A presentation on commercial partnerships for sport and recreation organisations. This presentation was given by Dolmans Solicitors as part of the Sport and Recreation Alliance's, Sport and the Law Conference 2015.
The document discusses current hot topics in finance that were presented by Graham Wright, including SORP 2015 accounting standards, legal structures, auto-enrollment pensions, holiday pay regulations, gift aid and charity shops, investments, trading subsidiaries, VAT and other taxes, banking arrangements, and business rates. It provides an overview and key issues for each topic.
Rhonda has been involved with the voluntary and community sector (VCS) most of her life. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience about the VCS and, in 2007, she took on the running of Whitwick Community Coffee Shop. With Rhonda's passion and commitment, the Cafe has developed into a major training initiative covering North West Leciestershire.
Rhonda joined Voluntary Action LeicesterShire's (VAL) 2013 Future Focus Conference to give a workshop on how collaboration can help voluntary and community groups sustain themselves in a difficult economic climate. The workshop looked at ways to streamline services by joining together and developing a shared purpose and vision.
Specifically, Rhonda's workshop helped organsiations find out what a consortium looks like, why a group might consider creating a consortium, how to overcome challenges, and the pluses and minuses of consortium.
While the 2013 Future Focus conference is now over, VAL runs trainings and workshops like Rhonda's year-round. If you'd like to learn more about training for your organisation, visit www.Valoneline.org.uk.
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Wisma 𝐊𝐓𝐏, 53 Jalan Molek 1/8, Taman Molek, 81100 Johor Bahru
Wisma 𝐓𝐇𝐊, 41, Jalan Molek 1/8, Taman Molek, 81100 Johor Bahru
𝐊𝐓𝐏 (𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭,𝐓𝐚𝐱, 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲)
An approved audit firm and licensed tax firm operating under the KTP group based in Johor Bahru providing audit, tax planning, advisory and compliance services to clients
Website www.ktp.com.my
Instagram https://bit.ly/3jZuZuI
Linkedin https://bit.ly/3sapf4l
Telegram http://bit.ly/3ptmlpn
𝐓𝐇𝐊 (𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭/𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥, 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲)
A licensed secretarial firm in Johor Bahru providing fast reliable incorporation, secretarial services, corporate compliance services, outsource booking, accounting and payroll services to clients
Website www.thks.com.my
Facebook https://bit.ly/3nQ98rs
National Enterprise Network welcomed visitors to their annual conference held in a vibrant and lively hotel overlooking Manchester’s vivacious city centre on Wednesday 19th September 2012
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This World Bank Group-OECD presentation was made during their joint meeting on making investment climate reforms happen in April 2015. The presentation focuses on how collaboration between the World Bank and the OECD can enhance positive investment climate reforms.
For more information about OECD and World Bank investment policy tools, visit http://www.oecd.org/investment and http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/trade/brief/trade-competitiveness
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A presentation on commercial partnerships for sport and recreation organisations. This presentation was given by Dolmans Solicitors as part of the Sport and Recreation Alliance's, Sport and the Law Conference 2015.
The document discusses current hot topics in finance that were presented by Graham Wright, including SORP 2015 accounting standards, legal structures, auto-enrollment pensions, holiday pay regulations, gift aid and charity shops, investments, trading subsidiaries, VAT and other taxes, banking arrangements, and business rates. It provides an overview and key issues for each topic.
Rhonda has been involved with the voluntary and community sector (VCS) most of her life. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience about the VCS and, in 2007, she took on the running of Whitwick Community Coffee Shop. With Rhonda's passion and commitment, the Cafe has developed into a major training initiative covering North West Leciestershire.
Rhonda joined Voluntary Action LeicesterShire's (VAL) 2013 Future Focus Conference to give a workshop on how collaboration can help voluntary and community groups sustain themselves in a difficult economic climate. The workshop looked at ways to streamline services by joining together and developing a shared purpose and vision.
Specifically, Rhonda's workshop helped organsiations find out what a consortium looks like, why a group might consider creating a consortium, how to overcome challenges, and the pluses and minuses of consortium.
