Business Insights
Integrated performance management: How is it aligned wiGrant Thornton’s associate director of business consulting, Komil Ahmetov, gives his take on why integrated performance management tools are essential in delivering the promise of strategic planning.
The sustainable SMEVolker Soppelsa, Founder and Managing Partner of Strategies 4 Sustainability, discusses why it is important for SMEs to integrate sustainability in their core business.
Risk: The focus of modern internal auditingNewly released research shows internal audit’s role in risk is changing both globally and in the United Arab Emirates.
The GCC Trade Mark Law: Moving closer, in different wayWhen will the GCC Trade Mark Law be implemented in member states? Is further legislation required prior to implementation? Are member states planning local modifications to the Law?
Tomorrow’s relationshipsGeetu Ahuja, Head of GCC, CIMA, discusses keeping positive professional relationships in check to help people and organisations thrive.
Capital defenceDetecting and combatting financial crimes orchestrated by international criminal syndicates is complex and time-consuming, however, it is also terribly important. Despite calls for collective global action, too few financial...
Going digitalImran A Ali, MENA Assurance Leader, EY, explains why CFOs in MENA should take notice and develop a digital transformation strategy. Digital is fundamentally changing how companies do business...
Standard additionWith SOCPA’s deadline of 2017 looming, companies are starting to realise the implications of adopting the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Many are actually finding the...
The right solutionsHiren Bhatia, Senior Business Development Manager, Finesse, shares how having the right CPM software for your organisaton is key to business progress. Finance departments have come a long...
Managing responsible businessThe rapid rise in inter-connectivity, information flows and the complex global supply chain has resulted in higher risks for organisations. Managing a responsible business today has become increasingly complex...
Enterprise financial management cultureWhen I join the executive team of a business as CFO for the first time – whether it is a high performing team or not – I am very...
Going publicAugust 2015 has proven to be a very difficult month for investors in most international capital markets. Oil prices here declined to six-year lows, European markets were impacted by...
Who has the power in your relationships?Blaise Jenner, Partner, Accounting Structuring, PwC, offers a comprehensive insight into accounting consolidation in deals.
Building an effective finance functionOver the past twenty years I have served in a variety of international CFO roles with two large multinational banks and a bank in the Middle East.
In-depth drilldownIn an environment where knowing where you stand is key to business, it is vital that CFOs and other interested parties can see their finances in a flash. Mark...
Banking on trustSurya Subramanian isn’t a man who can afford to get his sums wrong. Emirates NBD’s Group Chief Financial Officer talks to CFO ME about his relationship with technology, IT...
Survival of the fittestTell me about your thoughts on Digital Darwinism and its implications for the finance industry. It’s all about the evolution of technology and finance’s ability to keep up with...
RAMADAN ECONOMICS – How businesses adapt to the hDespite the appearance that many aspects of the economy slow down during Ramadan, what is the actual picture when it comes to the financial performance of different sectors? The...
THE FUTURE OF FINANCEThe world of finance is a dynamic place with new developments every now and then. How do these developments, such as Basel III, impact trade? Aparna Shivpuri Arya speaks...
BIT BY BITBitcoins may revolutionize the currency scene of the country… if you wait a bit, says Associate Editor Zenifer Khaleel British philosopher and economist, John Stuart Mill stated that “Money is...
