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The Secret FD

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Opinion

Tax planning is back on FDs' agendas

Since 3000BC, taxes have failed to deliver, but FDs must still raise the board’s enthusiasm for company tax policy

26 Apr 2012

FD herding cats

Opinion

Herding cats

After a chaotic board meeting, The Secret FD hopes that next time logic will prevail over egomania and dysfunction

29 Mar 2012

Opinion

The invisible man

The chief accountant may be devoid of personality and anally retentive in the extreme, but they are perfect for the job

22 Feb 2012

Opinion

FDs of the future

Finance directors should become more open-minded to employing non-graduate trainee accountants

26 Jan 2012

Opinion

Lean, mean machine

The Secret FD intends to inject the Olympic spirit into everything he does in the finance function this year

06 Jan 2012

Opinion

Jingle hell

The Secret FD explains why Christmas can be a very un-merry experience for those working in finance

24 Nov 2011

Opinion

On the road

What is wrong with raising debt to fund an acquisition? Anecdotes from a recent high-yield bond roadshow

27 Oct 2011

Opinion

Public performance

Public speaking is an essential skill that goes with the territory of being an FD – a skill that’s crucial to career success

27 Sep 2011

Opinion

The Secret FD: Mind blowing

The time pressures of an inverse pyramid of authority is enough to make an FD’s head explode

01 Sep 2011

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8.30am, Thu 14 Jun 2012

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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