Waning central bank influence puts investors on notice

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Disruptive influences are here to stay, investors should “look to the evidence”, says global investment manager “Gone are the days when central banks could pull the levers and set global

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Regulation of Australia’s financial system ‘needs overhauling’

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The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) should seize the moment and recommend an overhaul of the regulation of Australia’s financial system, says Alex Erskine, managing director and founder of Erskinomics Consulting.

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The invisible force aiding global banking regulation

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JPMorgan Chase’s recently announced trading or investment loss of US$7.5 billion (A$7.3bn) highlights how the world’s financial system ran smoothly from the 1930s to 2008 largely because commercial and investment

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The sharemarket panic – what happened to the global recovery?

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After the events of the last few weeks it’s easy to be bearish. After plunging nearly 20% from their highs earlier this year to the lows last week, global share

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