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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
John M Green argues that good business and giving are synonymous.
Christmas is about giving. The Occupy Wall Street protests are about taking. Some companies are guilty of greed, true, but applying the protesters’ own glib label, the bad ones are less than one per cent. Isn’t it time the go...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Tony Featherstone explores the prospects for mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and private equity in 2012.
Company directors are more pessimistic about credit availability in 2012, and fewer expect a rise in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, the Australian Institut...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Charles Beelaerts gets advice on how SME directors can tackle growth and debt-management trends in 2012.
Experts agree that in Australia a number of sectors are in a recession, but that there are steps directors can take now to capitalise on the upturn when it comes. However, it is essentia...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Mick Bourke recently explained how Victoria’s Country Fire Authority has managed to pick itself up and dust itself off after the Black Saturday disaster of 2009. Zilla Efrat reports.
Black Saturday (7 February 2009) was a dark day for Australia. A series of fires, fuelled by extreme weather...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Richard Anicich reveals what he enjoys about being chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Hunter Regional Committee and a director.
Company Director (CD):
What is your background?
Richard Anicich (RA): I’ve been a partner of Sparke Helmore s...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Cybercrime is one of the few industries that is booming these days. Domini Stuart explores the growing risks organisations face and the questions directors should be asking to counter them.
Outside and inside – the top 12 threats
A recent US briefing listed the key cyber threat c...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Directors can expect a bumpy ride in 2012. Tony Featherstone examines the key risks and challenges they are likely to face.
What will keep directors awake in 2012
Global and local economic volatility
Uncertainty from a minority government
Lower consumer confidence
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Phil Ruthven says there’s light at the end of the tunnel and doesn’t expect it to be all doom and gloom in 2012.
Australia has felt the edge of the cold wind crossing the US and the chillier winds across the European Union (EU) as a result of the continuing global financial crisis (GFC). Ou...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Tony Featherstone questions whether the relationship between business and the Government is beyond repair.
The figures speak for themselves. More than 80 per cent of directors believe the Federal Government does not understand business, the second-half 2011 Directors’ Sentiment Index (DSI) ...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Michael Dwyer discusses moves underway to reform corporate and personal insolvency laws.
In November 2009, the Senate Economics References Committee started an inquiry into the regulation, registration and remuneration of insolvency practitioners in Australia.
In its submission to the i...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Shaun Fraser and Jason Ireland review the business landscape for SMEs in 2012 and identify six strategies that will help them to flourish during the year.
Australia has demonstrated remarkable resilience to an unprecedented period of global volatility spanning four years since the onset of ...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Despite rising pessimism, next year is not all doom and gloom. Zilla Efrat asks four directors what they are excited about in 2012.
Catherine Harris FAICDChairman of Harris Farm Markets
We are very optimistic. We believe that over the past few years with the credit crunch and fea...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Maureen Monckton outlines our investment to ensure the quality of our professional development programs contribute to your effectiveness.
Company Directors’ portfolio is planned to ensure you have the opportunity to access professional development to meet your current learning requirements....
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
John H C Colvin reflects on how Company Directors stepped up to better serve members over the past year.
What a busy 21st year it has been for Company Directors!
Some of you might remember my closing column for 2010, in which I outlined our wish list to the tune of The 12 Days of Christ...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Tony Featherstone asks Brian Moller, head of HopgoodGanim’s corporate advisory and governance practice, to predict capital market trends for 2012.
Company Director (CD):
What trends do you expect in the Australian initial public offerings (IPO), private equity and merger and a...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Each time the door opened, Mark Vaile was ready to go through. This led to a fascinating career that has taken him from jackaroo to Deputy Prime Minister in the Howard Government and now to company director. He discusses the journey with Nichola Clark.
Back in the 1970s, when the jackaroos ...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Comparisons in governance practice between for-profit and not-for profit (NFP) entities are not giving sufficient attention to the key difference obscured behind the word "not".
For-profit entities have a clear mandate – to add financial value to owners in the form of profits, dividends an...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Scott Ruhfus provides some tips on how to acquire and harness talented people next year.
The acute problem of Australia’s slowing productivity growth is regularly in the news. In a recent survey by international staffing firm Randstad, 51 per cent of Australian employers rated the developme...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Michael Robinson explains what directors can expect on the executive remuneration front in 2012 and provides a checklist to help remuneration committees overcome the hurdles.
Executive remuneration has been an unwelcome distraction for directors seeking to deal with excessive market volatil...
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CDM Article
01 Dec 2011
Zilla Efrat asks two economists for their economic predictions for 2012 and advice on how directors should deal with the challenges these present.
James McIntyreSenior economist at Commonwealth Bank
We see the Australian economy picking up strongly through 2012, with gross domest...