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Peter Williams, Founder, Bizmedia

Peter Williams is Financial Director’s accounting columnist and founder of IT and financial media publisher, Bizmedia – publisher of The Treasurer, the magazine for members of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, for which Peter is editor.

Peter’s accounting column is published every two months.

Articles by Peter Williams

Lab instruments representing the FRC laboratory

Back to the lab again

The FRC is bringing in the men in white coats to cure the ills of corporate reporting | 27 Sep 2011

hall-of-mirrors

Smoke and mirrors

The spat between Barclays and PIRC raises questions over whether banks’ accounting methods are fit for purpose | 07 Jul 2011

Peter Williams is a chartered account and freelance journalist

Bank auditors need to go above and beyond

Bank auditors say they did their job to the letter of the law. They well know they are paid to enact the spirit of it too | 15 Apr 2011

Lords' committee slates auditing profession over banking crisis

Bank auditors say they did their job to the letter of the law. They well know they are paid to enact the spirit of it too | 04 Apr 2011

Audit market reform will come to nothing

Mid-tier auditors are unconvinced they want a piece of that pie | 18 Feb 2011

Yield, liquidity, bank relationships

The Association of Corporate Treasurers' annual survey pinpoints three key FD concerns | 10 Feb 2011

High risk sectors fear FRRP focus

Is the FRRP’s hit list of sectors that it deems high risk in 2011 a list of predicted accounting scandals? | 20 Dec 2010

Lease agreement reform will show the true state of the balance sheet

Sir David Tweedle aims to retire from the IASB having implemented a new standard | 25 Oct 2010

The balance of scepticism in auditing

If auditing is to be more effective, a balance needs to be struck between accepting and challenging information | 24 Aug 2010

Accounting: Examining the role of statutory audit

Is statutory audit worth the money when most European businesses don’t do it? | 24 May 2010

Accounting: When annual reports communicate complexity with simplicity

George Orwell implored us never to use a long word when a short one will do. Corporate reports should take heed | 22 Mar 2010

Accounting: Interference into accounting standards moves up a notch

Standard setters must stand up for what they believe in, despite the persistent attempt at interference | 22 Feb 2010

Accounting: Seeking a unified standard to keep score of carbon emissions

The profession is pushing for a unified standard to make public how much carbon companies emit | 26 Jan 2010

Accounting: IFRS 9 and what it means for year-end reporting

The confusion and delays around IFRS 9’s adoption wreak havoc on year-end reporting | 19 Dec 2009

Accounting: The introduction of the senior accounting officer and what it means for FDs

FDs are being lumbered with the senior accounting officer role ­ but, oddly, they’re not protesting | 23 Nov 2009

Accounting: Feeling good – does your balance sheet add up?

It’s time to prepare for the upturn and check the health of your balance sheet ­ instead of your P&L. | 19 Oct 2009

Accounting: Moved to tiers by the changing face of UK reporting

International standards provide consistency, but the three-tier approach will create new problems. | 12 Sep 2009

Accounting: OAP opera - the pensions problem that just won't go away

Forget the credit crunch and recession, nothing has spooked FDs over the long term as much as pensions. | 25 Aug 2009

Accounting: Off balance – the future of off-balance sheet transactions

Few would argue that off-balance sheet finance needs fresh oversight. Perhaps the banks' views are out of kilter. | 03 Jul 2009

Accounting: Four play – is non-audit work in jeopardy?

Auditor independence is back on the agenda – ­ as is the question of the Big Four as an auditing oligopoly. | 23 May 2009

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