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Peter Church profiled in Company Director magazine
AFG Venture Group Chairman Peter Church was profiled in this month’s Australian Institute of Company Directors Company Director magazine. The profile is available to view here.
Myanmar, the darling of the commentators: Can the change be maintained?
There has been an increasing amount of column inches devoted to the changes which have occurred in Myanmar, and as one who has had a commercial contact with the country since 1994 when we opened our first office in Yangon, and in 1998 when we first produced the Myanmar Business Guide, the changes which have [...]
Glen Robinson interviewed on ABC Radio regarding Myanmar
Glen Robinson was recently interviewed on Australia’s ABC Radio about the re-emergence of Myanmar after decades of isolation, and the opportunities available to international businesses. Glen’s interview is available here: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/asia-pacific/business-hopes-to-help-burma-open-up/847498 AFG Venture Group has been involved in the Myanmar market for many years, and issued guide to doing business in Myanmar in 1998. We believe there are [...]
March 2012: Trends and Issues for this Year and Beyond
“To bang on about the ‘cautious consumer’ implies the retailers’…. problem is cyclical (it will go away as soon as consumers cheer up) rather than structural (it will last until the businesses involved do something to solve it).” – Ross Gittins, Economics Editor, Sydney Morning Herald, March 10, 2012 This Edition looks into some of [...]
Women, men at odds over board shortfall
by Narelle Hooper and Catherine Fox The Australian Financial Review www.afr.com 15 March 2012 Mind the gap – because it’s a big one. A survey of company directors shows men and women are at odds over the scant number of women on listed company boards. Men blame it on lack of women in senior executive [...]