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Comment: Human rights compliance – the new benchmark to measure business performance?
What, these days, is the benchmark for outstanding companies? Is it their annual results and profit margins, positioning within the FTSE 100 or.... read more
Paul B. Kazarian granted special editors’ award of global accountancy magazines for his contribution to strengthening democracy through government financial management
Investor and philanthropist Paul B. Kazarian will receive a special editors’ award from The Accountant and International Accounting Bulletin during.... read more
Comment: the changing role of the general counsel
Daniel Lichtenstein, general counsel of Grant Thornton International Ltd, reacts to KPMG's report on how corporate leaders view the General Counsel.... read more
Comment: UK FRC refreshes Cadbury’s governance legacy with a conference on corporate culture but what the City needs is to tackle its memory problem
The UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) organised a conference on Tuesday 20 September entitled Culture to Capital: Aligning Corporate Behaviour.... read more
Comment: Banking on ethics
By Lee White | We surveyed over 700 bankers and financial practitioners from around the world to look under the bonnet of ethics in banking and.... read more
Comprehensive view from the locals: Venezuela
Ricardo Ruiz Betancourt, partner at MGI P&P Asociados, explains how MGI members are managing Venezuela’s chaotic environment.. read more
Comment: Riding the wave to fortune
Don’t be afraid to seize an opportunity, Graeme Gordon, executive director of Praxity Global Alliance, writes. read more
Comprehensive view from the locals: Vietnam
Trinh Thi Bich Lien, audit director at KSi Viet Nam (Morison KSi) talks to Vincent Huck about trends in service lines in Vietnam. read more
Deal or no deal?
High levels of merger and acquisition activity last year focused attention on transaction advisory services, an area ripe for exploitation by.... read more
Nominees for the 2016 TA & IAB lifetime achievement award announced
The nominees for the 2016 TA & IAB lifetime achievement award have been announced. read more
Nominees for the 2016 TA & IAB personality of the year award announced
The nominees for the 2016 TA & IAB personality of the year award have been announced. read more
Nominees for the 2016 TA & IAB Young accountant of the year award announced
The nominees for the 2016 TA & IAB Young accountant of the year award have been announced. read more
The omelette out of Brexit’s eggs
The UK voting in favour of leaving the European Union caused a ripple of worries in the financial market, but firms are gearing up and taking.... read more
The elephants in and outside the room
Talking about accrual accounting to politicians is like trying to convince a customer to eat a pizza when he’s not hungry, an audience of.... read more
Meet the olympians... and accountants. Part III
Jeremy Beard, chairman of GB Taekwondo, and MSI Global Alliance board member and partner at haysmacintyre, tells International Accounting Bulletin.... read more
Meet the olympians... and accountants. Part II
Mathieu Bilodeau, race walker athlete competing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and a financial accountant for MEG Energy (Canada), tells.... read more
Meet the olympians... and accountants. Part I
Gwen Jorgensen, triathlon athlete competing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and former EY staffer, tells International Accounting Bulletin.... read more
Sikka: The Financial Reporting Council has failed and needs to be replaced
Back in February, in light of the FRC preliminary enquiries into HBOS audits carried out by the Parliament's Treasury Committee, professor Prem.... read more
The multiple futures of corporate reporting
The Federation of European Accountant (FEE) has published comment letters, received in response to its paper on corporate reporting, which.... read more
Comment: What country-by-country reporting data should look like
Richard Murphy challenges the proposal for a country-by-country reporting template recently published by the Federation of European Accountants (FEE). read more
