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Finland the most low risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... Opacity Index. Finland scored best on the list, reflecting the country's solid regulatory environment, low levels of corruption and compliance with international standards for accounting rules and practices. "Companies in Finland are more transparent ...

Super structure needs fixing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... Friday, Whiteley claims attempts by the Federal Government to boost retirement savings are undermined by structural corruption caused by conflicts of interest and lack of consumer engagement. "The structural corruption of the system is so painfully evident ...

Investors look east, Australia falls behind

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... fiscal freedom, government size and investment freedom were offset by worsened scores in monetary freedom, freedom from corruption and labour freedom," they said. Despite Australia faring well on the economic front, the country received a pounding in ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... down 2.92 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 2,574.16. LONDON - Britain's top share index ended 0.44 per cent lower, as a corruption probe hit stock in BAE Systems and banking stocks struggled with concerns over subprime mortgages. The FTSE 100 benchmark ended ...

Symantec survey finds IT perception gap

... least once every five years while 58 per cent expect a major data loss caused by events such as data centre outage, corruption of data or breach of security systems at least once every five years. This could mean that a higher number are investing time ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... billion at the same time that imports increased from by 0.7 per cent to $18.2 billion. The German based international corruption watchdog Transparency International has reduced Australia's rating from its position four year as ago of being the best to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... multi-million dollar loss on social security has marked a another milestone in the fight against the growing problem of corruption facing the Chinese economy. A month ago the vice-governor of Anhui province was sacked for receiving bribes as is also ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... leaders in 125 countries. Australia scored well on the strength and transparency of public institutions, low levels of corruption, good macro-economic management, the efficiency and competitiveness of financial markets and the capacity to absorb and ...

Bribery and corruption policies hard to find

... Australian Ethical Research (CAER) reveals that only half of Australia's largest companies have policies banning bribery or corruption. The research, which looked at companies in the S&P/ASX 100, revealed that while Australia ranked second as the country ...

Optimix satellite branches into India and abroad

... strong alpha over the last four years. Their transparency is good, the corporate governance is good and there is not the corruption there that people may expect." Siva adds that while the big story in India is around the "consumption" story and the growth ...