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Being Audited
Category: Articles/Investments
... an auditing firm with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and Bloemfontein. “The audit is not simply a costly annual exercise that can now be cut from the budget. It is a crucial financial – and ...Wednesday, 01 September 2010 -
Investment in Accounting
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... adds purchase orders and supplier tracking to the Professional version. “Small businesses which operate in the real world have to watch expenses carefully, so it's a given that you probably have a budget ...Tuesday, 17 August 2010 -
Investment climate
Category: Articles/Investments
... to 101.3 during July, compared to 99 in June. It represents the highest level since March 2008. After the shock to economic outlook confidence by the Greece-led budget deficit crisis, Europe’s economic ...Monday, 02 August 2010 -
Currency policy
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... the ANC’s policy-making National General Council to be held in September, after which Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan could announce it in his mid-term Budget Speech. ...Tuesday, 29 June 2010 -
The consumer landscape changed
Category: Articles/Investments
... More than half of South African consumers have written or revised their budgets as they begin to take greater control of their financial future. In addition to the changing financial consumer habits, ...Monday, 31 May 2010 -
Sovereign debt
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How safe are my (foreign) investments? "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, ...Tuesday, 25 May 2010 -
Opinion
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... from having a 'captive audience' when it comes to pricing structures. Budgeting, as a result, can also be conducted more accurately, as with this type of process in place divisions can see what the cost ...Monday, 17 May 2010 -
The Rise of Gold
Category: Articles/Investments
... problems in the eurozone. Added to this is the enormous US budget deficit, reckless money printing resulting in looming inflation, and a fiat currency of which the world is growing more sceptical.” According ...Tuesday, 13 April 2010 -
Global economy in trouble?
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... leading to long bond interest rates of 7.5% versus the current 4.75%. It long has been wondered how much further the US, the world’s largest debtor nation, could continue to pile up record budget deficits ...Monday, 29 March 2010 -
Investment Options
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... one important element within personal finance - others include drawing up a budget and then sticking to it, saving money towards major purchases or holiday, and managing debt appropriately. Be mindful ...Friday, 12 March 2010 -
What you need to know about the 2010 budget
Category: Media Releases/Media Releases
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has officially passed the first real test of his new position with a maiden budget speech that’s been generally well received. According to the South African Institute of ...Tuesday, 23 February 2010 -
Labour unrest threatens
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... to near future, the country could face a crippling general strike by October of this year. Cosatu, in an attack on the Budget speech, accused the government of “talking left and walking right”. The ...Tuesday, 23 February 2010 -
A GOOD NEWS BUDGET FOR THE RICH
Category: Media Releases/Media Releases
FEBRUARY 2010 Variously described as prudent, cautious and balanced, the budget outlined by Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday should be regarded as good news for South Africa’s High Net Worth ...Friday, 19 February 2010 -
Budget 2010
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The Budget as a service to the taxpayer The South African taxpayer is still bruised and not yet recovered from the recession, and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan wisely realised that it would not be ...Thursday, 18 February 2010 -
New Legislation Makes Business Travel Allowances not Worthwhile
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... of actual kilometres travelled for business purposes remains at R2,92, (although this may change in the 2010 budget speech) and such a reimbursive allowance is only tax efficient where the employee does ...Tuesday, 16 February 2010 -
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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... Portfolios. In addition to winning amazing prizes, entrants will gain exposure and experience in life skills such as budgeting, research, team work and they will identify new career opportunities. Registration ...Tuesday, 16 February 2010 -
Asset management
Category: Articles/Banking
Dealing with financial aftershocks While there are increasing signs that the world is emerging from the deep 2008/2009 economic recession, there are also plenty of signs that the impact of the recession ...Tuesday, 02 February 2010 -
Case Study
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... migrated to the latest version of the IBM Cognos TM1 budgeting, forecasting and analytics platform for financial performance management (FPM). It now benefits from a flexible forecasting environment as ...Friday, 29 January 2010 -
Opinion piece
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Selecting the right conferencing solution for different room environments By Fiona Mclean-Banks, Polycom Business Development Manager, Zycko South Africa 22 January 2010 Conference phones have come ...Monday, 25 January 2010 -
Lingering financial crisis
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... that the White House is hoping that the fee he will be proposing in his budget for the fiscal year 2011, to be introduced in February, will also help to reduce the ballooning US budget deficit. While ...Tuesday, 19 January 2010 -
Sister Sites
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Service Publication www.servicepublication.co.za Service; Leadership in Local Government, with its focus on the local government sector, provides an important bridge between the private and public ...Monday, 14 December 2009 -
The post-crisis economy
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... governments have already announced tax hikes as part of the fiscal recovery process, and some tax policy announcements in South Africa’s 2010 Budget are on the cards, particularly if the economy is on ...Monday, 07 December 2009 -
Post-crisis investment
Category: Articles/Investments
... burdens. Ability to take on more debt is constrained. The US budget deficit is likely to be pushed to around 12% of gross domestic product for 2009. As of June 2009, the International Monetary Fund estimated ...Monday, 07 December 2009 -
Case Study
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... charging to internal clients due to historical assumptions, transfer of cost centre budgets and so on. Midway through the same year, OMSTA conducted a benchmarking exercise to test the "cost per policy" ...Wednesday, 11 November 2009 -
Case Study
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... facing clusters and three service areas, has an immensely complex budgeting and finance operation. At the IBM Financial Performance Management event, held recently at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosebank, ...Friday, 06 November 2009 -
Tax Reforms
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PwC supports proposed reduced regulatory tax reforms The medium-term budget statement presented by the South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on 27 October 2009 indicated that the tax revenue is ...Friday, 30 October 2009 -
Political Analysis
Category: Articles/Banking
Steering a middle course Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday delivered his first Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). Politically, Gordhan seemed to be steering a neutral course on the ...Wednesday, 28 October 2009 -
Sanlam
Category: Articles/Banking
Managing a fiscal calamity The Medium-term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) released yesterday is probably as good as one could expect under the circumstances. It faces the realities posed by the economic ...Wednesday, 28 October 2009 -
Investec Bank
Category: Articles/Banking
Deficit undershoot In the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), the government upped its forecast for the 2009/10 deficit to 7.6% of gross domestic product from the 3.9% forecast in February this ...Wednesday, 28 October 2009 -
Rand Merchant Bank
Category: Articles/Banking
A good start Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's first Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement is a good start. Here are a few highlights: At consolidated level, the 2009/10 budget deficit increases sharply ...Wednesday, 28 October 2009
