Bushfire-Ravaged Australians Face Choice in Era of Climate Change: Rebuild or Leave? January 23, 2020 By Sybilla Gross and Emily Cadman It took two years for Nigel Allison to build his mud-brick house on a sleepy southeastern tip of Australia, and...
Insurance Industry Calls for Action to Mitigate Climate Risk as Australia Bushfires Widen January 8, 2020 By Emily Cadman As the devastation from Australia’s bushfires widens, the insurance industry is calling for concerted action to mitigate the impact of...
Financial Services Industry Misses Out on $700B a Year by Ignoring Women: Report November 15, 2019 By Emily Cadman The male-dominated finance industry is missing out on more than $700 billion a year in revenue by failing to listen...
Australia Braces for Another Week of Devastating Bushfires November 12, 2019 By Emily Cadman and Jason Scott Australia is bracing for another week of devastating bushfires, with swaths of the eastern seaboard and even areas of greater...
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Blames Predecessor for Insurance Mis-Selling November 20, 2018 By Emily Cadman Commonwealth Bank of Australia Chief Executive Officer Matt Comyn has pinned the blame on predecessor Ian Narev for failing to...
Billionaire Li’s FWD Group Nearing Deal to Buy CBA’s Indonesia Unit October 22, 2018 By Joyce Koh, Manuel Baigorri, Emily Cadman and Fathiya Dahrul Billionaire Richard Li’s FWD Group is nearing an agreement to buy control of Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Indonesian life insurance...
Litigation Financing Emerges as Alternative Asset Class for Wealthy Investors August 29, 2018 By Emily Cadman When shares of AMP Ltd. plunged earlier this year after the firm was engulfed in a fee-for-no-service scandal, the Australian...
AIA Buys Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Life Insurance Business for A$3.8B September 21, 2017 By Emily Cadman and Bei Hu AIA Group Ltd. agreed to buy Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s life insurance business for A$3.8 billion (more than $3 billion),...