The New Year brings the need to assess the employment market
and the trends that may emerge in 2012. Employment in both the
private and public sectors is a key factor in most decisions
and the
Madison Group released a review in December
2011 appraising the current year.
27 Jan 2012
The ICSA Modules are available in 2012 for all Members,
Affiliates, their Colleagues and personnel for advancing
practical knowledge and experience in career development and
satisfying professional CPD requirements in 2012.
27 Jan 2012
The reporting watchdog has warned companies to be aware of
currency risks when compiling their financial reports.
27 Jan 2012
Investors cannot be counted on to make rational choices so
regulators need to step into their footprints and limit or ban
the sale of potentially harmful products, the head of the UKs
new consumer protection watchdog.
27 Jan 2012
Christmas Gouwland Limited advise their 2012 presentations
will be on the Wednesdays of 22 February, 4 April, 13 June, 15
August and 17 October 2012, all at the Ellerslie Event Centre,
Greenlane, Auckland.
27 Jan 2012
The EC is asking groups and individuals associated with
employment, skills, or competitiveness to help them set out new
best practice in anticipating change.
27 Jan 2012
World economic growth is set to be significantly weaker than
previously thought, the International Monetary Fund states as
it urged the Eurozone to break the vicious circle of
retrenching banks and governments, falling lending and
recession.
27 Jan 2012
The many drivers of failure identified ranged from
insufficient skills of the board, micromanagement, a lack of
defined roles, complacency, arrogance, risk aversion, poor
relationships and communication It is the executives that are
sent on governance training while boards skirt their
responsibility.
24 Jan 2012
Our best wishes to all Members, Affiliates, Students and
Friends for the New Year and we wish everybody an enjoyable and
productive 2012.
20 Jan 2012
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and the Serious Fraud
Office (SFO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
which will enhance their already close working relationship and
drive greater efficiencies between the two agencies.
20 Jan 2012
- 11:05 AM, 28 January 2012
European stock indices fell back yesterday on concerns over Greece's ability to reduce its massive debt and the release of disappointing US economic growth data.London's FTSE 100 index of top shares fell 1.07 per cent to close at...
- 10:33 AM, 28 January 2012
Officials in Spain say struggling airline Spanair will cease operations because a regional government can no longer supply it with funds.Spanair's financial woes were exacerbated by a 2008 crash that killed 154 people. Eighteen...
Greece's Prime Minister resumed talks late yesterday with top bank negotiators in a bid to overcome obstacles to a major debt-relief deal needed to avoid bankruptcy.Premier Lucas Papademos met Charles Dallara, managing director...
La Scala's general manager hopes Italian Premier Mario Monti's Government will avoid cutting spending for culture, noting that music and theatre can help to unite people.Stephane Lissner said the famed Milan opera house would have...
Horse buyers from around the world are descending on the National Yearling sales at Karaka in search of the next Phar Lap - some arriving by helicopter.The furious whirring of a chopper coming in to land gives way to the gentle...
The pre-Christmas aftershocks will delay the rebuilding of Christchurch by a few months, the Reserve Bank believes.Governor Alan Bollard, in a speech to the Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce yesterday, said the bank expected...
Excessive executive remuneration and income inequality will continue to be major issues this year as they are at the heart of growing criticism of our capitalist system.This was highlighted again during the week in United States...
Promising science and technology companies are in and out of fashion so fast it is hard keep up with them all.It doesn't help that most of them have names that make them sound like sci-fi villains or Austrian techno DJs.The science...
To the untrained observer Davos man and Davos woman might look the same as ever: well-fitting clothes, mobile phone clamped to ear, iPad affixed to finger, a confident "master-of-the-universe" gleam in the eye.But something has...
The Crafar decision is a victory for economic rationalism over blind xenophobic nationalism. Long may the former reign.Instead of bowing to whipped-up public pressure (which it can't do anyway without breaking the law and marring...
The Australasian Compliance Institute (ACI) will be hosting
their
Compliance & Risk 101 Seminar in Sydney on
Tuesday 14 February 2012 and extend an
invitation to all Members, Affiliates and Friends of CSNZ to
attend.
This course is designed for professionals seeking to master
the compliance and risk fundamentals and to broaden their
compliance knowledge related to their role.
