The politicians may have failed to get agreement at the Copenhagen climate change summit, but the profession must still press ahead with standards fo...
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View articleThe prospect of US companies abandoning US GAAP in favour of IFRS has come a step closer. But some influential voices are still not convinced about t...
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View articleAt 45, Izza represents a younger generation of chartered accountants and a high point for the Institute Read More...
View articleOne of the early campaigners for corporate governance, Accountancy Age helped stigmatise 'creative accounting'. Read More...
View articleThe European Commission has named 1 January 2005 as the day that Europe's 7,000 listed companies will have to adopt international accounting standards...
View articleSince Accountancy Age was launched 35 years ago, the landscape of the profession has altered dramatically, with regulatory change dominating in the wa...
View articleInformation management software company Peregrine Systems will emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection next month, after receiving judicial appro...
View articleSCO, the SME software provider, has warned that it may exercise its rights to audit IBM customers that use its unix operating system, as part of a $3b...
View articleThe face of accountancy is changing radically and it is vital that those in practice stay on top of the raft of new legislation and standards. Here, P...
View articleA regulatory shake-up could see the end of unitary boards of directors - a bad move says Peter Williams. Meanwhile, Jonathan Hunt feels change has not...
View articleAccountants could risk being jailed as a result of 'onerous' new money laundering legislation even in cases where they do not intentionally break the ...
View articleShould lawyers interfere in the new accounting standards? Peter Williams says an emphatic 'no', while Marcus Peaker says new standards do not address ...
View articleThe need to regain trust and pride in the profession is paramount, agree Peter Williams and Ted Awty. But what is the best way to to restore public co...
View articleA pan-European study of disaster recovery preparedness shows that most enterprises are jeopardising their businesses by not taking it seriously. Read ...
View articleWhat pricing formula is best for share option valuation? Peter Williams opts for the tried and tested Black-Scholes formula, but Alex Waite asks you t...
View articleThe introduction of FRS17 Retirement Benefits, under which FDs have to report a raft of new pension liability figures, will generate a great deal of e...
View articleFinancial accounting software provider CODA has released CODA-Planning, an intelligent financial planning and consolidation solution, in partnership w...
View articleKenneth Lay, chairman and chief executive of bankrupt energy trader Enron until its collapse, has left the board of Compaq after 14 years. Read More...
View articleWith companies facing tough economic conditions and staff being laid off, it is not a very good idea to host a Christmas Party for the 'survivors'. Re...
View articleListed European firms have an average of EUR542m (#345m) in ‘knowledge capital’, according to a research report by Butler Group associate ...
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