Victor Hill

Facebook unfriended

In a few short months, Facebook has gone from being the tech giant everybody likes to global bogeyman. Are all…

Is Macron’s France beyond reform?

Emmanuel Macron and the Goblet of Fire French President Emmanuel Macron is a dynamic young wizard. But the fundamental reform…

Trumpery is Working!

We always knew that Donald Trump was a badass. What we didn’t know (though the stock markets kind of knew)…

Real estate down-under is a one-way bet

Well-off Aussies and Kiwis prefer to invest their hard-earned dollars in bricks and mortar. With home prices softening in the…

The grass is greener in the Land of the Long White Cloud

New Zealand is a land of moderate weather, politics and economic policy. Growth prospects for the New Zealand stock market…

The Great Australian Soap Opera

Australian politics has much in common with the country’s most famous TV soap. But the real issue right now is…

Where now for oil and the fracking revolution?

One year ago I reported for this magazine that the global oil and gas industry was experiencing one of the…

Banker-bashing down-under

Australia’s bankers are mired in scandals that make the country’s cricket team look virtuous by comparison.  Bloated bank bonuses down-under…

Grappling with the bear

What will be the long-term consequences of the incident in Salisbury on 04 March? It seems a new arms race,…

The Twilight of the Zombies

Globally, the corporate default rate is about to spike. That will have serious consequences for the international financial system –…