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| 2006 Deloitte Tech Fast 50 highlights the resurgence of Australian technology companies |
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20 November 2006 |
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Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, the Hon. Senator Coonan, today announced the 2006 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia winner was Unwired Group Limited, which achieved a growth rate of 6,846% over three years. Senator Coonan said the Deloitte Fast 50 results were the strongest ever recorded and reflected the resurgence of the Australian technology industry as leaders in the Asia Pacific region. “This year companies ranked in the Fast 50 recorded a minimum growth level of 132%,” Senator Coonan said. Deloitte Technology Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Partner, Julia... |
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| How tax effective is your Christmas party? |
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13 November 2006 |
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A lack of consideration of the tax effectiveness of your Christmas party could mean an unexpected FBT cost to your organisation according to Deloitte Employment Taxes Principal Frank Klasic.
“It is important that you recognise the FBT implications of a Christmas party because if you do your homework and plan appropriately then you can avoid unforeseen cost blowouts,” Mr Klasic said.
“Generally, for income tax purposes a Christmas party or function will be tax deductible if it is subject to FBT. And if it is not subject to FBT then it will not be deductible for income tax.
“As with many tax laws,... |
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| Unlocking the wealth management potential in Asia Pacific |
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10 November 2006 |
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Opportunity knocks as a new breed of high net worth Asian customers increase their spending power, drive up stock prices and attract an influx of foreign investment. To make an impact in the fiercely competitive Asia Pacific wealth management market, financial services institutions have to aggressively differentiate their fees and services according to professional services firm Deloitte in a report released today. The latest Asia Pacific report, Opportunity knocks: Unlocking the wealth management potential in Asia Pacific, reveals that Asia’s financial services will have to boost their skills to provide the services... |
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| Australia supports vision for the future of financial services |
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09 November 2006 |
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Deloitte Australia supports the issues raised in the vision paper released yesterday by the CEOs of the six largest global audit networks in the world – Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst and Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, BDO and Grant Thornton. Rod Smith, Lead Assurance and Advisory Partner at Deloitte Australia, supported the vision and hoped that it would lead to constructive dialogue on the future direction of the global capital markets. “The issues raised have been about for some time but the significance is that this is the first time the ‘Big Six’ globally have come... |
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| Deloitte Victorian Stock Exchange Index highlights strong performance in Middle Market |
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02 November 2006 |
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The inaugural Deloitte Victorian Stock Exchange Index highlights that Micro Cap companies were the strongest performer for the quarter. The Index is a locally produced Index which tracks the performance of publicly listed companies headquartered in Victoria. The quarterly Index is compiled from publicly available information provided by the ASX and Bloomberg. The Micro Cap section within the Index reports on Victorian-based ASX listed companies with a market capitalization over $50 million and less than $300 million. Over half of... |
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| Receivers appointed for Retravision NSW |
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24 October 2006 |
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Deloitte partners Peter Yates and David Lombe have been appointed Receivers and Managers of Retravision (NSW) Limited today by Westpac. The 120 owner-operated stores in NSW are not part of this receivership and are not in receivership. Other interstate Retravision groups are also unaffected as they are separate entities, excluded from the receivership. The appointment of the Receivers follows Retravision (NSW) directors placing the company into Voluntary Administration. The Receiver and Managers have taken control of the business... |
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| Deloitte launches If you were to collect…Elements of abstraction |
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24 October 2006 |
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Deloitte has enlisted the curatorial services of Maudie Palmer, Director TarraWarra Museum of Art, to create an exhibition of contemporary art for Deloitte’s Melbourne premises within the Queen Victoria building. The artists chosen and the works selected have defined what the exhibition has become. Every work is desirable. The art has transformed the corporate environment, changing the ambience through its materiality, colour and beauty. This exhibition is the second in a series for our Melbourne office in 2006/07 and features paintings and sculptures by some of... |
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| Leaders unite to promote an innovative Australia |
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23 October 2006 |
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Leading Australian innovation academic, University of Queensland Business School Professor Mark Dodgson, with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Business Review Weekly and business leader Terry Cutler, are launching a series of Innovation Leadership Summits to explore ways to further innovation in Australia. Professor Dodgson said through a series of three events this year in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne the summits will bring together multiple perspectives from international and national expertise on government innovation policy and the role of business, and develop a clear statement about how... |
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| Deloitte gears up for growth |
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23 October 2006 |
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Big Four professional services firm Deloitte which recently announced a merger with the Melbourne office of BDO and the Sydney office of Horwath today announced the appointment of 2 senior marketing professionals to its Adelaide office. Manon Strachan, formerly the State Manager at T Limited, has been appointed Marketing Director; and Alana Terry, formerly with the Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH), has been appointed Events & Communications Coordinator. Manon brings a wealth of experience in the fields of marketing and business development, with positions held at AAPT, Telstra... |
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| First comprehensive reverse mortgage study reveals market more than doubles in 18 months |
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19 October 2006 |
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The Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders, SEQUAL®, released a comprehensive study of the reverse mortgage sector today. Actuarial firm Trowbridge Deloitte was commissioned by SEQUAL® to undertake this inaugural research. The SEQUAL®/Trowbridge Deloitte Reverse Mortgage Study, which will be updated every six months, found that the reverse mortgage market at 30 June 2006 consisted of more than 20,000 loans with a total book of almost $1.1 billion. Kieren Dell, Executive Director of... |
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