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Month: April 2018

Banking & Finance

Rebuilding trust in financial services at the AFR Banking and Wealth Summit 2018

Financial Services providers were scrutinized for their lending practices, remuneration models and misconduct handling procedures at the Australian Financial Review’s Banking & Wealth Summit this week. The Summit analysed a widening ‘trust deficit’ in the sector and explored how industry could resolve the issue to avoid more complex and intrusive regulation. Wayne Byres, Chairman of…

6 Apr 2018, by Amy Sarcevic

Transport & Logistics

Asset leasing in rail – what are the safety concerns?

“Power by the hour” deals have long been used in aviation, due to their perceived financial attractiveness. Unlike traditional time and material-based models, these long term service agreements (LTSAs) rid transport owners of weighty overheads, by linking engineering and maintenance costs to required activity. Fixed hourly rates mean that transport businesses no loner need to…

6 Apr 2018, by Informa Insights

Healthcare

Private Health Insurance – Paying for Value for Health Fund Members

Much debate has taken place since News Corp’s publication of the AMA’s list of fees - in health insurance. See AMA’s Private Insurance Report card for more details.   At Informa Insights, we did some research on what industry leaders have commented on this year’s controversial report. National Seniors Chief Advocate Ian Henschke says in…

5 Apr 2018, by Informa Insights