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Australia second cheapest place to do business

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
... place in the world to do business and is only marginally more expensive than Canada, a new study has found. Business firm KPMG released the results of its study of 11 industrialised countries. Australia's cost-competitiveness was second only to Canada ...

New bill draws guarded support from KPMG

... with members subsequently transferred into existing public offer superannuation arrangements, financial services consultant KPMG has predicted. KPMG welcomed the introduction of the Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill 2003 into Federal Parliament this ...

Greater competition in small business banking market: report

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
... banks, non-bank and niche players all scrambling for a piece of the pie, according to a new report. The independent report by KPMG, for the Australian Bankers' Association (ABA), showed a 25 per cent increase in the number of business transaction account ...

Business lending may not match home loan slump: KPMG

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... struggle to make up for a slowdown in mortgage growth by increasing loans to businesses, according to financial services group KPMG. Australia's big banks have pinned their hopes on an upswing in business lending to counter a slowdown in home loans ...

New business performance reporting and communications needed: KPMG

KPMG has said in a new report that a new approach to business performance reporting and communications is needed. "Current business reporting and communications struggle to stimulate precise stakeholder decision-making about business performance and ...

Morningstar appoints Justin Walsh as head of research for Australia

... advisers and investment committee membership. Mr Walsh has also worked in senior investment taxation and accounting roles with KPMG and Gould Ralph & Company, has degrees in applied finance, accounting, and engineering from Macquarie University and the ...

Fund managers responding to customer demands: KPMG

... focussed on providing better returns and better service to customers, according to a new survey by management consultant KPMG Australia. The survey found that few Australian fund managers believed there was a 'star culture' in the industry, in contrast ...

ASIC warns investors over offer to buy OneSteel shares

... share, in equal instalments of 13 cents for 15 years. ASIC said independent actuarial work undertaken by accounting firm KPMG valued the offer at 78 cents in current dollars. OneSteel shares closed at $2.10 yesterday afternoon. ASIC Executive Director ...

HIH liquidators to attempt $1 billion recovery

... attempt to recoup more than $1 billion in damages. HIH liquidators Tony McGrath and Alex Macintosh, from accounting firm KPMG, said they were trying to reach financial settlements with a range of potential defendants including HIH's auditors, actuaries ...

KPMG survey reveals finance companies' 2002 struggle

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2003
Australia's finance companies were unable to ride on the back of the housing loan boom in 2002, a KPMG annual survey has revealed. Head of KPMG financial services Peter Nash said finance companies included in the survey such as Esanda, CBFC, BMW, RACV ...