As the world emerges from the grips of COVID-19 into an era of geopolitical and economic uncertainty, companies are facing a bitter cocktail of rising inflation and the impacts of action taken by central banks to control it. Entering the FY22 results season,...
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in Australia are off to a slow start in 2022. Many Australian companies have postponed plans to go public to avoid the impacts of volatile markets shaken by soaring inflation, rising interest rates and an uncertain geopolitical...
With Quarterly Reporting season upon us once more, many investors will be re-evaluating their holdings given the turbulent macro-economic environment. In addition to ramifications from the war in the Ukraine and higher commodity prices, they will be trying to assess...
Diversity reporting has become an integral part of the corporate governance framework for public companies. The rise of ESG has given prominence to the importance of diversity, and strong causal evidence also shows that more women in leadership roles leads to better...
A turbulent macro-economic backdrop and looming election have put an even bigger spotlight on this reporting season, with uncertainty around earnings outlook, growing cost pressures and an accelerating timetable for interest rate hikes. While companies continue to...
The importance of ESG is not slowing down. In fact, it is quickly becoming the most important theme for investors, evidenced by the increasing pools of capital being allocated to ‘sustainable investing’. Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock,...