Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce speaking at a press conference for the full year results announcement on August 25, 2022 in Sydney, Australia.

Qantas: Learning to fly again

Alan Joyce, a mathematics progeny who has a Master of Science from Trinity College, has been leading the Qantas Group since 2008. Having slashed annual costs by $2 billion to survive in 2014 and beyond, a reinvented Qantas was generating stellar profits and celebrating its centenary year in 2020 when the covid-19 pandemic gate-crashed the party. 

Tuk Tuk parked in front of the Independence monument, inspired by Khmer traditional architecture, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia capital city at night.

Four trends in emerging markets

Emerging markets continue to offer good potential for investors, providing access to sectors and companies that are on significant growth trajectories, as well as those not readily available in developed markets, says John Moorhead, head of global emerging markets, Maple-Brown Abbott.