While the 2013 Future Focus conference is now over, VAL runs trainings and workshops like Rhonda's year-round. If you'd like to learn more about training for your organisation, visit www.Valoneline.org.uk.
mpers section 14 investment in associatesKoh Teck Peng
Investments In Associates (MPERS 14)
* How do you account for investment in associates?
* Is investment in associates a current asset?
* How do you record investment in accounting?
Read full story in our blog
https://lnkd.in/gJ3JCwwB
𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐬
Wisma 𝐊𝐓𝐏, 53 Jalan Molek 1/8, Taman Molek, 81100 Johor Bahru
Wisma 𝐓𝐇𝐊, 41, Jalan Molek 1/8, Taman Molek, 81100 Johor Bahru
𝐊𝐓𝐏 (𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭,𝐓𝐚𝐱, 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲)
An approved audit firm and licensed tax firm operating under the KTP group based in Johor Bahru providing audit, tax planning, advisory and compliance services to clients
Website www.ktp.com.my
Instagram https://bit.ly/3jZuZuI
Linkedin https://bit.ly/3sapf4l
Telegram http://bit.ly/3ptmlpn
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A licensed secretarial firm in Johor Bahru providing fast reliable incorporation, secretarial services, corporate compliance services, outsource booking, accounting and payroll services to clients
Website www.thks.com.my
Facebook https://bit.ly/3nQ98rs
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This World Bank Group-OECD presentation was made during their joint meeting on making investment climate reforms happen in April 2015. The presentation focuses on how collaboration between the World Bank and the OECD can enhance positive investment climate reforms.
For more information about OECD and World Bank investment policy tools, visit http://www.oecd.org/investment and http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/trade/brief/trade-competitiveness
The document discusses strategies for investment promotion and facilitation. It outlines an investment life cycle approach that includes lead generation and targeting, qualification and assessment, intention recording and monitoring, implementation, and aftercare. Specific strategies proposed include opening multiple lead generation channels, qualifying opportunities through discussions with investors, monitoring leads and intentions, dedicated account management, and investor handholding. The document also discusses developing policies, infrastructure advisory, Ease of Doing Business reforms, investment promotion activities, knowledge collaterals, facilitating a global investors summit, intelligent tools for lead generation, an investment facilitation approach, and utilizing international desks and diaspora connections.
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Six core steps policy advocacy april 6 2009 brownUBT University
The document discusses 6 core steps for effective policy advocacy:
1. Systematically gather information on investment environment issues from investors and stakeholders.
2. Prioritize the most pressing issues based on criteria like impact on investors.
3. Prepare policy advocacy memorandums outlining issues, solutions, and measures of success.
4. Present memorandums to a Board/Committee for review and decision on actions.
5. Have the Board/Committee implement recommended actions and spur government agencies to resolve issues.
6. Track implementation progress and report results to stakeholders. The goal is to institutionalize ongoing reform of policies impacting investment.
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Equity Velocity Fund I is a $25 million private equity real estate fund focused on healthcare, retail, and mixed-use properties in secondary and tertiary markets. The fund will target value-add acquisition and development opportunities leveraging the sponsor's expertise, with a goal of 15% investor returns. Investments of $1-8 million will utilize debt financing at 70-75% loan-to-value. The fund is sponsored by Equity Inc., a full-service commercial real estate firm with a track record of successful development, leasing, and property management.
The document discusses establishing an Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) through a partnership between Agri-Business Inc. and ICAR-BPD Units under the National Agriculture Innovation Project Component 1. It outlines the essential elements needed for an ABI business plan such as vision, objectives, business model, marketing plan, operations plan, administration plan, and financial plan. It also discusses defining the ABI's focus, location, organizational structure, services provided, revenue model, and next steps to finalize a partnership proposal.
This document outlines the process for developing a cluster strategy and action plan. It discusses key steps like forming a leadership team, conducting analysis, developing networks, and organizing initiatives. It emphasizes involving stakeholders through workshops and interviews to understand expectations, conduct SWOT analyses, and define strategic objectives and action fields. Methods are presented for prioritizing actions based on impact, effort, and number of beneficiaries. The document provides templates for planning actions, assigning responsibilities and resources, and calculating staff and funding needs to implement the cluster strategy.
