Deloitte’s annual IPO report 2006-07 (27-Jul-2007)
Preliminary figures for Deloitte’s Annual IPO Report 2006-07 found a record 226 IPOs were set to list by 30 June, up by 34% from 169 in the previous year.
Deloitte’s Global Financial Services Offshoring report 2007 (26-Jul-2007)
As financial institutions move to offshore more business processes the offshoring’s stars are those that do not just focus on pure labour arbitrage but also seek to re engineer their business processes to make them world best class according to Deloitte’s fourth annual Global Financial Services Offshoring Report 2007.
Due diligence important for investors in Asia Pacific securitisation (18-Jul-2007)
As demand for Asia Pacific securitisation products grows, the use of sophisticated asset due diligence techniques is becoming increasingly important for investors according to a Deloitte Asia Pacific report, finding the right balance securitisation offerings and the importance of data quality in Asia Pacific.
Capital Gain Tax changes and its impact on insurers (26-Jun-2007)
Insurance organisations that have consolidated and settled liabilities prior to May 8 2007 will be disadvantaged by the changes to the Capital Gains Tax rules announced in the Federal Budget, said Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu tax partner John Giannakopoulos.
Deloitte survey highlights importance of non-financial information (26-Jun-2007)
A global survey of directors and senior executives, backed up by an Australian poll of many Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), has again highlighted the growing importance of quality non-financial information, such as operational performance and customer satisfaction in predicting the overall health of organisations.
Increasing aged population to increase health spending (4-May-2007)
The second Intergenerational Report - Frameworks for the Future was released by the Treasurer, the Hon Peter Costello projected the health spend would need to increase to 7.3% of GDP to meet the needs of the ageing population by 2045.
IPO surges by mid-year (27-Apr-2007)
IPO activity is set to surge by mid-year after a seasonal low in the March 2007 quarter.
Resource sector IPOs continue to show performance (27-Apr-2007)
Resource sector IPOs were again the five good performing and returned an average gain for their investors of almost 200%, despite being listed for an average of only seven weeks.