Business Insights

With 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...

Hiren 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...

The 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...

When 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...

August 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...

Blaise Jenner, Partner, Accounting Structuring, PwC, offers a comprehensive insight into accounting consolidation in deals.

Over 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 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...

Surya 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...

Tell 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...

Despite 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 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...

Bitcoins 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...

Authorities impose no tax on repatriated profits to encourage overseas expansion. DUBAI IS outpacing the rest of the world in the race to capitalise on globalisation and is set...

AUDITORS NEED to increase their focus on identifying risk factors in both the planning and the conducting of audits in a report published on 23 January. In a report...

Pioneering initiative expected to promote financial sustainability in the Emirate. DUBAI GOVERNMENT’S Department of Finance has launched a landmark initiative aimed at strengthening and automating the Emirate’s fiscal planning...

Arif Ahmed highlights on a concept that refines an investment’s return by measuring how much risk is involved in producing the yield… DO WE consider two climbers on top...

In its latest study titled ‘Why go International?’ UHY audit firm educates on the benefits, risks and challenges of setting up a company overseas… AS COMPANIES, both large and...

The standards board issued IFRS 13 in 2011 to unify measurement requirements across various principles. With many organisations facing hurdles towards this transition, Veena Hingarh provides practical solutions to help...

Arif Ahmed discusses the intricacies of loan provisioning under the new International Financial Reporting Standards… OFTEN THE clouds across Atlantic clash with each other and cause torrential downpour across civilisations...