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Assessing the commercial implications of the carbon tax

Calculating the impact of a carbon tax is relatively easy if you are one of the 500 ‘polluters’; it is more problematic if you are one of the remaining 2 million Australian businesses

How do we put a value on a future invention?

In the great quest to measure any company's essential value there's one big question we try not to think too much about: How do we put a value on invention, or, to be more specific, a value on future invention?

US spies given go-ahead to share data with companies

Privacy advocates concerned over threat to personal data

Regulation: still number one

In the first of a series of articles on the top 10 risks facing CFOs we take a look at regulation - the number one risk to business.

Most Corporate Fraud Is an Inside Job

Rates of fraud dipped slightly this year, according to Kroll's report. But, increasingly, it is being committed by folks right under your nose.

Cost cutting – surely we should be done with it by now?

In the second in a series of articles on the top 10 risks facing CFOs, we take a look at cost cutting

Oil and Gas: Big gains but a high risk game too

The fifth in a series of in-depth features on sector specific challenges facing CFOs

How CFOs can handle a slower growth economy?

Many Australian businesses are facing a slower growth economy at home and a high exchange rate. Dramatic adjustments may be necessary and the CFO will be integral to the adjustments. But it’s a whole new ball game, out there. Don’t rely on an old game plan.

Threat to Year in IPOs Analyzed by PwC

IPO Watch sees danger that hot first-half rate -- with $24.3b of proceeds -- could ice over because of market volatility.

Beware of 'wrong transaction' hotel spam

If you get an e-mail message telling you a hotel has erroneously charged your credit card account, be careful. The odds are that it's part of a new spam campaign that could infect your computer.

The CFO as Bank-Account Fraud Buster

By contract, the business generally agrees to abide by reasonable security procedures. If your company experiences a loss and it becomes apparent that its security policies were sub-par, the bank may not be liable for any losses.

The business of risk management

An interview with the head of actuarial studies at the Australian School of Business, University of NSW, Associate Professor John Evans, on risk management and the role it plays in the enterprise.

The big risks for CFOs in 2011

In Australia the concerns of CFOs were until recently around balance sheet rebuilding and cost cutting. Defensive actions may continue at the fringes but all up, 2011 looks set to be the year in which corporate start spending again

Agile methodology can help manage risk and governance

Revenge cycles spark move to agile

Enterprise risk management: Get started in six steps

Let's say your organization doesn't have a formal enterprise risk management program. If you're at a big company, ERM might seem daunting because of silos, inertia and so on.

When earn outs can hurt

For buyers, an earn-out can offer the owner protection against overpaying for a company that doesn't end up thriving or growing in the way its original owners expected. But caveat vendor: let the vendor beware.

Conducting a Risk Assessment

Events like the recent BP oil spill have put CFOs on notice that risk management needs to be front and centre

Corporate Governance

The CFO plays a central role in good corporate governance

Enterprise risk management: all systems go

Understanding that security is mission-critical has led the Georgetown University Safety and Information Services departments to work together in unprecedented ways.

Minimise Risk by Maximising Accountability

Faced with challenging economic times and heightened legislative and regulatory scrutiny, companies across all industries are increasingly compelled to keep risk management top of mind. Success depends upon customer and shareholder confidence in a company's ethical standards and its ability to make prudent decisions about handling risks.

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