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Sometimes Boring Is Good For You
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 7:47 pm | KPMG
Sometimes Boring Is Good For You By Paul Dunne, Partner, KPMG Sometimes a tight and boring budget can be a good thing – KPMG is pleased that the Government’s top priority is focussed on getting the country’s fiscal and deficit position under ... More >>
Tangible Support For SMEs?
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 7:36 pm | KPMG
Tangible Support For SMEs? Statement made by Gavin Holley, Director, KPMG New Zealand’s SMEs may well ask themselves three questions when assessing the 2011 Budget. • Will it increase economic activity? Outside the rebuild of Christchurch, there was ... More >>
Mixed Ownership Model for SoEs a Necessary and Bold Step
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 5:40 pm | KPMG
We welcome the Government’s move to implement a mixed ownership model for selected State owned Enterprises and Air New Zealand, but careful planning will be required. More >>
Mixed ownership model for SoEs a necessary and bold step
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 5:39 pm | KPMG
We welcome the Government’s move to implement a mixed ownership model for selected State owned Enterprises and Air New Zealand, but careful planning will be required. In particular, Treasury officials will need to plot a path through the various risks ... More >>
Keeping the Squeeze on Government Expenditure
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 5:38 pm | KPMG
Today’s Budget signifies a further step in the Government’s ‘sinking-lid’ approach to stemming a decade long trend of government expenditure increasing relative to GDP. More >>
KPMG appoints Michael J. Andrew as Global Chairman
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 12:17 pm | KPMG
KPMG appoints Michael J. Andrew as Global Chairman KPMG announced today that Michael Andrew, 54, has been elected Global Chairman. More >>
NZ banking sector faces an uncertain journey in 2011: KPMG
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 11:24 am | KPMG
New Zealand’s banking sector posted a return to profitability in 2010, the KPMG Financial Institutions Performance Survey 2010 shows. More >>
NZ banking sector faces an uncertain journey in 2011: KPMG
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 10:52 am | KPMG
New Zealand’s banking sector posted a return to profitability in 2010, the KPMG Financial Institutions Performance Survey 2010 shows. But banks face an uncertain journey to reach safer ground this year, warns John Kensington, KPMG Acting Head ... More >>
Level and value of Fraud on the increase: KPMG
Monday, 28 March 2011, 10:20 am | KPMG
There has been a significant increase in the value of fraud, according to the KPMG Fraud Barometer report released today. More >>
KPMG introduces 11 new partners
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 8:59 am | KPMG
KPMG announced today that it has welcomed 11 new partners into its New Zealand firm. More >>
M&A activity in New Zealand expected to improve
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 1:29 pm | KPMG
Appetite for M&A activity is improving. Some investors are starting to show more readiness than others; however, there is still clear evidence of investor caution. o In the current climate, M&A activity which has strong strategic rationale is likely ... More >>
70 percent of New Zealand companies waste investments
Monday, 6 December 2010, 10:28 am | KPMG
New Zealand’s first major nationwide survey into Project Management has found that in the past 12 months, 70 percent of New Zealand companies had experienced at least one major project failure, says KPMG. More >>
90-Day-Trial a motivator for SMEs looking to employ
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 12:43 pm | KPMG
The KPMG Mood of the Market Survey shows that SME payrolls have managed through the recession on absolute minimum numbers, but are looking to reinvest in people. More >>
Sustainability more than inconvenient compliance
Monday, 15 November 2010, 10:17 am | KPMG
Move to the mainstream makes sustainability more than an inconvenient compliance cost for NZ’s agricultural sector: KPMG More >>
Fraud price tag doubles, says KPMG
Monday, 8 November 2010, 11:15 am | KPMG
Australia and New Zealand’s top organisations have been hit hard during the Global Financial Crisis with the average reported fraud doubling in two years, reveals KPMG’s Fraud and Misconduct Survey 2010, released today. More >>
NZ has lowest GST rate in OECD
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 10:10 am | KPMG
Even at 15 percent, New Zealand has the 4th lowest GST rate in the OECD and contrary to global trends, corporate tax rates are trending down, according to an international survey released today by KPMG NZ. More >>
Retail sales expected to improve in summer
Monday, 11 October 2010, 5:04 pm | KPMG
Retail sales are expected to improve in October and into the summer months, according to KPMG. More >>
Lease accounting set for a shake-up: KPMG
Thursday, 19 August 2010, 5:48 pm | KPMG
A new Leasing Exposure Draft released today jointly by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) would affect nearly every entity, says KPMG New Zealand. More >>
Media hype over foreign investment unwarranted
Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 1:39 pm | KPMG
While inbound investment into the New Zealand agricultural sector has received significant attention in recent weeks on the back of some high profile transactions, there is no evidence of an increase in overseas investments in agricultural assets, according ... More >>
IRD And Treasury Findings Step In Right Direction
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 5:40 pm | KPMG
KPMG welcomes the findings released today by the IRD and Treasury in relation to the definition of fit-out versus building structure, which concludes that a “building” only includes structural items. More >>