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It's now just over nine years since the Global Financial Crisis struck, and it's been a wild ride in financial markets over the period, with plenty of bumps and white knuckles along the way. Standing back and looking at the big picture, though, it's been a simple story. In 2008, global equity markets were cheap, and (in the heart of a liquidity cri...

A beautiful mosaic tile pathway is being created at Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium in Auckland, New Zealand, to remember stillborn and newborn babies.Inspiration for the 95 metre-long colourful pathway came from a Nelson Cemetery in the South Island, where a similar mosaic memorial exists. In 2015, Purewa Cemetery Trust Board Trustee, Murray Ward,...

At the recent ACCA Conference, I delivered a keynote presentation on innovation! ​Innovation is one of those 'fluffy and sounds a bit too good to be true' words. But there is a best practice approach to innovation which is completely fluff free! I spent my hour-long time slot introducing attendees to great set of tools for innovation that underpins...