The newly created Critical Infrastructure Centre could assist overseas investors on whether they should bid for critical assets like ports.
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The new Critical Infrastructure Centre might provide clarity on certain projects but it doesn't resolve the ongoing debate on what approach the government should take with foreign investment.
Investors need to know if there is impairment of assets, but research shows firms don’t always disclose all the information they should about this.
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Managers of well-known Australian companies are misleading investors by taking years to recognise asset impairments and not disclosing that information in financial reporting.
A Kenyan woman does a financial transaction using her mobile phone.
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Financial inclusion has so far focused on enhancing a poor person’s cash flow. But it needs to involve more. Not enough consideration is given to encouraging poor people to build assets.
