Adam Schwab
Adam Schwab is a commentator, business director, and the co-founder of LuxuryEscapes.com. He is also the author of Pigs at the Trough: Lessons from Australia’s Decade of Corporate Greed.
MBAs remain one of the most overrated concepts in education, with most business schools massively out of pocket thanks to their MBA programs.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has drastically watered down its executive pay guidelines, so financial executives can once again rest easy.
KPMG's approval of Macquarie Airports' $345 million bounty is kind of like saying a thief who steals your wallet was being fair and reasonable because they didn’t shoot you afterwards.
Crikey regular Marcus Padley may think a fee of 2% of an asset to a fund manager represents a good deal, but charging 2% to actively invest on behalf of clients is a grotesque rip-off.
The seven non-executive directors of former asbestos producer James Hardie received glowing references from Australia's business elite, highlighting a failure by their peers to understand the repercussions of their actions.
Crikey's Adam Schwab documents his inspirational (if time-consuming) victory over Virgin Blue after a flight from Hobart to Melbourne was randomly cancelled.
Former directors of the failed fund manager MFS continue to provide financial advice to clients of the financial planning firm Avenue Capital Management.
A new report has revealed that some of Australia's largest companies spent $62 million on needless termination payments last year -- payments that could be blocked by shareholders if the Government's proposed legislation regarding termination payments is approved.
Claims that removing the head-high bump from AFL football turns the game into some form of non-contact sport are preposterous.
In the past two decades, we've witnessed an almighty increase in executive remuneration, with even the GFC unable to dampen it. No better example is the case of the embattled Asciano and its CEO, Mark Rowsthorn.
