George M.
Mangion

George Mangion is a partner in PKF, an audit and business advisory firm

Who let the kids out?
Business Comment
The government is consulting the public, unions and other stakeholders on how...
Fighting money laundering, drugs or dictator’s funds
Business Comment
Conspiracy theories abound about corrupt governments, their mandarins and how...
One swallow does not a summer make
Business Comment
One can attribute the success of the astronomical growth of the IGaming...
PKF suggestions for 2016 Budget
Business Comment
These proposals can be implemented individually or as part of other...
Fighting illiteracy and absenteeism
Business Comment
A 2012 international report on Progress in International Reading Literacy...
Unravelling the intricacies of Strategic Group proposals
Business Comment
The previous administration recommended a permanent Commission on Financial...
Can fracking replace North Sea oil in UK?
Business Comment
 More than 50,000 people signed a petition calling for the fracking...
Can Zeus come to the rescue in the festering euro crisis?
Business Comment
The EU seems to be surfacing from a number of dreary years of credit squeeze...
Discovering new trends in tourism
Business Comment
In Malta, the tourism industry is a burgeoning one with total inbound tourist...
Promoting Captives in Toronto
Business Comment
One can say a captive in its simplest form is a majority owned subsidiary...
HSBC – a global employer losing its Midas touch?
Business Comment
One can notice that HSBC has taken good care of its shareholders since the...
Preparing Mother Nature for climate change
Business Comment
All lines of evidence taken together make it unambiguous that the increase in...
Greek champion plays the harp while Athens burns
Business Comment
It is relevant to recall how Greece was bailed out in 2010 as it crumbled under...
Birth of another NRP – cherries on the cake
Business Comment
Scicluna proudly announced that 2014 was another successful year which...
A potpourri of financial scandals
Business Comment
If the claim proves valid at court this is an unpleasant skeleton in our...
Sports convention – a swan song for IGaming?
Business Comment
With a portfolio of the premium tier gaming companies under its belt, hitherto...
Easter - at the cusp of an Iran/US nuclear deal
Business Comment
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has again warned about a...
Education – surgery required, not palliatives
Business Comment
Malta’s educational north-south divide has been confirmed by the 2011...
A chess game played by two banks
Business Comment
Over the past 15 years HSBC managed to champion a modern banking methodology...
Greek austerity – to be or not to be?
Business Comment
Sensing a haircut in the recent Greek debt negotiations Malta is requesting...