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Financial Services Authority

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Opinion

FSA turns up the heat on conduct

It is crucial that FDs understand just how important their firm's behaviours are to the FSA and the regulatory bodies which will replace it

18 Apr 2012

FSA chief executive Hector Sants

Opinion

Stranger than television: Twin Peaks regulation

The FSA's new Twin Peaks regulatory model spells double trouble for firms, writes Charlotte Hill

05 Apr 2012

News

FSA bans and fines former Cattles FD

The City watchdog banned John Corr and Peter Miller, former finance directors of Cattles and subsidiary Welcome Financial Services respectively

28 Mar 2012

Opinion

Audit regulators need regulating too

The House of Lords investigation into audit shows that regulators need as much regulating as auditors

20 Dec 2010

Feature

Unhealthy appetite

Reliance on traditional Excel spreadsheets over more complex BI systems is choosing feeling in control over sound reporting

20 Dec 2010

Opinion

A merry dance

Mario Christodoulou reflects on what regulators are asking auditors to do for business and how they are responding - or sidestepping

22 Nov 2010

Analysis

Outsourcing data processing has its risks

Finance directors must arrange sound protection and reporting of company data processing even when it is outsourced

27 Sep 2010

Analysis

Valukas Report, Lehman and the need to review Repo 105

The Valukas bankruptcy report into Lehman fuels the debate for global regulation and a review of Repo 105 is on the cards. But can governments, regulators and markets learn to play fair?

26 Apr 2010

Analysis

Regulator to impose data breach fine

New powers will see financial penalties in an effort to reduce serious data breaches. Neil Hodge reports

24 Mar 2010

Special

FD Report: FDs and their two-way partnership with banks

Liz Loxton examines how FDs can get the most from a banking relationship For a full PDF of the report, click here

23 Mar 2010

Analysis

Overview: How the main political parties plan to kick-start growth

With the economy set to be a major battleground in the forthcoming general election, what are the main political parties promising and what effect, if any, will they have on FDs?

23 Feb 2010

Opinion

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

Analysis

Green taxes to plug fiscal deficit

The government may use the green industry as the foundation for a rash of tax rises in 2010 and beyond, as it seeks ways to serve the UK’s huge fiscal deficit

26 Jan 2010

Opinion

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

Analysis

What's the next green frontier? Tax hikes

Influential think-tank says raising taxes is the answer to changing attitudes and behaviour over climate change

23 Nov 2009

Analysis

In the event of my death – the concept of a 'living will'

Adair Turner’s musing on the concept of the ‘living will’ could be applied outside the financial sector, but complexity and cost could make it a challenging project for larger companies.

19 Oct 2009

Analysis

September Essential News

Bank bonus culture rears its ugly head again; Madoff Securities ex-CFO pleads guilty to ten criminal charges; plus Technical Update and more...

25 Aug 2009

Upcoming Events

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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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