Accountancy 101
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What CFOs need to know about the pulse of budgeting, reporting, and financial consolidation success.
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Tagetik Middle East appoints the fastest growing System Integration Company in the region as Preferred Reseller for Tagetik 4 covering Budgeting, Planning, Forecasting, Consolidation and Collaborative Disclosure Management. UAE....
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While it may be the case that remortgaging the assetss runs counter to the entrepreneurs quest for ownership, releasing dormant value is the wise and obvious step for ensuring...
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Companies across the globe have realized that when it comes to hiring accounting personnel, there is a distinctive gap to fill between qualifications and employability. For an aspiring accountant,...
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Increasingly, the role of the senior finance professional is changing,with more and more responsibility for company direction – and the job of CFO often seen as an ideal training...
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IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements could cause a material fall in reported revenues, assets and liabilities for financial year 2013 for some European companies when it becomes compulsory in the...
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THE INTERNATIONAL Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has begun a public consultation of its review of IFRS 3: Business Combinations and also issued an interim standard IFRS 14: Regulatory Deferral...
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DFM and NASDAQ Dubai discusses the role of listings in diversifying investment opportunities and achieving sustainable growth. THE IPO sector in the UAE is on the verge of a...
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Rita Rizk assesses the benefits of Psychometric Test… a controversial tool that measures individuals’ work skills, attitude and personality traits. WHEN I introduce myself as a psychologist, people often...
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Levies on purchases of prime assets to help plug fiscal deficits, research by tax and audit firm UHY states… THE UAE levies some of the lowest property purchase taxes...
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CREDIT RATING firm Fitch has predicted the proposed lease accounting changes will induce lessees to restructure the leases they sign up to. The proposed standard, as published in the...
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Will Spinney explores some of the concepts and issues around currency conversations on normal trading transactions… AS AN accountant you will no doubt have many years experience recording the...
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Sustainability council says Integrated Reporting expected to change how investors value business… THE RECENT launch of the Consultation Draft of the Integrated Reporting (IR) framework is set to challenge...
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Deloitte study shows 67% of Middle East directors do not believe that CEO succession planning is being addressed effectively by their board… THE DELOITTE Global Centre for Corporate Governance...
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Agreement to see development of world-class monitoring system and support creation of a framework to monitor application of international audit standards in GCC states… THE GULF Co-operation Council Accounting...
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Deloitte says new US tax compliance a challenge for financial institutions in the Middle East, no regional government close to an agreement with the US treasury… BY THE end...
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CFOs WILL face many challenges in the future, including global economic uncertainty and volatility, fluctuating energy prices, and turbulent currency markets, along with a shift in economic power, according...
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THE INSTITUTE of Management Accountants (IMA) has issued a public letter in reaction to proposed changes to code of ethics made by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants...
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Khalil Fawaz’s journey from CFO to CEO of Morgan International is awe inspiring and worthy of admiration DETERMINATION AND the right educational background can account for a lot in...