Tony Boyd

Statements made by the director of an ASX-listed company at the tail end of 2023 are a wake-up call for non-executive directors as they contemplate a year ahead filled with challenging governance issues.

High levels of R&D do not necessarily translate into increased returns on invested capital.

Never in big-tech history has a large player doubled its revenue for three years running. Chipmaker Nvidia’s results this week may point to it happening.

Seek’s recent tech upgrade is being talked about as an exemplar case study. Involving 1000 people including 350 engineers, the project came in on time and under budget.

The learnings should be of interest to the broader economy, because badly handled IT projects – and there are too many to name – are a heavy drag on productivity.

The learnings should be of interest to the broader economy, because badly handled IT projects – and there are too many to name – are a heavy drag on productivity.

A plan to replace nine IT systems with one Microsoft platform is a case study in how not to manage a large-scale tech project.

There is potentially billions of dollars of loans to customers electrifying their homes switching from coal-fired power and gas to solar and battery power.

The country’s smaller banks have a bleak future due to higher cost of funds, excessive capital requirements, costly technology upgrades and lack of scale. But will regulators do anything about it?

Australia's equity capital markets are slipping behind global competitors on market value, shares traded and foreign listings. That trend is unlikely to change while the ASX is fixing its monopoly clearing and settlement system.