The Money Cafe: Will Hayne go hard on the banks?
LISTEN: Kirby & Kohler are back from the break talking royal commission, a Brexit shambles and TPG’s big call.
Listen in as Wealth Editor James Kirby and InvestSMART’s Alan Kohler
reunite for the first Money Cafe podcast of the year. The dynamic duo discuss the looming final report of Ken Hayne’s royal commission into the financial industry and ask whether the commissioner will back up his stern words with tough recommendations.
They also survey the shambles that is Brexit and swap takes on TPG’s big call to ditch its mobile rollout plan as a pending merger with Vodafone awaits ACCC approval.
The pair also take in the latest signal from the US Fed, ponder the pereniall issue of measuring house price affordability and make note Alan’s Australia Day award.
Don’t forget to send you own questions to James and Alan via hello@theconstantinvestor.com.
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