Opinion

27 March 2017
Like so many of us in modern business, William Muir, an evolutionary biologist at Purdue University, was interested in productivity and performance – only he turned his attention to chickens
20 March 2017

As financial services firms continue to innovate, cyber criminals are presented with new avenues of attack – which means cyber security should be a focus for companies from the beginning of ...
13 March 2017

Ever since we were young, we’ve been given advice.
6 March 2017

For many brokers, 2016 was a challenging year. Changes in credit policy were plentiful, with banks interpreting APRA’s guidelines in varied ways. Banks used pricing as a lever to drive and ...
27 February 2017

Federal MP Andrew Broad’s recent ill-considered suggestion for banks to lend 100 per cent of the purchase price to first home buyers would quickly see prices sky rocket, with borrowers ...
20 February 2017

Despite reports to the contrary, an oversupply crisis is not looming over Melbourne’s property industry.
13 February 2017

Credit providers will need to embrace newer technologies and real-time data processing in order to meet changing client needs, writes Experian’s Suzanne Steele.
6 February 2017

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) November 2016 building approvals data, there were 17,569 houses and units approved for construction across the country over the month
23 January 2017

Unless you’ve been too busy writing business to read any articles since 2010, you would have heard of the term peer-to-peer lending.
16 January 2017

As a representative of Gen Y, I will be the first to put my hand up to admit that I am incredibly demanding and I want everything.
9 January 2017

There has been much debate recently about the use of open data in financial services, with government and industry alike weighing in on innovation, data ownership, privacy and related issues
3 January 2017

At this time of the year, business owners are naturally reflecting on the successes, failures and lessons of 2016 and setting their strategy and goals for 2017.
19 December 2016

The Christmas break may be the best time for professionals to freshen up some of their processes in preparation for the new year. Below are some of my tips and tricks to implementing or ...
12 December 2016

If you are still heading to a printer more than one or two times a day then you seriously need to think about reviewing not only your processes, but your entire business.
5 December 2016

The figures are damning. Despite 25 years of uninterrupted economic growth, the Australian dream of home ownership or even retiring comfortably is slipping out of the hands of many, and we ...