Aviva is a financial services firm. Its CEO is Amanda Blanc. She must have nothing to do. If so, the firm, its investors, clients and staff would be better off if Amanda just admitted it and disappeared.
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Business issues and decision making.
Mitigating investment strategies in 2023
I’m sure my readers don’t need to be told that 2023 is proving to be a challenging year for investors.
Continue readingEthically Unconscious
What is an Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund (Hedged)?
Continue readingLarry Fink confuses me
Larry Fink, founder of Blackrock investment behemoth, is confusing me.
Continue readingScandals in professional services are usually terminal
The scandal engulfing PwC in Australia has the potential to destroy the Australian business.
Continue readingWho would be an insurer?
Insurance is the second greatest invention of the financial world. (For those wondering about the greatest? Commodity backed money.)
Continue readingWhat would you do, if you were me?
Be honest, who hasn’t had someone seek advice with that question?
Continue readingDismantling superannuation
The governing Labor Party in Australia has just delivered bills to the Parliament to authorise next year’s budget. Included in the measures is the additional tax on superannuation balances that exceed $3m.
Continue readingOn track to fail
Writing in today’s Financial Review, Michael Read reports: “Federal Labor’s landmark policy to build 1 million new homes in five years is on track to fail..” Great opening line, seething with dark humour. Politicians in charge, make decisions, failure arrives on cue.
Continue readingThere is no pleasing some people
This is becoming tiresome. More opinion presented as research. In this case, the Financial Services Council of Australia has released its latest piece on superannuation in Australia. The FSC finds that Australians are not spending their superannuation quickly enough and this is ‘not optimal.’
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Australian Actuary 