New Zealand CAs look for targeted spends in this year’s Budget
NZ’s 2020 Budget revealed the next stages of an economic rebuild in the wake of COVID-19 – but was it what CAs wanted?...
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Why slaying the inflation dragon isn’t good for business
Double-digit inflation was a thing in the 1970s and ’80s. Today, inflation could hit zero – and that’s bad for business...
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The issue: Income and wealth inequality
Global wealth has grown to more than US$360 trillion, but the rich are getting richer faster than the rest of the population...
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Five ways to make KPIs work better
Setting key targets or KPIs gives accountants a good opportunity to help keep an organisation aligned to its strategy. Here are some tips for success...
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Green finance grows globally
Once a niche market, “green” investing is joining the mainstream with the help of innovative, eco-friendly finance initiatives...
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How to identify a trusted adviser
Advisors who are members of a professional body must adhere to certain standards and rules around professionalism and ethics...
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Economics with a vampire
Incautious economists have produced a rich vein of research that vampires could really get their teeth into – to put the bite on us mortal beings...
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Facial share and the beard tax
A beard tax? Not by the hairs of our chinny chin chins says the Beard Liberation Front...
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The future of accounts payable
Xero’s James Solomons and MYOB’s Tim Reed offer their perspective on changes in accounts payable...
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Can US banks withstand another great depression?
Acuity chats with Timothy Geithner, who helmed the US Treasury in the aftermath of the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression...
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Are we ready for a big bank failure in a time of recession?
Eight years have passed since Lehmann Brothers collapsed, but have lessons really been learned? In a time of recession, is the global economy better prepared for the next big bank failure?...
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Artificial Intelligence and the future of the professions
What impact will Artificial Intelligence (AI) have on professions such as accounting?...
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The dementia epidemic and financial control
How capable is an ageing population of making complex financial decisions, and what happens when cognitive abilities decline?...
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Ethics in finance
It won’t come as a much of a shock that many Australians view big business, the banks and politicians as unethical, a new study of the nation’s ethics and corporate culture has found...
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Leading from the front with Lyn Provost
New Zealand’s Auditor-General, Lyn Provost FCA reflects on leadership, paving the way for other women, and the state of the public sector...