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  • Engaging your most vital assets

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Dec 2012

    Skilled workers are becoming an increasingly rare and valuable commodity. Domini Stuart explains why engaging staff will be crucial as we head into 2013. Staff cutbacks, factory closures and business failures are rarely out of the news. But while some jobs are being lost, there is a growi...

  • Weighed down by the dollar

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2012

    Domini Stuart finds out how a range of Australian organisations are overcoming the challenges of a strong dollar. The Australian dollar (AUD) is one of the most volatile currencies in the world. Before the global financial crisis (GFC), it was trading at an average of 73 cents against the...

  • Infrastructure Update On the move again

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Dec 2009

    Six months ago, infrastructure development was stuck at the amber light. Domini Stuart discovers that the traffic is moving again although many road blocks remain. On the move again Key points Stimulus packages are kicking in Capital markets are recovering Repayment risks abound Pr...

  • Feature Toughing it out in the country

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Mar 2009

    Domini Stuart gets out into the country, to find that while rural boards may be doing it the hard way, they are also lifting their game. Toughing it out in the country The image of rural Australia many urbanites hold is hopelessly out of date. “Broadly speaking, people ...

  • Feature Crystal ball gazing

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2009

    Domini Stuart investigates the dilemmas directors face when making earnings forecasts, especially in volatile market conditions. Crystal ball gazing A 2007 KPMG global survey of earnings forecasts, studying announcements made in the prior three years, found that only one per cent of the ...

  • Feature Unfair value

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Dec 2008

    Domini Stuart reports on the dilemmas that mark-to-market accounting rules are creating in the current volatile economic climate. Unfair value? An instrument of clarity and transparency, reporting impartially on market performance after it has occurred? Or an instrument of doom, promotin...

  • IFRS for SMEs

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2007

    Domini Stuart examines the pros and cons of applying International Financial Reporting Standards to small businesses – and finds mainly cons. When big rules don’t work for small companies The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) has released Invitation to Comment ITC 12 Request fo...

  • Director remuneration

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2007

    The workload of most directors has increased significantly in recent years – particularly in the gaming and financial services industries. Domini Stuart found that director remuneration packages vary considerably and are mostly related to the market capitalisation of the company. ...