ISSUE NO. 59

9 October 2023

Opinions

• No such thing as a free lunch

• Sharing is caring (or is it?)

• Which is it? The dad sandal or the nine-billion-dollar sandal

Partner Columns:

• MYOB Column: Comfortable conversations for financial advice

• Forsyth Barr FOCUS: Ballots and Bulls

COVID-19: Have we forgotten about climate change?

Climate change and Covid-19, the two major C-words running the world the past few years. Initially, the lockdowns seemed good for the state of the planet, with significantly reduced car and manufacturing emissions, smog lifted around the world. However, as Kai-Yun Gao wrote in the very first Bulletin Edition, the Covid-19 pandemic caused a surge in disposable medical equipment in the interest of protecting healthcare professionals.

Issie Dekker 29 May 2023

How close is the US to economic Armageddon?

“Unprecedented economic and financial storm,” were the words chosen by US treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, when asked to give her thoughts on what would come to pass should the US default. On the one hand, they may be ignored as the ramblings of another paranoid economist trying to have their Burry Big Short moment.

Skip Gee 22 May 2023

Hindenburg Research: Will it soar or crash and burn?

In January, a little-known hedge fund rose from obscurity to declare war on one of the world's richest men. Only months later, Hindenburg Research is at it again, taking aim at a legend of wall street.

James Maclean 15 May 2023

29 May 2023 | Victoria Clarke | Interview by Isabella Ho

For our first Alumni Conversation article of the year, I spoke to one of UAIC’s earliest members, Victoria Clarke. After graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Economics) and Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Victoria has worked in management consulting, private equity and is currently a Partner and Chief of Staff to the CEO at Environmental Resources Management (ERM).

26 SEP 2022 | Jono Chisholm | Interview by Tim Cross

Recently, as part of the Conversations series, I chatted with Jono Chisholm, an Associate with private equity firm, BGH Capital, in their Melbourne office. A former UAIC Investment Committee Chairman, Jono graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science in Finance, Mathematics and Statistics in 2018.

12 SEP 2022 | Jillin Yan | Interview by Isabella Ho

This week, we are featuring Jillin Yan, a member of the 2018-2019 Investment Committee. After graduating with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) in 2019, Jillin joined McKinsey & Company as a Business Analyst and is currently working at August Robotics as a Business Strategy Manager, based in Hong Kong.

Tim Cross Editor-in-Chief

Joshua Paul Senior Writer

Luka Borich Senior Writer

Isabella Ho Senior Writer

Andrew Huang Writer

Francesca Masfen Writer

Hannah Jones Writer

James Maclean Writer

Lily Crawford Writer

Trinity Vong Writer

Ben Hall Sub-Editor

Aniston Inger-Holland Senior Writer

Issie Dekker Senior Writer

Skip Gee Senior Writer

Devika Modak Writer

Evan Manning Writer

Faheem Ibrahim Writer

Riley Bogard-Allan Writer

Danielle Smith Writer

New Zealand’s SMEs: A Snapshot 2022

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 97% of all NZ businesses and are at the heart of our local economy and communities.

MYOB has been helping businesses across ANZ start, survive and succeed for more than 30 years, and just like we’re not the same business we were three decades ago, neither are the local SMEs we serve.

Taking insights from the MYOB Business Monitor and a range of other data sources, we’ve pulled together an overview of what the typical SME looks like today in New Zealand.

Read the full report here.

Lessons from the world's worst investor

This is a tale about John Smith, the world’s worst (or maybe just unluckiest) investor.

Before you feel too sorry for John, don’t worry, we’ve made him up!

In reality it would be hard to be as bad or as unlucky as John even if you really tried.