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  • Cash flow – are you being told the full story?

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2013

    Roger Mendelson provides some pointers to help non-executive directors ask the right questions about their organisations’ billings and collection processes. Most companies handle their billings and collection processes poorly. This is a bold statement but I believe it’s well justified...

  • What the research shows

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2012

    Greg Couttas reveals how the 125 audit committee chairmen polled in a recent Deloitte study believe life has changed since the Centro judgment. It is over a year since the Federal Court’s Justice John Middleton found eight of Centro’s directors had breached their statutory duties of care ...

  • Centro: a year on

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2012

    As directors sit down to review their companies’ accounts this month, Domini Stuart examines how the Centro case may have changed boardroom behaviour. Just over a year ago, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) hailed the Federal Court’s verdict against eight directo...

  • Venetian blinds

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2012

    John M Green believes double-entry accounting is a two-edged sword. I was recently in Venice, an enchanting spot to inhale history, culture, art and accounting. Yes, accounting was central to the Venetians’ success as powerful traders during the Renaissance, when their Rialto was the swag...

  • Crunching the numbers

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2012

    Sam Walker investigates how directors can better evaluate the budget papers that are soon to appear in their board packs as organisations prepare for the next financial year. Love it or hate it, crunching the numbers is crucial to any successful business. Without a financial plan to g...

  • Balancing the books

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2012

    How Australian corporates are managing their balance sheets amid continuing global economic uncertainty was debated at a recent panel event hosted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Zilla Efrat reports. The second half of calendar 2011 sa...