This presentation by Mike Pfister was made at the session "Promoting investment in ASEAN: the role of IPAs and regional co-operation" during the 2nd ASEAN-OECD Investment Policy Conference held on 10-11 December 2014.
Find out more at: http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/2014-asean-oecd-investment-policy-conference.htm
The document summarizes updates from the GPFI Forum on SME Finance in St. Petersburg. It notes that winners of the SME Finance Challenge facilitated over $236 million in financing for MSMEs. While SMEs are critical for job growth, not all create jobs equally. Access to finance and power are top constraints. The way forward includes promoting innovation, improving financial infrastructure, and addressing financing needs of "gazelles." Recommendations are collaborative learning platforms, harmonized SME data collection, strengthening financial market infrastructure, and supporting "big data" innovation in SME finance. A new policy case study initiative aims to identify and disseminate good national practices to promote SME financing.
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The document discusses strategies for implementing economic diversification in regions transitioning away from carbon-intensive industries. It provides examples of the Just Transition Platform Groundwork program providing tailored support like capacity building, stakeholder engagement, and project development assistance to regions in Poland, Sweden, Portugal, and Romania. The program helps regions develop a clear vision and understanding of local assets, attract investors and funds, and support the growth of local SMEs and green industries. For example, in the Łódzkie region of Poland, the program worked with over 50 stakeholders to design a new support scheme for SMEs focused on helping businesses develop and unlock their potential. Overall, the document emphasizes the importance of involving local stakeholders to effectively
The document discusses strategies for implementing economic diversification in regions transitioning away from carbon-intensive industries. It provides examples of the Just Transition Platform Groundwork program providing technical assistance to several European regions. The assistance includes developing economic diversification strategies, building regional capacity, and strengthening stakeholder collaboration. It also discusses lessons learned from helping the Łódzkie region in Poland design a new support scheme for small and medium enterprises. Developing a shared vision of regional assets was found to be important for attracting investment. Involving local stakeholders proved important for understanding existing support opportunities and business needs. Long-term measures are needed to achieve meaningful job creation during a transition.
Financial services contribute to economic growth and development by facilitating banking, investment, savings, insurance, stock markets, debt, and equity shares. These services help private entities and individuals save funds, compete in the market, and protect against risks and ambiguity. They also contribute to the GDP and promote liquidity. Financial services generate employment, reduce the cost of transactions and borrowing, and minimise asymmetric information.
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Financial services contribute to economic growth and development by facilitating banking, investment, savings, insurance, stock markets, debt, and equity shares.
Visit: https://m1nxt.blogspot.com/2023/11/stay-informed-latest-financial-services.html
This presentation presents the main findings from the 2020 OECD Investment Policy Review of Myanmar. This publication will be launched at a virtual event in the presence of Myanmar's Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations. The launch was followed by a high-level panel discussion on “Attracting quality investment and building resilience through responsible business conduct and international labour standards". http://www.oecd.org/investment/oecd-investment-policy-reviews-myanmar-2020-d7984f44-en.htm
The document discusses incentives provided by the dti, South Africa's department of trade and industry, to support local businesses through various financial and non-financial programs, including rebates, grants, and cost sharing, with the goal of promoting economic growth, job creation, and industrial competitiveness. The dti offers incentives across multiple industry clusters and sectors and provides an overview of the application process for these incentives.
This is a case on management of change as transformation in a matured Indian Organization. The change in external environment due to new industrial polity in 1991 and influx of global competition was managed well by this public sector company. The reference for this presentation was majorly taken from V. Nilakant (Faculty, Department of Management in University of Canturbery, New Zealand) and S. Ramnaryan's (Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, India) book called Managing Organizational Change.
The document provides an overview and acknowledgements for a report by the World Economic Forum on how blockchain could reshape financial services. It thanks the steering committee and working group members from various large financial institutions who provided guidance and expertise. It also acknowledges contributions from other subject matter experts from central banks, regulators, startups and technology companies. The report will explore the potential of distributed ledger technology through several use case deep dives across different areas of financial services.
