Finance

KPMG review shows bank profit plateau for 2023

Banking sector review challenges New Zealand directors to add value to their organisations.

• Cyber security

IMHO: Lifting dividends and share value

March 31 is fast approaching. For most boards, that means work on your FY 2025 budget is already underway. 

• Shareholders

How to Enforce Climate Agreements with Trade Measures

Is there a better response to climate change than focusing on international climate conferences that rely on hollow voluntary commitments?

• Trade

The global economy has yet to turn the corner

The World Bank’s latest forecast finds that most economies will grow slowly in 2024 and 2025 than they did in the decade before Covid-19.

• Trade

Don’t extrapolate last year’s trends for the global economy

Given persistent market volatility, the chances of a robust worldwide economic recovery appear slim despite unexpected resilience in 2023.

Confronting Our Four Biggest Economic Challenges

New thinking is needed to address climate change, faltering development strategies and the breakdown of globalisation.

• Climate change

What I’m reading – Alan Isaac

This week, the Wellington-based director tells us why a book about the accounting profession is a must read.

Audit committee chairs share perceptions on the value of audit

Audits build trust in financial reporting but concerns exist around sustainability assurance.

• Audit
• Reporting frameworks