This Month
NAB tapped Bain & Company for its strategy refresh
Consulting firm Bain was called in to help National Australia Bank with its new strategy focusing on customers, it can be revealed.
- Edmund Tadros
October
China moves to boost tax revenue with crackdown on foreign wealth
Some wealthy individuals in major Chinese cities face tax bills of up to 20 per cent on their overseas investment gains, as authorities enforce long-overlooked rules.
- Jessica Sier
September
- Exclusive
- Earnings season
Country Road goes cheaper at Mimco, Politix in brand ‘reset’
The high-profile retailer will also launch its first fragrance as part of the overhaul, part of a bid to arrest a slide in sales after a difficult year.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Wong’s Asia push; BCG admits to bribes; Banks’ golden goose at risk
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
BCG admits it paid bribes to win consulting business in Angola
Boston Consulting Group has admitted it paid millions of dollars in bribes to win business in Angola, and agreed to give up more than $21 million in profits.
- Stephen Foley and David Pilling
August
Quadrant Growth Fund dealmaker invests in fast-growing medtech
It’s one of few such companies of scale in Australia and is right in Johnny Zhang’s wheelhouse.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- Executive shake-up
Ex-Levi Strauss executive to run Country Road brand
Just weeks after Elle Roseby left the Australian retailer, chief executive Raju Vuppalapati has appointed a former Levi’s colleague to head the fashion label.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Jonathan Shapiro
- Analysis
- GDP
Is the US heading for a recession?
Most analysts believe the world’s largest economy will make a soft landing, with inflation falling back to the Fed’s 2 per cent goal without a sharp rise in unemployment.
- Claire Jones, Delphine Strauss and Martha Muir
July
- Opinion
- Sustainability Leaders
Ideas to solve the next big climate challenges
Winners of the Sustainability Leaders list are pushing the boundaries of innovation, writes Rebecca Russell.
- Rebecca Russell
- Analysis
- Sustainability Leaders
How Sustainability Leaders entrants were assessed
Submissions came from ASX20 companies and multinationals, early-stage ventures and public institutions, and were scored against four measurements.
- Rebecca Russell
Path to Cats presidency goes through Boston Consulting Group
Critics have labelled Geelong a “boys’ club”. But the board of the Geelong Football Club has tended to draw from an even narrower pool.
- Myriam Robin
BCG’s local boss Grant McCabe on why he has taken up pilates
Boston Consulting Group’s Australian chief, Grant McCabe, says rookie executives should “remove that baggage” about whether they are going to succeed.
- Lap Phan and Ciara Seccombe
June
Alan Joyce’s bonus review in familiar hands
This being corporate Australia, one doesn’t have to dig deep to find the key players already know one another.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Workplace
Why workers are shunning plum foreign postings
Some companies have found that the impact of the pandemic has intensified a reluctance to move abroad for work.
- Pilita Clark
May
Consultant to take reins at Geelong in AFL succession
Boston Consulting Group’s local managing partner Grant McCabe will succeed Craig Drummond as the president of the Geelong Football Club.
- Patrick Durkin and Edmund Tadros
Cost-cutting advisers the bright spot in professional services
Advisers are being increasingly asked to conduct cost-cutting programs, from upskilling and reducing staff numbers to digitisation and automation.
- Edmund Tadros
Why so many top executives start in accounting, consulting
BOSS delves into the career paths of the senior executives at Australia’s 20 biggest companies to discover where they started – and the critical skills and experience they gained.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Quantum Computing
Only quantum physics can explain an investment this weird
The federal government has replaced sports rorts with a quantum rort that will not make real revolutions like AI go any faster.
- Toby Walsh
April
Australia named top destination in the world for expats
Australia has been named the No.1 destination in the world for professionals seeking to relocate internationally.
- Euan Black
Consulting firms step up tough push to oust staff
McKinsey is in the middle of a brutal round of career reviews; consultants will all be graded this month and those deemed to be underperforming will be “counselled to leave”.
- Updated
- Stephen Foley and Simon Foy
