Archive for the 'Financial Strategy' Category
Typical Role Of Manager- Corporate Strategy
0 CommentsNormally, in the Finance’s Organization Chart, we might see but quite rarely the post of Manager for Corporate strategy reporting to the CFO.
As this post is quite crucial to the company’s business growth, it will normally be directly reporting to the senior management
So what does normally this role entails
Append below perhaps are some of the […]
Branding & Expanding Overseas
0 CommentsAs discussed, two of the main agenda in any Board Meeting should at least include branding as a strategy to boost sales and strategizing to go overseas for business expansion.
A good example is the recent announcement by F& N’s CEO Tan Ang Meng pertaining to the aforesaid two subjects:
Branding:
to consolidate their products under one F&N […]
Islamic Finance – A Basic Understanding
0 CommentsThe emergence of the Islamic capital market in 2002 with the inaugural sukuk issued by the Malaysian Governement spearheaded the capital markets exponentially as it became the blue print to an increasing variety of instruments which can be used to create an efficient Islamic portfolio in line with portfolio theory and financial planning.
Increasingly, many […]
Who In The World Is Entrepreneurial?
0 CommentsExtracted from CNNMoney.com (23/5/07) the below ranking for countries which are the most and least friendly to small business:
Most and least friendly countries to small biz
Rank
Country
Fortune Small
Business Score
1
New Zealand
2.03
2
United States
2.01
3
Canada
1.99
4
Australia
1.93
5
Singapore
1.88
6
Hong Kong, China
1.86
7
United Kingdom
1.85
8
Ireland
1.85
9
Denmark
1.75
10
Iceland
1.75
11
Norway
1.70
12
Sweden
1.64
13
Japan
1.64
14
Finland
1.60
15
Thailand
1.60
16
Chile
1.59
17
Israel
1.59
18
Latvia
1.57
19
Switzerland
1.57
20
France
1.50
21
Jamaica
1.49
22
Netherlands
1.45
23
Belgium
1.45
24
Germany
1.37
25
Portugal
1.36
26
Peru
1.33
27
South Africa
1.32
28
Malaysia
1.31
29
Colombia
1.29
30
Russia
1.29
31
Austria
1.28
32
Mexico
1.26
33
Turkey
1.26
34
Korea
1.25
35
Czech Republic
1.24
36
Italy
1.20
37
Taiwan, China
1.15
38
Spain
1.11
39
Hungary
1.11
40
Slovenia
1.10
41
Uganda
1.05
42
China
1.05
43
Argentina
1.04
44
Poland
1.02
45
Croatia
0.95
46
India
0.94
47
Jordan
0.94
48
Uruguay
0.92
49
Ecuador
0.92
50
Brazil
0.92
51
Philippines
0.90
52
Greece
0.76
53
Indonesia
0.61
To Diversify Or Not To Diversify
0 CommentsI believe the aforesaid subject-matter has been and is still presently a most challenging decision for a company to make. In spite of it, the rewards and risks are extraordinary.
It has been noted that some public listed companies who are in the sun-set business or pressures from investors to generate more sterling results could have […]
