic and social development.
30 Jul 2015
James Rose
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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.
16 Jul 2015
Hari Janakiraman
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Head of Core Trade, ANZ
Innovation is changing the face of banking, from online retail transactions to million-dollar iron ore deals.
15 Jul 2015
Oliver Yates
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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
Bruce Hassall
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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.
08 Jul 2015
Andrew Geczy
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Former CEO International and Institutional Banking, ANZ
The ambitious Trans Pacific-Partnership (TPP) is a step closer after Barack Obama secured US House of Representatives approval for the Trade Adjustment Assistance legislation which offers aid and training to US workers impacted by the trade deal.
28 May 2015
Jane Nash
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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.
01 May 2015
Julie Hood
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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.
28 Apr 2015
Ana-Marie Lockyer
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General Manager Wealth Products and Marketing New Zealand, ANZ
While I was walking through the airport recently, a Time magazine cover shouting “This baby could live to 142 years" caught my eye. As a mother of three young girls it was a stark reminder of the challenges my daughters will face in building a financial future.
10 Apr 2015
Jennifer Farmer
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bluenotes production editor
Around the world chief financial officers are putting into place spending plans for 2015. In the Asia Pacific, companies in India lead the charge among major markets when it comes to a desire to invest.
24 Feb 2015
Andrew Cornell
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Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
It sounds like the set up for a joke: a bunch of guys are sitting around for their regular get together, eating and drinking, before they realise none of them can pay.
12 Dec 2014
Olivia Hodges & Jennifer Farmer
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BlueNotes contributing editor & BlueNotes production editor
Access to financial services for Pacific Islanders can be disproportionately challenging when compared to other regions due to the geographically dispersed populations in many Pacific Island countries.
18 Nov 2014
Olivia Hodges & Jennifer Farmer
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BlueNotes contributing editor & BlueNotes production editor
Miriama Tawalovo began selling fruit juices by the Nabokalou Creek in Suva. She is now the proud owner of three micro-finance businesses in Fiji and an avid entrepreneur.
10 Nov 2014
BlueNotes reporter
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NZ Fieldays has become an unrivalled platform for showcasing NZ agricultural expertise and world leadership as well as demonstrating quantifiable economic impact.
04 Sep 2014
Nicole Franklin & Zebrina Lau
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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.
25 Jul 2014
Andrew Cornell
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Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
Key themes, key charts, what participants thought.