Achieving financial success
This guide covers the key practices that small businesses should adopt to ensure good financial management.
Small business finance indicators
Read about various lending rate benchmarks, fee analysis and comparison rates.
Feasability study
Find out how to conduct a comprehensive and informative feasability study.
Assistance for business owners facing illness
An online resource for business owners facing a life-threatening illness.
Guide to managing liquidity risk (865.71 KB) - last updated Thursday, 15 April 2010
This guide is designed to assist members who have responsibility for managing the liquidity of their employer or client. It may be particularly useful for members working in SMEs.
Understanding and managing interest rate risk guide (198.34 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
This guide, Understanding and managing interest rate risk, provides an overview of the issues associated with understanding and managing interest rate risk. It is intended to familiarise users with the key concepts.
Guide to managing foreign exchange risk (905.16 KB) - last updated Thursday, 25 February 2010
This guide provides an overview of the issues associated with understanding and managing foreign exchange risk. It is intended to familiarise users with key concepts.
Good practice checklist for small business: Rebuild or wait and see? (856.93 KB) - last updated Monday, 21 June 2010
This checklist highlights good business practices that small businesses should undertake. These are particularly relevant during the so-called recovery, where businesses may be faced with increasing demand but have difficulty accessing finance.
Developing policies and procedures for your business (83.42 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
The policies and procedures adopted by your business for a particular task or activity must match the risk tolerance of the business and be tailored to suit the business’s specific needs.
Checklist for managing in times of financial difficulty (119.90 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Practical tips intended to help managers in times of falling consumer sentiment, rising costs, tougher competition and general instability.
Internal controls for small business (263.77 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
This guide will help small business owners look critically at their business and examine whether their procedures adequately minimise risks and promote best practice within the firm.
Risk management guide for small- and medium-sized business (848.19 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
CPA Australia's risk management guide for small- and medium-sized business.
A guide to exiting your business (234.93 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Business owners guide providing strategies for exiting a business, including information about selling or passing on the business, merging, closing down the business, liquidating and forced closure.
Refinancing your debt fact sheet (190.18 KB) - last updated Thursday, 25 February 2010
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) and CPA Australia are encouraging small businesses to consider whether their current debt arrangements fit the needs of the business.
Applying for a loan fact sheet (166.37 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
CPA Australia has partnered with the Australian Bankers' Association to provide small businesses with advice on how to access finance and manage debt.
Disaster recovery toolkit for business (4609.17 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
CPA Australia has developed this disaster recovery toolkit to assist businesses directly and indirectly affected by a disaster.