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Trusting your curiosity

Sep 22, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Jeff Whalley

It’s a useful skill and one she says probably developed from keeping company with her adventurous great aunt Elizabeth Warner, who was a writer and keen traveller, and her writer and documentary maker husband, David. "Listen more than you talk, be curious, be humble and be comfortable with discomfort because that's where the learning happens.” – Kat Hartmann “I remember thinking as a child it was a very interesting life they led,” Kat says.
Partnership is in the eye of the beholder

Sep 8, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Richard Yetsenga

Perhaps Australia will always be an outsider in the region? But perhaps insecurity or jaundice keep Australia from recognising the regional prosperity it has already shared in over a long period.
House prices heading in opposite directions

Sep 1, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Madeline Dunk |ANZ Institutional

The supply-demand imbalance in some capital cities means there’s just not enough properties to meet population growth at the moment, forcing up prices. "Auction clearance rates in Melbourne and Sydney have softened. ANZ Research now expects housing prices in Melbourne will fall 1.7 per cent by the end of this year.”Perth is where demand has been strongly outstripping supply, lifting prices 15.9 per cent so far in 2024.
The opportunity of Papua New Guinea

Aug 25, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Shayne Elliott

ANZ is one of the biggest banks servicing the region across markets including Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Vanuatu and Timor Leste. "Our presence there goes right back to 1910 and outside of our home markets of Australia and New Zealand, PNG is one of the oldest franchise in our network.”We also have a business servicing Institutional corporate clients in one of our nearest and most important neighbours – Papua New Guinea.
Managing a climate at risk

Aug 14, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Kevin Corbally

Integrating our environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach into the strategy creates an opportunity to better serve our customers. A key element of our ESG principles is the strategic and risk-based approach we take to managing various risks and opportunities from climate change. "I get to work with great people across different teams to set and execute on our strategic priorities.
How will you champion the customer?

Aug 13, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Maile Carnegie

This is not the start of some elaborate joke – it’s a bit of wisdom passed onto me early in my career and I still reflect on it today. "Being a contemporary ‘product person’ will help you shoot for the moon in ways you have never imagined. It’s about curiosity. We still need to have a hunger to grow ourselves – and our propositions to customers - in multiple directions.”In short - it’s all about knowing your customer and building propositions around them. Sounds simple, doesn’t it?
What Trump 2.0 would mean for Asia

Aug 6, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Krystal Tan |Raymond Yeung |Sanjay Mathur

Taking these proposals at face value, what impact would those policies have on the economies of Asia and how would they disrupt trade in the fast-growing region? "The more surprising change is that mainland China’s share of global exports has improved since the US-China trade war began, reflecting its ability to penetrate non-US markets.”Trump’s presidency – which ran from 2017 to 2021 – was a turning point for US trade policies.
State of growth

Jul 31, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Shayne Elliott

Today the bank has 1.2 million customers – many in its home state of Queensland. "To meet its potential, Queensland will need to keep growing its traditionally strong sectors like agriculture, resources and tourism – but also in new sectors like technology.”Suncorp Bank has played a significant role in the life of many Queenslanders, whether in the first homes it funded, businesses it kick-started or family nest-eggs it helped shape over generations.
Assembling a housing solution

Jul 23, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Jeff Whalley

This is the question Australia has had to grapple with in recent years as the proportion of income required to service rents and mortgages has climbed – making it hard for many essential service workers to find suitable accommodation.
Living the Olympic dream

Jul 23, 2024 | bluenotes.anz.com | Jeff Whalley

Kuralay – who now leads a team as Deposits & Home Loans Portfolio Manager for ANZ Plus – was also appointed to the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust in February this year.