by admin | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog
The battle in the supermarket sector is about to heat up, with Woolworths (WOW) outlining a glimpse of its future strategy at its recent investor day. Woolworths provided a blunt and honest assessment of the performance of its business, with the key Woolworths...
by admin | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog
Weakness can be attributed to a number of factors, including: • increasing capital requirements that dilutes return on equity • softer net income margins due to increasing competition • rising bond yields which can alter relative valuations •...
by admin | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog
No brokerage or other fees are payable on the new shares issued under the DRP, with some companies even offering the shares at a small discount to the current market price. For taxation purposes, if you participate in a DRP you are treated as if you had received a...
by admin | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog
Originally from Queensland but now based in Melbourne, Peach was appointed to the role of chair and CEO of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) late last year for a five-year period. She has moved swiftly to decide what her priorities need to be. First on...
by admin | Apr 10, 2015 | Features
The politically explosive decision helped derail the Howard government’s bid for re-election, which was built around the message that ‘interest rates will always be lower under the Coalition’, and shattered the conventional wisdom that the RBA would never touch...