@TonyBoydAFR

Contributing columnist for The Australian Financial Review

 Sydney
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Joined February 2012
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My latest AFR column - Firmus mess carries lessons for One Nation and Coalition afr.com/policy/tax-and-super…

Firmus mess carries lessons for One Nation and Coalition

In rejecting the prospectus, superannuation fund managers skewered the short-sighted criticisms of compulsory savings from the right of politics.

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Another great piece by @johnnyshap - ASIC washed its hands as bank bills are not financial products. Inside James Mawhinney’s rinse and repeat with new missing millions afr.com/companies/financial-…

Inside James Mawhinney’s rinse and repeat with new missing millions

The investments spruiker has spent the last five years trying to clear his name, after the collapse of his last moneymaking scheme. History is repeating itself.

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My latest AFR column - How Lynas survived China coercion, Malaysian activism and Wesfarmers attack afr.com/companies/mining/how…

How Lynas survived China coercion, Malaysian activism and Wesfarmers attack

Outgoing CEO Amanda Lacaze leaves the rare earths miner in a commanding position, expanding the market capitalisation of the stock by about 60 times to $16 billion.

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My latest AFR column - The untold story of ASX’s $250m tech implosion afr.com/companies/financial-…

The untold story of ASX’s $250m tech implosion

A former Chanticleer columnist’s handwritten notes from 2021 and 2022 expose how the ASX management hid the truth behind a failing $250 million tech project.

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My latest AFR column. Wanted: Bold CEOs to tap AI to break the consultant ‘straitjacket’ afr.com/technology/wanted-bo…

Wanted: Bold CEOs to tap AI to break the consultant ‘straitjacket’

The arrival of agentic AI means chief executives no longer have to surrender to external parties things they are ill-equipped to do.

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My latest column - ‘Absolutely crazy’: NSW hits wineries with Monty Python tax afr.com/politics/federal/abs…

‘Absolutely crazy’: NSW hits wineries with Monty Python tax

Winemakers who earn more money from their cellar door than from growing grapes are classed as manufacturers, not farmers, and lose their land tax exemption.

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My latest AFR column - ASX reaches innovation inflection point afr.com/companies/financial-…

ASX reaches innovation inflection point

Early indications are that the ASX will be stuck at the tail end of the innovation train as it embraces a technology platform that was once the preserve of bitcoin.

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My latest AFR column - This $28m property bust is a cautionary tale for private markets afr.com/markets/debt-markets…

This $28m property bust is a cautionary tale for private markets

What happened to these 72 investors highlights the perils of private markets: high fees, opaque valuations and millions in losses. It’s a warning to investors.

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My latest column - Macquarie’s disruption to banking ranks up there with AI afr.com/companies/financial-…

Macquarie’s disruption to banking ranks up there with AI

The bank’s role as the disruptor in chief to traditional banking warrants equal prominence as questions about the impact of artificial intelligence.

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My latest column - Heat on APRA from CBA attack on MacBank afr.com/companies/financial-…

Heat on APRA from CBA attack on MacBank

If APRA is persuaded there is no level playing field in retail banking in Australia, it would have implications for competition and the future of regional banks.

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My latest AFR column - AGL and Origin have sent a clear message about the energy transition afr.com/policy/energy-and-cl…

AGL and Origin have sent a clear message about the energy transition

The country’s two biggest listed energy companies, under Frank Calabria at AGL and Damien Nicks at Origin, are getting on with the energy transition while signalling the end of coal and no support...

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Bendigo Bank gets off lightly for systemic failings in anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing controls - apra.gov.au/news-and-publica…
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Netwealth pays $100m to First Guardian victims and admits it failed to do all things necessary to ensure that the financial services covered by its AFSL were provided efficiently, honestly and fairly. download.asic.gov.au/media/z…
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ASX inquiry finds "ASX suffers from a culture of insularity and defensiveness" - recommends "internal separation" of clearing and settlement but fails to define what this means. download.asic.gov.au/media/a…
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My latest column - ANZ Bank’s targets disconnected from reality afr.com/companies/financial-…

ANZ Bank’s targets disconnected from reality

ANZ Bank charismatic CEO Nuno Matos is stretching credibility with his promise to lead the greatest banking turnaround since the 1990s.

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A crystal clear definition of asleep at the wheel - ASIC v United Super (CBUS) judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/ju…
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My latest column. CEOs are having pay docked. They still may be getting off lightly afr.com/work-and-careers/man…

CEOs are having pay docked. They still may be getting off lightly

ASX boards are responding to pressure from regulators and investors to make executives accountable for failures in risk management. But is it enough?

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This London High Court judgement against BHP is a thorough, forensic analysis of the company's inaction between 2012 and 2015 to prevent a disaster that killed 19 people and destroyed the Doce River basin. judiciary.uk/wp-content/uplo…
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My latest column - Shield collapse is super’s $1.2b wake-up call afr.com/companies/financial-…

Shield collapse is super’s $1.2b wake-up call

Why, after 35 years of reform, are financial services ‘entrepreneurs’ so easily able to get past investor protection laws policed by ASIC and APRA?

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How Keystone Capital directors Paul Chiodo and Ilya Frolov got the Shield Master Fund through the porous walls of due diligence protecting investors using Macquarie Investment Management's wrap platform - download.asic.gov.au/media/v…
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