Nbr. 2005, February 2005

Index

• A consolidated institute would need to preserve the unique attributes of all of its constituents.
• A new CPD policy and code of ethics show our will to preserve CIMA's "qualification of choice" status.
• Amid all the consolidation talks, the institute has kept focused on its own strategic commitments.
• CIMA's worldwide community can come together and work as one to help the tsunami victims.
• From new members' celebrations and CPD to cricket in Toronto--it's time to get involved.
• Impressive social events engage stakeholders and demonstrate customer focus and professionalism.
• It's worth devoting extra time to the minutiae when consolidation would lead to vital changes.
• Members can perfect their leadership skills by lending them to a range of institute activities.
• The role of professional accountants in business is hitting the news--and CIMA has a key part to play.
• A 26-year-old FCMA.
• A feature on risk management published in the May 2004 issue of Financial Management has been chosen as one of ten "articles of merit" by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
• A free guide to preparing annual reports is now available to CIMA members.
• A guide to IAS and regulations has been written by Assetware Technology.
• Airman of the board.
• Allen and Overy.
• Around 1,500 delegates attended the recent CIMA global leaders summit organised by the institute's Sri Lanka division.
• Businesses urged to take advantage of OFR and consultation legislation.
• CFOs urged to escape "swamp" of data management and processing.
• CIMA responds to tsunami disaster.
• CIPFA issues guide for governors.
• Consolidation decision deferred to enable fine-tuning.
• Council FD urges work-life balance.
• European Parliament establishes third money-laundering directive.
• FD prescribes treatment for NHS colleagues.
• FEE seeks views on risk reporting.
• Firms selective on code compliance.
• FM contributor Mahesh Kumar.
• Further EU directive to affect cross-border services.
• Institute asks members to vote on CPD.
• Marks and Spencer.
• More than 500,000 US accountants.
• More than 90 per cent.
• More than half of the FTSE All-Share companies are failing to comply with the Combined Code on corporate governance.
• More than three-quarters.
• Omission of commission to review business legislation is "fatal flaw".
• Pirc ups ante on combined code.
• Plymouth plimsole line proves shoe-in for prize.
• Small businesses in the UK.
• Small businesses.
• Smart operators earn CIMA honours.
• Tesco's FD defines the benefits of its career-average pension scheme.
• The Accounting Standards Board.
• The European Commission.
• The Financial Services Authority.
• The president of CIMA's north-west Midlands branch, Paul Hooper-Keeley, hit the right note with Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood when he persuaded him to join the line up on a CD to raise funds for Live8.
• The queen's birthday honours list.
• Vicious circle of short-termism threatens pensions.
• 2010 study offers tips for success.
• A merger between accountancy.
• An Inland Revenue technical note.
• Attention!(FIRST IN ...) (Brief Article)
• Audit firms pin hopes on E&Y case.
• Big business awaits European court decision on M&S's 30m [pounds sterling] test case.
• Big four under fire from all quarters.
• Big names line up to take part in CIMA conference 2005.
• Blue-chip CFOs have criticised.
• Call for clarity on companies' political involvement.
• CIMA and FM Awards 2005: whom are you nominating?
• CIMA has responded to consultations on the future role of the Accounting Standards Board; the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group's discussion paper "Achieving consistent application of IFRS in the EU"; and the IASB's proposed policy for technical corrections.
• CIMA movers and shakers named.
• CIMA seeks end to academic research funding bias.
• CIMA Sri Lanka hosts summit.
• Companies, investors and other interested parties have been invited to submit their views to the FRC about the implementation of the Combined Code.
• Demand for interim managers.
• European federation calls for end to ambiguity over IFRS adoption.
• Existing laws fail to provide tools to combat global financial crime.
• FDs should prepare for even more changes to financial reporting requirements.
• Firms affected by the Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Four out of ten UK finance directors want to leave the country and work abroad.
• Institute awaits verdict on CPD.
• Institute fellows receive honours.
• Institute fund aims to rebuild schools in Sri Lanka.
• Institute honours top performers.
• Institute reports popularity boost.
• Merger and acquisition activity.
• MIPS conference.
• MP calls for action on identity theft.
• OFR set to create new CIMA roles.
• Postal voting puts underfunded UK electoral system at risk of collapse.
• Public bodies urged to issue sustainability reports.
• Reporting alteration threatens to wipe 1bn [pounds sterling] from FTSE-100's profits.
• Shareholders will gain the power.
• Student accountants prefer CIMA--and work-life balance.
• The Accounting Standards Board.
• The ASB has also issued an exposure draft proposing existing samendments to its tandard FRS26 (IAS39), "Financial instruments: measurement".
• The debate on the FRS17 pension: the debate on the FRS17 pension accounting standard has been reopened by a report that claims its discount rate of the AA corporate bond yield "overestimates the true pension deficit or underestimates the surplus".
• The Financial Reporting Council has published an updated version of the Turnbull guidance, which sets out best practice on internal control for UK-listed companies.
• The Financial Reporting Council.
• The Financial Services Skills Council.
• The IASB has published the first in a series of technical corrections.
• The International Accounting Standards Board and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have released an exposure draft containing joint proposals to improve and align accounting for business combinations.
• The International Accounting.
• Work-experience partnership seeks young business minds.
• Andrew Higginson: finance and strategy director, Tesco.
• Annie Guerard: finance director, Diesel.
• David Kappler: Chairman, Premier Foods and HMV Group.
• Howard Bryant: chief financial officer, Figleaves.com.
• One2One: Alan Brown Chairman, Unilever China.
• Richard Ennis: executive director of finance, London Borough of Lambeth.
• Sir Andrew Likierman: professor of management practice at London Business School.