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Melanie Stern is editor of Financial Director

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

Corporate governance: Show and tell – why the internal audit function should be enhanced

When it comes to raising the alarm on seeding troubles, internal audit should follow its nose – and use its voice.

05 Jul 2009

Opinion

Accounting: Four play – is non-audit work in jeopardy?

Auditor independence is back on the agenda – ­ as is the question of the Big Four as an auditing oligopoly.

23 May 2009

Opinion

Editor's letter: Life in the fast lane

Is corporate governance even possible in the banking sector?

23 Mar 2009

Analysis

Governance rules OK: A look back over the last 25 years

Pulping half the rainforest to print ever more governance guidelines has not stopped companies and directors making bad decisions or committing fraud

23 Mar 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

Analysis

Hound of the bank villains: the Treasury Select Committee on audit industry's trail

The auditing industry must defend its role in the banking crisis, but is the financial watchdog’s lack of independence and scrutiny equally to blame?

23 Feb 2009

Feature

Give us the cash: what will it take to get credit flowing again?

Despite all the initiatives launched by the government, the banks are still being accused of being more keen to get their money back than to lend it out again.

23 Feb 2009

Analysis

February Update: Essential News

M&S to close food-only shops; Obama inauguration draws millions of viewers; AIG pulls out of Man U sponsorship, plus Technical Update, and more

26 Jan 2009

Analysis

Poor communication strategy could spark share price slump

Companies that fail to communicate effectively with the market are more likely to see share prices slump along with investor trust

23 Dec 2008

Opinion

Accounting: Rip it up

Everything that FDs thought they knew has gone out the window. In some cases, that’s good news

22 Dec 2008

Feature

Taking stocks: Finance chiefs have a lot to answer for

Huge pay, questionable competence. Answers are needed about the role played by some of the FDs and CFOs at the most damaged financial institutions

27 Oct 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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