Following on from ACI's Risk 101 course, this workshop takes
a broader practical view of risk management in operation. This
one-day workshop is designed to develop your skills and provide
you with a more in-depth understanding of corporate risk
management across organisations in the private sector,
government and not-for-profit. This one-day workshop focuses on
the practice of risk management from the high level controls
and board perspective to the operator developing and populating
the risk register and managing risk treatment strategies.
Conferenz extends an invitation to all Members, Affiliates
and Friends of CSNZ to attend the two-day training course The
Essentials of Group Accounts to be held in Auckland in February
2012.
The
Associate Intensive Programme, hosted by the
Australasian Compliance Institute, is an accredited course
which is available to compliance and risk staff who are
relatively new to the profession but who have had at least one
years experience in a compliance-related role and have acquired
some working knowledge.
The Financial Markets Authority's (FMA) role is to promote
and facilitate the development of fair, efficient and
transparent financial markets. As FMA heads towards its first
anniversary, what early evidence are we seeing of change? What
are the key successes and where to next?
Christmas Gouwland Limited, supported by ANZ Bank, extends
an invitation to all Members, Affiliates and Friends of CSNZ to
attend the first seminar in their Business & Investments
Series for 2012 on
Wednesday 22 February 2012 in Auckland.
Keynote speakers at this event will be Bruce Robertson,
Managing Director, JB Were and Richard Sharpe, Technical
Director of Earthquake Engineering BECA.
The National Not-for-Profit Sector Conference 2012 in
association with Grant Thornton is taking place in Wellington
on
23 and 24 February 2012. The two-day
conference will focus on providing practical
management/leadership skills and learnings that can be applied
in your own organisation, along with some sound thinking about
the techniques required to run a sustainable NFP as resources
get tighter while demand for services increases.
Finance for the Non Financial Manager is an in-depth and
practical two day course that aims to demystify financial
concepts and provide tools for enhancing effectiveness as a
manager.
The two day course is being held in Auckland on 27 and 28
February 2012.
The finance function is evolving. To stay ahead of the
competition, businesses look to finance to respond to strategic
issues, to capitalise on their analytical insights as well as
to evaluate potential growth opportunities.
Linking Finance with Strategy explores the implications of
the business strategic from a financial perspective.
Financial Markets Authority's (FMA) role is to promote and
facilitate the development of fair, efficient and transparent
financial markets. As FMA heads for its first anniversary, what
early evidence are we seeing of change? What are the key
successes and where to next?
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia extends an
invitation to all Members, Colleagues and Friends of CSNZ to
attend a presentation by
Sue Brown, Head of Primary Regulatory
Operations, Financial Markets Authority in Dunedin on Tuesday
28 February 2012.
Dominick Stephens, Director, Senior Economist at Westpac
Institutional Bank will present his Annual Economic Update in
Auckland on
Wednesday 29 February 2012.
Dominick will address the New Zealand economy advancing post
the election, impact of European and North American issues on
Australasian economies, productivity, savings, partial sale of
SOEs, the redevelopment of Canterbury and likely impact on
growth, along with interest and exchange rates through
2012.
The Institute of Internal Auditors Australia cordially
invites all Members, Affiliates and Friends of CSNZ Inc to
attend the SOPAC 2012 Conference to be held in Sydney on Sunday
4 March 2012.
Taking the theme of 'Experience + Connected + Valued =
Assurance', the conference highlights that internal audit is
increasingly becoming the 'go to' department due to its unique
view of organisational operations, risks and opportunities.
Conferenz will be hosting a two-day training course on The
Essentials of Group Accounts in Wellington in March 2012.
Accounting for groups of companies is a complex task that
demands a clear understanding of the methodology of
consolidatino and a sound knowledge of the steps and techniques
required to produce group accounts.
The finance function is at a crossroads. Finance
professionals are being challenged. Both must change
significantly if they are to add value and drive the success of
their organisations. Every organisation expects more from
their finance teams.
The next Certified Compliance Professional (CCP) Residential
Course is being held in Sydney from
Wednesday 7 March to Monday 12 March
2012.
This is an unique accreditation programme designed to unlock
your potential as a compliance, risk or governance professional
and provide you with the best possible career advantage.
