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Perfect pairing 23 Aug 2013 | 03:29 pm
By Professor Barry J Cooper, ACCA President The alliance between a small business and the accountant is good for both – and for the economy. While the role of the CFO in the major listed company or th...
Where will our future CFOs come from? 21 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
By Jamie Lyon, head of corporate sector, ACCA What will the future career path of a CFO look like? It is common knowledge that the role has been evolving for some time. However, much less discussed is...
Risk reporting in Qatar 19 Aug 2013 | 02:26 pm
By Ewald Müller, director, Financial Analysis, QFCRA Oil and gas-rich Qatar is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, reporting GDP growth of more than 14% in 2011. Since the turn of the c...
SMEs need to have faith in the accountancy profession 16 Aug 2013 | 03:36 pm
By Mark Gold, chairman of ACCA’s Global Forum for SMEs I gave a keynote speech at the SME/SMP forum held by ACCA Uganda, in Kampala, recently. As the chair of ACCA’s global forum for SMEs, I know that...
What stakeholders and investors want to know 14 Aug 2013 | 04:51 pm
By Jason Piper, technical manager, tax and business law, ACCA What is it that stakeholders or investors in a company want to know? (I’m choosing to consider the terms as interchangeable for now – if...
Sustainability through corporate reporting and environmental accountability 9 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm
By Craig Vickery, head of ACCA Scotland The current drive towards better environmental accountability by the world’s businesses – through measurement and reporting – comes at a time when the future of...
The outlook for audit reform 7 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
By Aidan Clifford, FCCA, advisory services manager, ACCA Ireland The accountancy profession is fond of using Lord Justice Tope’s assertion that ‘the auditor is a watchdog not a bloodhound’. Whatever ...
The fool and the wise man keep dancing 2 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
By David York, head of auditing practice, ACCA There is an old saying that a fool can ask a question that a wise man cannot answer. Actually, in the age of the Internet I should not say that. Not part...
The talent challenge – building capabilities in new operations 31 Jul 2013 | 06:32 pm
By Tony Campion, strategic business partner HR, Coca Cola As our shared service operations are reasonably new, we are still in the process of working through some of the talent challenges we face, and...
This is your bank on Basel 29 Jul 2013 | 04:07 pm
By Manos Schizas, senior economic analyst, ACCA Basel III is the global framework governing the regulation of bank capital, liquidity and leverage, agreed in the aftermath of the global financial cris...
