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Recent years have seen Australian’s higher education sector undergo a period of change, particularly in regard to student fees and university cost structures.

Over the past 10 years the mining services industry has enjoyed enviable market conditions, with major capital investment fuelling new resource projects, project expansions and a customer focus heavily weighted to getting the job done, rather than on pricing.

Combining reason and instinct to reveal new opportunities for growth: Soft power and gut instinct is driving an estimated US$250bn per year in overseas real estate investment, showing that feeling rather than data analysis determines many investment decisions. Drawing on interviews with investors, industry experts and Grant Thornton real estate specialists this report provides practical, achievable actions for investors looking to harness the forces shaping global real estate activity.

In Brief is a four part series providing no-nonsense commentary on topical issues facing professional services firms and the professionals that practice within them.

On 1 June this year, Japan introduced a new governance code, which requires companies to appoint at least two external directors, amongst other elements. Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, wants to encourage boardrooms to boost the economy by using the US$1.9trillion in cash at their disposal to boost investment or wages, or return some to investors.

2015 Biotechnology Industry Position Report Respondents to the fifth annual biotech survey were the most positive they have been regarding how their companies performed with 69% reporting a good or excellent year.

In our recent global study ‘Hunger for growth – Food and beverage looks to the future’, 53% of Australian food and beverage executives indicate that their organisations required capital to fund their growth.

Guide to international expansion in food and beverage 2015

With the Electoral Commission of Queensland declaring the 89 seats that will make up Government late last week, a change in Queensland Government from the Liberal National Party (LNP) to the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has been confirmed. In a snapshot, what are the likely impacts of a change in State Government on those operating in the Agricultural Industry in Queensland?

The third edition of Dealtracker, gives and analysis of the Australian mergers and acquisition (M&A) and equity markets. This edition covers transactions during the 18 month period from 31 December 2012 to 30 June 2014.

As the custodians of some of the largest budgets in the country, the role of the public sector CFO has long been undervalued. The tightening of government revenues, rising levels of demand and increasing pressure on governments to “do more with less” are all leading to increased demands on the public sector CFO to deliver change. CPA Australia and Grant Thornton thought it critical in the current context of reform to voice the views of public sector CFOs across all levels of government in Australia and New Zealand, to hear their response to current and future challenges and the changing role of the public sector CFO.

Thee dramatic increase in the number of Australians turning 65 over the next 20 years is now an established demographic fact. Treasury projects a doubling of the seniors’ population by 2050, with an economically signicant reduction in the ratio of taxpayers to retirees.