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Editor's Letter

Opinion

Servants of the people

The financial services industry has to accept that its failure to fully appreciate its business models and the risks that lie within them means it will continue under an indefinite public, regulatory and parliamentary microscope

22 Feb 2012

Gavin Hinks

Opinion

Do you want the bad news or the worse news?

One wonders how the average FD will muster the strength to confront the economic environment in 2012

06 Jan 2012

Opinion

Taking care of business

What have we learned from this year and what will our minds turn to as we pack the dishwasher after Christmas lunch?

24 Nov 2011

Opinion

Master of all trades

The FD has got to master more than the accounts. He or she will need to master cultural insight, communications, relationship management, diplomacy

27 Oct 2011

Opinion

Financial guide dogs

The crisis, the recession and this ongoing uncertainty have changed and changed again the role of the finance director. But here’s the thing. The change has been for the good.

28 Sep 2011

Opinion

Divining the future

FDs are returning from their summer holidays, but the past two months have been anything but relaxing

01 Sep 2011

Opinion

Editor's letter: Instigating the action

The Financial Director Summit was an eye opener to the role FDs play

07 Jul 2011

Opinion

It's time to take stock and set out priorities

FDs find themselves well placed to influence the future direction of business during times of austerity

20 May 2011

Opinion

Blathering heights

Why Melanie Stern has had to eat her words over Twitter

15 Apr 2011

Opinion

Survival instinct

Japan's contingency plans ahead of the recent devastating earthquake mean it may end 2011 on a better fiscal footing

24 Mar 2011

Opinion

Waking up

Huge opportunities await business

18 Feb 2011

Opinion

Plus Markets and the credibility gap

London's "junior" stock market has new management but remains marred by an old image problem

03 Feb 2011

Opinion

A (cyber) space odyssey

FDs still need convincing of the benefits of social media

20 Dec 2010

Opinion

From the editor: Serco's cashback letter

FDs debate if asking for 2.5 percent rebate is unfair on SMEs, or responsible self-preservation

05 Nov 2010

Opinion

Slavering at the mouth over the CSR

The National Outsourcing Association is ready for a deluge of new business

25 Oct 2010

Opinion

The really wild show

Does the downturn have a Loch Ness Monster shape?

28 Sep 2010

Opinion

Double dippin'

Perhaps we’ll just have to put up with the odd double dip now and then

26 Aug 2010

Opinion

Editor's letter: Murder on Whitehall

The public sector recession is here

06 Jul 2010

Opinion

Editor's Letter: Two's a crowd?

The UK is now under the leadership of its first coalition government since the Second World War.

24 May 2010

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The financial services industry has to accept that its failure to fully appreciate its business models and the risks that lie within them means it will continue under an indefinite public, regulatory and parliamentary microscope

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