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1. Finance, Investment & Trade (FIT)
Mobilizing private sector capital, resources and knowledge to catalyze and
sustain economic growth
2. Finance, Investment and Trade Practice
(FIT)
What we do:
• Mobilize capital, resources and knowledge to unlock private sector
investment and catalyze sustained economic growth
• Leads MCC’s private sector engagement
• Advises on private sector issues
• Catalyzes and tracks private investment in and around MCC
compacts
• Provides technical leadership on projects
2
Catalyzing the private sector for development is fundamental to MCC’s work and helps ensure
long-term sustainability of its investments.
3. Engaging the Private Sector
Compact Development and Implementation
Process
Compact development –
IOA, pvt sector canvassing
Project design
implementation – grant
facility
Projects
Policy reform
Private enterprise financing
Financial sector
development
Participation in public
service provision
PPPs, co-investments,
parallel investments
Procurements
Promoting procurements for
sustainable design and
implementation of compact
projects
3
4. FIT’s Core Areas
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Grant Facilities
• Parallel Financing
• Co-Investments
Financing Structures
and Project
Preparation
• Market Intelligence and
Analysis
• Investment and Business
Climate Review
• Financial Sector Survey
• Policy and Regulatory
Reforms Identification
• Technical Assistance in
Project Design
Advisory Services,
Expertise and
Commercial Acumen
• Engage and Leverage private
sector
• Forge Partnerships
• Build Capacity
Relationship
Management and
Networking
4
5. MCC Compact Activities
Assets & Products
Count: 49
Compact: $1,925,593,180
Technical Assistance & Training
Count: 30
Compact: $222,587,475
Institutional & Policy Reforms
Count: 32
Compact: $221,494,340
PrivateSectorDevelopmentSegment
SME / Corporate Sector
Development
Count: 40
Compact: $787,436,816
Investing in business expansion
and/or start-up support for
businesses
Count:21
Compact: $660,131,446
Capacity building and technical
assistance to enterprises
Count: 11
Compact: $90,549,466
Improving legal systems, informing
policy reform and deepening the
enabling environment for private
sector growth
Count: 8
Compact: $36,755,904
Financial Sector Development
Count: 27
Compact: $189,814,075
Improving financial products and
services
Count: 10
Compact: $118,145,326
Increasing the capacity of financial
markets and institutions
Count: 7
Compact: $30,988,133
Support for policy reforms and
strengthening financial systems
Count: 10
Compact: $40,680,616
Private Sector Participation (PSP)
in Public Sector Services
Count: 22
Compact: $925,710,670
Investing in capital assets using a
spectrum of PSP modalities and
increasing the availability of long-
term funding for infrastructure
Count: 13
Compact: $823,336,496
Strengthening the capacity of
governments to execute and manage
PPP contracts post-closure
Count: 8
Compact: $90,974,173
Improving the enabling environment
for PSP
Count: 1
Compact: $11,400,000
Public Sector Management and
Governance
Count: 22
Compact: $466,713,434
Improving the physical plant and
assets of public sector institutions
and parastatals
Count: 5
Compact: $323,979,912
Capacity building for public sector
functions
Count: 4
Compact: $10,075,702
Improving the business enabling
environment
Count: 13
Compact: $132,657,821
FIT Impact Matrix
Editor's Notes
FIT catalyzes private investment in and around projects that MCC funds by helping MCA’s to identify and structure:
Public private partnerships (i.e., help the government to use private capital to finance and manage the provision of public services – e.g., roads, airports, electricity, water supply);
Co-investment opportunities (i.e., help the government to identify and structure projects in which the government, MCC and private enterprise have overlapping interests and in which the government and private enterprise both invest – e.g., where MCC and a company invest in a vocational education project to train workers in technical areas that the market most needs);
Parallel financing opportunities (i.e., help the government to attract private investment around MCC investments which are separate but parallel and complementary to the MCC-funded project - e.g., MCC invests in public health clinics and Merck uses such clinics to distribute free immunizations for at-risk groups);
Regulatory reform (i.e., help the government to identify regulations and procedures that restrict trade and investment and to improve the same in order to reduce commercial risk and facilitate more trade and investment);
Capacity building (i.e., help strengthen weak government capacity in order to better support investment and trade)