Beyond the grid: AI inventors target Excel’s formula
For 40 years, Excel has seen off every challenger. Now AI innovators think they may finally have the recipe that can break Microsoft's spreadsheet dominance.
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Kerr Neilson: the man who loves investing
When Kerr Neilson left his job as a fund manager at BT in 1993 to open his own shop, Platinum Asset Management, he had one big advantage over the...
Disclosure overload, tackled at last
Disclosure overload, tackled at last
As preparers were turning their minds to reporting season, the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) published atimely staff paper, To...
The game changer
The game changer
Talk about a fiscal turnaround: the NRL Manly Warringah Name: Bradley Davison Sea Eagles achieved an operating profit in 2013 for the first time...
Breaking the SME finance myth
Breaking the SME finance myth
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Taking flight
Taking flight
In July 2010, Australian accounting and business advisory firm Hall Chadwick announced an alliance with China's eighth biggest domestically owned...
Exit the password?
Exit the password?
Fernando Corbató, now 87, is sometimes called ‘the man who invented the computer password’, having deployed them at the Massachusetts Institute...
Making audits measure up
Making audits measure up
Auditors have a critical role in ensuring that Australian investors can be confident and informed in making their investment decisions....
Accounting rainmakers need new sales skills
Accounting rainmakers need new sales skills
While marketing (such as events, sponsorships and brochures) and advertising can stimulate awareness and interest, these activities are not...
Audit quality needs better judgement
Audit quality needs better judgement
ASIC’s audit firm inspections show a need to improve audit quality. In our view, auditors did not obtain reasonable assurance that the overall...
Accountants need to polish LinkedIn business pages
Accountants need to polish LinkedIn business pages
In the April/May Public Accountant, David Walker wrote about the building of personal profiles. But there’s now also the opportunity for a...
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