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SEC

US government panel to examine mark-to-market

Seeks "fair-minded" compromise

06 Mar 2009

SEC draws a blank on Stanford auditor

SEC unable to contact UK office of CAS Hewlett as part of investigation into Alan Stanford's bank

26 Feb 2009

Whereabouts unknown of Stanford audit firm boss, says staffer

Staff member at Antiguan division unsure when Celia Hewlett, owner of small firm which signed off the books of Stanford International Bank, will return to the island

18 Feb 2009

IASB's Tweedie meets new SEC chairman

David Tweedie urges Mary Schapiro to back drive for global financial reporting rules

13 Feb 2009

Veteran fraud investigator to leave SEC

Linda Chatman Thomsen, who headed the Enron investigation, is to leave the US markets watchdog to return to the private sector

10 Feb 2009

Fair value change not on the table

Treasury, SEC unlikely to dismiss mark to market principle

06 Feb 2009

Senate endorses Schapiro as SEC chair

US senators give vote unanimous assent to Mary Schapiro as the new head of the SEC

26 Jan 2009

Overview: Obama's new broom

Prospects: SEC's new chairman must salvage the US financial system

22 Jan 2009

Sarbanes-Oxley extends Section 404 survey deadline

Seeks feedback on new audit review rules

19 Jan 2009

XBRL talks the SEC's language

SEC to force Fortune 500 companies to incorporate XBRL in their reports by June this year

08 Jan 2009

SEC keeps fair value faith

US watchdog urges standard setters to tighten up the way impairments are calculated, despite approving fair value accounting rules

08 Jan 2009

SEC names Kroeker acting chief accountant

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a new chief accountant in the latest in a series of top-level changes

06 Jan 2009

SEC struggles to deal with USA's complex financial industry

SEC is struggling to deal with USA's increasingly complex financial industry

22 Dec 2008

New SEC chair announced

Established watchdog Mary Schapiro picked by president-elect to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission

19 Dec 2008

SEC to decide on mandated XBRL filings

US public companies could be mandated to file using tagged financial data technology

17 Dec 2008

SEC set to leave mark-to-market rules alone

SEC expected to leave mark-to-market accounting rules alone when it releases a report at the start of 2009

08 Dec 2008

Key regulator leaves US watchdog

Conrad Hewitt, IFRS champion, leaves Securities and Exchange Commission

26 Nov 2008

Experts back fair value for the US

Second meeting of experts reveals little support for killing fair value but suggests increased disclosure in necessary

23 Nov 2008

SEC continues fair value investigation

Second roundtable in Washington today examining the future of fair value accounting in the credit crisis

21 Nov 2008

SEC chairman backs international accounting standards

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the US financial regulator, has admitted that the mortgage meltdown may have started in the United States but said other countries including Britain are also to blame for the global economic crisis.

19 Nov 2008

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Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC

After the Public Accounts Committee's latest hearing - in which it heavily criticised Google's tax affairs - many advisers have had enough

#AAYP 2013: Talent is ageless, but youth unemployment is a problem

The principles of developing future leaders apply whether you've just left school or got years of experience under your belt

To quota or not to quota: that is the problem

Women on board quotas may have a bad rep, but it’s the only way to address inherent bias argues Fiona Hotston Moore

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Should practice ownership structures break with tradition?

Incentivising accountancy practice staff will mean a new way of thinking. Robert Postlethwaite considers the options

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern

The consultation process for FRS 102 was arguably the most wide-ranging the FRC has ever conducted. It should apply the same rigour to going concern

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

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Why budgeting fails: One management system is not enough

If budgeting is to have any value at all, it needs a radical overhaul. In today's dynamic marketplace, budgeting can no longer serve as a company's only management system; it must integrate with and support dedicated strategy management systems, process improvement systems, and the like. In this paper, Professor Peter Horvath and Dr Ralf Sauter present what's wrong with the current approach to budgeting and how to fix it.

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iXBRL: Taking stock. Looking forward

In this white paper CCH provide checklists to help accountants and finance professionals both in practice and in business examine these issues and make plans. Also includes a case study of a large commercial organisation working through the first year of mandatory iXBRL filing.