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“There is certainly a lot going in gold’s favour at the moment,” says Daniel Hynes, senior commodity strategist at ANZ Bank.

The price of gold shines again

09 Oct 2019

Gold prices have been rising strongly but opinion is divided over whether this is a new bull run for the metal’s price volatility.

Facilitating meetings between remote workers can be testing, with communication and cultural differences – not to mention logistical complexities – to navigate. Here are four strategies that can simplify the process.

4 ways to lead a successful global team meeting

14 Oct 2019

Four practical tips that will help you keep global team meetings on track and participants engaged.

Liam Bastick sees people wasting their lives manipulating data. If you go on a three-day course, at the end of two months you will have made up that time, and you will never look back.

Saving time with Excel Power Query

08 Oct 2019

Excel Power Query can save hours of time for people who have to take data from multiple sources and reorder it for reports and analysis.

While showing appropriate empathy, the ATO also needed to identify tax advisers who consistently use aggressive tactics.

ATO Commissioner: we’re getting better at identifying problem tax advisers

07 Oct 2019

In an interview with INTHEBLACK, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Commissioner Chris Jordan warns that his staff are getting better at identifying problem tax advisers and taking action.

Australian directors face the greatest potential liability from the impact of climate change on their businesses.

Company directors may be headed for litigation over climate change

01 Oct 2019

The Commonwealth Climate Law Initiative is investigating how company directors may be drawn into climate change-related litigation.

Much of the current concern for independent auditing has been driven by events in the UK after a series of business failures.

Seeing audit quality in Australia in a new light

01 Oct 2019

The auditing profession is under pressure due to changing expectations, technological shifts and increasing competition; but could these pressures be the catalyst for audit's reinvention?