Keeping Good Companies articles

Recent articles from Keeping Good Companies

Anti-money Laundering Act--from a 'risk-based approach' to the second wave of AML reforms.(NEWS AND VIEWS)
October 1, 2007... Australia, as a founding member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (1), was among the first group of countries to be evaluated against the FATF standards. The FATF peer report released in October 2005, found that the then existing legislative framework in Australia was inadequate. ...

Bridging the divide between companies and shareholders.(Key Issues: APPLIED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE)
October 1, 2007... All too often the relationship between companies and their shareholders becomes strained and even confrontational. A disagreement over traditional corporate governance topics such as board structure or pay, or over wider issues such as strategy, capital structure, or the key risks the company...

Recruiting a recruiter.
October 1, 2007... From the receptionist to the company director, finding and retaining the right people, in a candidate-short marketplace, has never been as challenging. Of course, one solution is to partner with a recruitment company. But simply choosing the recruitment company can be a trial in itself....

The death of the annual report.(Key Issues: COMPANY SECRETARY)
October 1, 2007... The annual report may not yet be extinct but it is certainly an endangered species. My research in recent years has focused on management, measurement and reporting of intellectual capital and social and environmental reporting. I have undertaken several studies in the course of this...

Helping small business help itself.(Professional Updates: COMPETITION LAW)
October 1, 2007... When it comes to national aspirations, the desire of Australians to run a small business is right up there with dreaming of owning a quarter-acre block. The vast majority of the country's businesses, some 95 per cent, have fewer than 20 employees and the strong tradition of small...