The Government's promise of a pot of gold for everyone at the end ofthe pensions rainbow is a dangerous illusion. Richard Murphy explains why. Read Mo...
View articleThe collapse of General Electric's captive insurer has raised seriousquestions. Phillip Inman reports. Read More...
View articleThieves stole #460,000-worth of Inland Revenue computers and chips last year, House of Commons figures reveal. The Revenue was among the worst in the ...
View articleThe trial of an accountant charged with stealing from her employers was halted in its second week, after the judge trying the case fell ill. Anne Mari...
View articleNatWest Markets announced last week a u50m provision for lossesstemming from interest rate pricing errors. The deals might have beenspotted earlier if...
View articleThe former bursar of the Royal Academy was jailed on Monday for plundering #400,000. Trevor Clark was imprisoned for five years following an investiga...
View articleThe Auditing Practices Board was ‘optimistic’ it could persuade the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority to amend its guidelines for...
View articleThe Government has imposed an additional, third test on the solvency of Lloyd’s. Trade Minister Anthony Nelson announced that auditors are now r...
View articlePrice Waterhouse’s European legal network head has rejected claims it could contravene US Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. Paul D...
View articleBDO Stoy Hayward faces a writ for its receivership of Northampton company Allied Components. Insolvency partners Tony Supperstone and George Auger are...
View articlePrice Waterhouse’s European and US partners have voted to combine their management in a move designed to give the firm ‘a significant edge...
View articleA team of liquidators from Coopers & Lybrand in London and Bermuda are being questioned by the US authorities following allegations that they wer...
View articleCIMA advice promotes abuse and cover ups CIMA’s advice for its members to resign if internal complaints do not satisfy their concerns is scandal...
View articleNatWest is expected to reveal today the extent to which it mispriced interest options last year following a preliminary investigation by a team from K...
View articleThe ASB's Exposure Draft on employee benefits has stirred upunprecedented interest. Peter Clark reports. Read More...
View articleBy Phillip Inman Companies contracting into the public sector face financial hardship and even bankruptcy following a ruling by the European Court of ...
View articleBy Phillip Inman An accountant has been charged with money laundering offences for the first time since the UK brought in regulations to tackle intern...
View articleBy Andrew Sawers A firm of north London accountants claims to have found a way for company directors to legitimately avoid paying up to #2,000 in empl...
View articleBy Sinead Carew City traders should not receive such huge bonus payments, say 62% of FDs. And 21% want stronger controls to prevent traders taking exc...
View articleCIMA has opened nominations for junior vice-president. Its council agreed the nominating committee will forward either two or three nominations, which...
View articleChancellor Kenneth Clarke said this week that Britain should lead the world in a new international financial regulatory system to prevent repeats of B...
View articleActively managed UK pension funds outperformed main indices in most investment sectors last year, reports the WM Company annual fund performance surve...
View articleGovernment efforts to speed up negotiations on NHS building projects funded using the private finance initiative have foundered because financing bank...
View articleThe partners of Croydon accountancy firm McGurran Solkhon face an estimated u1.2m lawsuit brought by an audit client. Customs & Excise is also cha...
View articleBaker Tilly chairman Clive Parritt has written to venture capitalists saying they should employ ‘alternative suppliers’ – including ...
View articleIn the first such survey in the UK, City law firm Withers found 42% of those that have tried corporate venturing are satisfied with the experience, co...
View articleElectrical retailer Dixons has promoted the FD of its PC World subsidiary to the group board. Ian Livingston, 32, now becomes finance and systems dire...
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