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Former WiseTech chairman Richard Dammery has criticised superannuation and investment giants for failing to present a united opinion on major corporate issues, with ESG experts and portfolio managers from the same fund delivering different views to boards. 

Meanwhile, billionaire Harry Triguboff, the largest private apartment developer in the country, is relieved the federal election is over so buyers can have certainty, which he believes will stimulate the lacklustre housing market.

And bank stock prices have been hitting it out of the park — but Westpac's disappointing first-half result reveals a gap between expectations and the hard numbers, writes James Kirby.