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  1. Examining New Zealand's Budget 2017

    A detailed look at the key components of New Zealand’s Budget 2017, handed down by Finance Minister Steven Joyce on 25 May 2017...

  2. Registered charities in New Zealand making progress

    Registered charities in New Zealand are making progress with more than half of all registered charities complying with mandatory requirements...

  3. Why businesses are paying higher dividends

    If projects providing a healthy return cannot be found, businesses will opt to instead pay large dividends to their shareholders...

  4. Australia you have a transparency problem

    Paul M Southwick CA offers his view on the five things Australia should do to improve its sliding transparency rating...

  5. New Zealand tax predictions for 2017

    For several decades, successive New Zealand governments, both National and Labour, have stuck to a broad base low rate (BBLR) approach to tax. With two notable exceptions – the absence of a...

  6. Complacency towards corruption our biggest threat

    Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand CEO Lee White FCA addresses Australia’s complacency towards corruption...

  7. Australia, the TPP and US engagement in Asia-Pacific

    What are the implications for economic development in the Asia Pacific following President Trump’s withdrawal of the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership?...

  8. Dog days and political leadership

    Why Australian economy needs to make the best of the dog days...

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  9. The psychology behind financial risk calculations

    Acuity canvasses three very different approaches to calculating financial risk and looks at the psychology behind decisions...

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  10. Finance transformation: 7 secrets for success

    What finance transformation means, why to do it, and how to do it well. We get advice from three experts...

  11. Uncovering the real roots of populism

    The failure of Western elites to manage the social consequences of recession puts future economic improvement at risk and invites the rise of demagogues...