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Corporate Governance

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Rok to enter administration after FD debacle

Building contractor company asks for share suspension following financial controls issue

08 Nov 2010

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News

Companies failing on carbon reporting

Only a handful of companies meet the requirements for reporting carbon output

08 Nov 2010

News

FDs to speak on enterprise tsar 2.0

Lord Young replaces Lord Sugar in key SME ambassadorial role - but will it make a difference to FDs' challenges?

02 Nov 2010

Opinion

Framework for global standards suggests common ground

It’s one up for the long-term view, as the framework for global standards is unveiled

25 Oct 2010

News

Average annual report now 100 pages: Deloitte

Accounting firm warns that annual reports are growing in length

22 Oct 2010

Opinion

The future of financial reporting

As regulators ponder their own futures, FDs simply wash their hands of the confused reporting bluster they spew

24 Aug 2010

Analysis

FRC updates ­Corporate Governance Code

Financial reporting regulator broadens board ­diversity and extends narrative rules, writes Neil Hodge

06 Jul 2010

Opinion

The Non-executive: Addressing the cause of share price slides will boost shareholder value

Boards should not protect themselves from inconvenient truths that can sharpen business for the better

05 Jul 2010

Opinion

Corporate Governance: Useful audit reports hampered by vested interests

Making reports easier to read means unpicking the political influences on the narrative

05 Jul 2010

Special

FD Guide: Tax Compliance Outsourcing

Outsourcing is popular; tax compliance is not. Our guide examines the opportunities and risks FDs will find in marrying the two

01 Jun 2010

Opinion

Corporate Governance: Does governance exist in a world of short-term investment?

Is governance a moot point in a world driven by short-term investors and speculators?

24 May 2010

Opinion

Corporate Governance: Repo accounting and the pressure to massage figures

Repo 105 is not a scandal – it’s a revelation of the pressure that companies are under to massage quarterly figures

26 Apr 2010

Opinion

Corporate Governance: The miscommunication between business and politics

Businessmen and politicians have the same problem – both think the other resistant to change. Both are right

21 Mar 2010

Opinion

Corporate Governance: Do non-audit services create a conflict of interest?

The hand-wringing over audit firms undertaking non-audit work for clients is unwarranted, say FDs

22 Feb 2010

Analysis

Audit Firm Governance Code and its impact on business

We look at the impact of the new non-executive code, which requires audit firms to hire non-executives, and examine whether it will improve business and its services

22 Feb 2010

Analysis

SEC moves to improve disclosure

Commission approves enhanced disclosure for US-listed companies’ declaration of risk profiling and management

25 Jan 2010

Opinion

Corporate governance: FDs need to concentrate efforts on narrative reporting

FDs should apply the latest thinking around narrative reporting to their accounts ahead of any rule-making

23 Nov 2009

Analysis

Banks in the line of fire as Walker Review calls for greater scrutiny of pay structures

It’s open season on bankers again ­ with the government taking aim ­ as the Walker Review on banking regulation calls for greater scrutiny and disclosure of executive pay structures

25 Aug 2009

Analysis

British company reporting to include climate risk

Companies need to disclose their climate change risks and the steps they are taking to mitigate them

24 Nov 2008

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Latest Opinion

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

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