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Robert Bruce
Articles by Robert Bruce
The problem plaguing financial reporting now lies in the presentational side rather than the accounting | 14 Jun 2011
There is a greater tendency to typecast finance directors than any other career. This creates a host of problems | 20 May 2011
A tickbox approach to governance destroys business creativity, but adopting your own structure can help | 15 Apr 2011
Antipodean accountants have outlined an early warning system for financial crises from which the UK could learn | 24 Mar 2011
NEDs protect corporate conscience, but attending more meetings puts their independence at risk | 18 Feb 2011
The House of Lords investigation into audit highlights the problem of auditors missing key risks | 24 Jan 2011
The House of Lords investigation into audit shows that regulators need as much regulating as auditors | 20 Dec 2010
Compliance fatigue is no excuse for lengthy, unwieldy reports. FDs must ensure that each word counts | 22 Nov 2010
It’s one up for the long-term view, as the framework for global standards is unveiled | 25 Oct 2010
Is it British politeness that stops us from telling UK regulators what we really think – or do we need more shouting from our business associations? | 27 Sep 2010
As regulators ponder their own futures, FDs simply wash their hands of the confused reporting bluster they spew | 24 Aug 2010
Making reports easier to read means unpicking the political influences on the narrative | 05 Jul 2010
Is governance a moot point in a world driven by short-term investors and speculators? | 24 May 2010
Repo 105 is not a scandal – it’s a revelation of the pressure that companies are under to massage quarterly figures | 26 Apr 2010
Businessmen and politicians have the same problem – both think the other resistant to change. Both are right | 21 Mar 2010
The hand-wringing over audit firms undertaking non-audit work for clients is unwarranted, say FDs | 22 Feb 2010
When was the last time you read an annual report, understood it, absorbed it and felt informed by it? | 25 Jan 2010
This year will see large adjustments to corporate governance. But can they override animal spirits? | 20 Dec 2009
FDs should apply the latest thinking around narrative reporting to their accounts ahead of any rule-making | 23 Nov 2009
NHS accountants and clinicians must learn to understand each other for the sake of good governance. | 19 Oct 2009
John Cockerton, consulting actuary at Towers Watson, discusses how FDs can plan their response to the government’s pension reforms
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