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CDM Article
01 Mar 2010
Zilla Efrat
details some changes that may affect boardroom decisions on leasing.
The shifting leasing landscape
Significant accounting changes are looming that could affect companies that lease anything from offices, warehouses and machinery to motor vehicles, trucks and photocopiers.
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CDM Article
01 Nov 2008
The past year certainly hasn’t been the best time to list on the stock exchange.
Tony Featherstone
chats to the directors of five companies that did take the plunge to find out how they fared.
Taking the IPO leap
Spare a thought for small companies that ha...
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CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
John M Green
praises the dumb question.
Asleep at the wheel
“The idiots were simply asleep at the wheel!” When a company lurches into crisis, as too many have lately, many critics pelt the drivers with similar invective. Caustic criticism is often warranted.Yet, it’s rare for those a...
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CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
Domini Stuart
reveals smarter ways to cut costs as the downturn starts to bite.
Pulling in the belt
As the credit crunch and rising fuel prices continue to cause anxiety, corporate budgets are being closely scrutinised. Most businesses are under pressure to minimise costs, and we are alread...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Stephen Hennessy
provides some tips on how to reduce a property’s carbon footprint.
Becoming carbon neutral
There is a lot of discussion in the corporate property world at present about carbon neutrality in the built environment. Unfortunately, its meaning and importance are often misunders...
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CDM Article
01 Jul 2007
Companies are increasingly finding that they can only flourish if they support their communities. Ian Dunlop discovered at the National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development that corporate responsibility is here to stay.
A wake-up call for directors
The 8th National Business Leade...
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CDM Article
01 Jul 2007
Whether buying or selling a business, doing proper due diligence can help uncover both treasure and skeletons hidden in the closet. Helen McCombie provides some tips to directors on how to get the process right.
In search of gold and skeletons
The private equity boom in Australia has well and ...
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Policy Submission
09 Feb 2007
This submission lists AICD's opposition to aspects of the newly drafted recommendations. In general AICD believes that the Council should focus on establishing a stand-alone set of high level principles with companies required to disclosure how they meet each of them, rather than providing detailed ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2006
The Tone at the Top
Michael Wilson questions whether good corporate governance has a direct impact on a company’s value and provides guidelines for effective governance risk management.
Is there a direct link between good corporate governance and valuation? The answer really isn’t clear. There are t...
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Media Release
22 Aug 2005
Tuesday, 23 August 2005. The majority of Australian companies have taken positive steps to formalising risk management practices and are implementing robust risk management frameworks. However, more work needs to be done in terms of strengthening the "softer" elements of these frameworks in areas su...