Articles and updates

Ten years ago, we could not foresee, even in our wildest dreams, that one ACT would so fundamentally impact the Finance industry and later, other professional services. The Act I refer to, is the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML & CFT Act, hereafter the ACT). Due to this ACT, NZ […]

Embracing new technologies that make life easier should be a no brainer, for example, being paperless in the digital age should be simple right? However, as the move from paper to digital records has evolved, a twilight zone has emerged where some records are paper based and the other half are scattered about in cyber […]

Thanks for all the great feedback and conversations following last month’s article. In that article I promised to cover recent developments in the innovation funding landscape. If we assume three things: The New Zealand early stage company/start-up environment has not delivered enough sustainable companies that are growing and have global commercial potential, The upcoming change […]

Eduardo Porter wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Loss of Dynamism is impeding Growth”. The premise of the article was that New Zealand, like others in the OECD, have not generated enough early stage companies and have not done enough to ensure they become mature or revenue generating companies. The article quotes […]

Audit Shield is an insurance which provides for the payment of professional fees incurred in the event you are selected for an audit, enquiry, investigation or review instigated by Inland Revenue (IR). The cost of being properly represented can be quite considerable depending on the circumstances. Even a simple enquiry can require hours of work. […]