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Corporate finance

Hedge accounting: hedging their bets

IASB hopes hedge accounting rules will be accepted across europe

23 Sep 2010

Friend LLP appoints chairman of corporate finance

Birmingham-based practice names property entrepreneur Stephen Goldstein as corporate finance chairman

14 Sep 2010

Banks agree to new reporting accounting code

UK's largest banks promise to meet and discuss accounting issues as part of new self-imposed reporting code

13 Sep 2010

No pain, no gain

The long-term benefits of new lease accounting standards should outweigh the short-term trouble it causes companies, as long as the rules are right

09 Sep 2010

Do repos have a future?

After Lehmans, repos became a byword for corporate mismanagement but they are still a legitimate form of financing

09 Sep 2010

Expenses: expensive business

Cost cutting plans are crucial in tough times, but few companies factor in reducing expenses as part of that, but curtailing employee expenses can immediately help the bottom line

09 Sep 2010

Anglo-American accountant appointed to disability charity

Charity appoints accountant as treasurer

02 Sep 2010

FDs salary jumps 5.4% in recession

AIM-listed FDs out pace their Fledgling and Small Cap colleagues

31 Aug 2010

Dell employees accused of cookie jar accounting

Senior accountants accused of manipulating financial position

31 Aug 2010

New leasing rules could hit bank lending

IASB's lease accounting proposals cause concern for finance departments of some of the UK's largest companies

19 Aug 2010

Advisers lack green expertise

Standard setters, environmentalists and auditors need to work together to give green assurance credibility, sustainability reporting experts say

22 Jul 2010

Replacement of UK GAAP must pass Government's cost benefit test, ASB warns

UK accounting chief says rule change must meet cost-benefit criteria

21 Jul 2010

Murphy Salisbury advises Browns on sale

Advisers help Browns Food Service's acquisition by the Brakes family

20 Jul 2010

Taxman rakes in £92.3m haul from carousel fraud victory

Taxman lays claim to tower blocks in Dubai worth £80m, supercars and properties in Knightsbridge and Buckinghamshire in clawing back record haul from carousel fraudsters

09 Jul 2010

Tesco accused of using "aggressive" accounting policies

Tesco defends accounting treatment

01 Jul 2010

Proposed rules may cost largest banks £37m each

RBS describes proposed rules as "unnecessarily complex, operationally challenging"

30 Jun 2010

IASB propose new financial instruments disclosure requirements

Banks may be forced to include more information about financial instruments

30 Jun 2010

Restrictive bank covenants keep the Big Four on top

Firms acknowledge the existence of bank covenants restricting firms to using a Big Four auditor in the UK

17 Jun 2010

One size does not fit all

Small listed companies should be freed from some of the regulatory reporting burdens

17 Jun 2010

Gibraltar completes tax regime overhaul

Gibraltar makes moves to lift "tax haven" tag which includes ending distinction between onshore and offshore business

16 Jun 2010

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

Managers must spot signs of staff stress

Learn to identify the symptoms of stress in your team, urges CABA

The Practitioner: Staff sit-down shocker

The Practitioner has plenty to think about after a senior staff member reveals the pair haven't 'chatted' for quite a while...

Time for consulting to re-balance?

Despite robust performance in 2011, the consulting industry must reduce its reliance on financial services clients, says Alan Leaman

businessman steps forward

Tax: Don't go back in the future

Forget retrospection and instead put the GAAR together properly to create certainty for business, says Gary Richards

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

Fully transparent, or just one for the accountants? asks Kevin Reed

TS recalls Pet's star Healy's close links to HMRC

Tim Healy's recent run-in with the taxman isn't his only dealing with HMRC, TS recalls...

Colin: Cost-cutting a step too far

Finance function takes its toll at BBC offices

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