Directors should set out plan for future successors, says FRC discussion paper
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has warned company directors to invest more time choosing their successors or risk ruining their…
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Comment: Ethics – stick to the principles
A defining characteristic of a profession is its code of ethics. They express the vision, ideals and duties of professionals…
Ethics – stick to the principles
A defining characteristic of a profession is its code of ethics. They express the vision, ideals and duties of professionals…
Helena Morrissey on the price of everything (and the value of nothing)
It wasn’t the first time a female leader of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) addressed the attendees of…
News briefs: Big Four hires
Jennifer Baskin, former forensic accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission, joined EY in the US as a partner at…
European Parliament highlights BEPS shortcomings
Passed by 34 votes to three, and with seven abstentions, MEPs of the special tax committee approved new measures featured…
ByQuestions over ‘duty of directors’ in Lloyds-HBOS pre trial hearing
Discussions about directors’ fiduciary duties were central to a three-day pre trial hearing brought against Lloyds by 6,000 shareholders over…
ByBaker Tilly US CEO elected chairman of the AICPA
Tim Christen, CEO of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, a US member firm, has been elected chairman of the American Institute…
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