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The state of relationship banking

Financial Director wants your views

30 Mar 2011

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Feature

Recession gives British holiday industry a boost

Austerity Britain has given UK tourism operators their moment in the sun. Can their FDs sustain a golden age for the "staycation"?

27 Sep 2010

Special

FD Report: Funding

Banks are still reluctant to lend, so companies are becoming adept at raising finance for growth from within

01 Sep 2010

Feature

Raising funding from within the business

Businesses need to improve working capital and leverage intellectual property to raise funding from within. Anthony Harrington reports

24 Aug 2010

Opinion

Accounting: Examining the role of statutory audit

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

24 May 2010

Opinion

Corporate Governance: When annual reports contain nothing but puffery

When was the last time you read an annual report, understood it, absorbed it and felt informed by it?

25 Jan 2010

Analysis

Sustainability more important in 2010

Companies need to focus on their environmental policies in the year ahead

25 Jan 2010

Feature

Special Report - Pensions Risk Management: A strong hand – when outsourcing the pension fund is the best option

If a buyout isn’t an option, outsourcing your fund investment management will minimise the risk. Click here to download a full PDF of Financial Director's Special Report on Pensions Risk Management

19 Oct 2009

Feature

FD Report: Do-it-yourself banking

Offering greater cash control and bargaining power, it’s no wonder FDs are keen to cash in on the benefits of in-house banking. For a full pdf of our special report, FD Report - Cash Management, click here

14 Sep 2009

Opinion

Economics: Bank on it – the worst of the economic crisis may well be over

UK credit availability will have to be rebuilt to stimulate spending – and that means restoring banks' credibility.

05 Jul 2009

Opinion

Corporate governance: Law and order – lack of litigation bodes well for FRC

Lack of litigation shows financial reporting standards work and have helped FDs tackle problems early.

24 May 2009

Opinion

Editor's letter: Commons sense - an exercise in public humiliation

To be honest, I came at this with a sense of diminished expectations. When politicians start looking at business issues, you have to be ready for some cringeworthy comments.

23 May 2009

Feature

Release the creative genius: finding smarter solutions in troubled times

Simply mastering the financials isn’t enough these days. FDs must break out of the numbers and learn how to find more innovative routes to survival and expansion

27 Apr 2009

Opinion

Editor's letter: Told you so

There’s no point in getting it just a little bit wrong. If you’re going to mess it up, do it properly. It helps if your timing is spot-on. Wrong place, wrong time. Double-whammy.

27 Apr 2009

Opinion

Corporate governance – Out number: the key to regulating against market failure

Herd mentality on risk has driven markets to the same hotspots, rather than improved our understanding of it

27 Apr 2009

News

Freddie Mac CFO found dead

Acting chief financial officer of US mortgage group found dead at home; security issue pricing postponed - share price reacts

22 Apr 2009

Analysis

More eyes on the prize: FSA and the Bank of England

The FSA and the Bank of England could share some duties to provide stronger oversight, now we’re junking the hands-off regulatory regime that has purposely dulled their senses

23 Mar 2009

Feature

Interview: Doug Webb, London Stock Exchange CFO

Doug Webb likes dynamic ­ – that’s why he joined the London Stock Exchange as it fights to retain its technological supremacy against a host of upstarts.

23 Feb 2009

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Financial Director Summit 2012

The Financial Director Summit 2012 will provide a unique platform in which to share, compare and contrast experiences whilst learning and networking with peers

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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