Year: 2020
EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit accord
The UK reached a last-minute agreement with the European Union on Thursday, just days before exiting from the trading bloc.How to build confidence in a time of anxiety
Use these tools to turn uncertainty into new avenues for individual and team growth.Evolving trends in China’s accounting landscape
From top accounting technologies to digital currencies, Liu Qin, professor and vice-president of the Shanghai National Accounting Institute, reveals recent trends among China’s accounting practitioners.Explainer: The new coronavirus variant in Britain: How worrying is it?
A variant of the coronavirus is spreading in Britain. Here are six questions about the strain answered.Strategies for sustainable long-term growth for a small business
An accounting practice founded in Malaysia used the balanced scorecard and mergers and affiliations in its growth strategy.UK furlough scheme gets further extension to end of April
Chancellor Rishi Sunak issued his review of the government’s furlough scheme to provide pre-holiday certainty for businesses.Driving Haier’s ecosystem strategy in a post-COVID-19 era
Shao Xinzhi, CFO and vice-president of the home appliance behemoth Haier Group, speaks on her COVID-19 lessons and the rendanheyi management model that undergirds the company’s ambitions.Video: Can a 182-year-old store survive the pandemic?
Small business owners like New York City's 182-year-old Bigelow Apothecary are struggling to cope with the economic challenges caused by the pandemic.Association, GAA support IFRS Foundation’s sustainability reporting standards board proposal
The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and the Global Accounting Alliance sent letters supporting the IFRS Foundation’s proposal to create a new sustainability reporting standards board.Banking CFO: Collaboration enabled teams to meet system challenges
Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar, group CFO at RHB Bank, shares how the bank with a history of more than 100 years leveraged its agile way of working and collaborated across teams to manage the financial upheavals the pandemic caused.Pandemic increased the urgency to prepare business for growth
The finance leader of a US-based software company talks about the limitations the pandemic imposed on the company’s global sales force at a time when demand for data analytics software is rising.Consumer goods finance leader: Safety first during pandemic
By emphasising psychological safety, Mikateko Tshetshe, FCMA, CGMA, is nurturing true ‘diversity of thought’ within the finance function.US finance leaders wary as pandemic impacts continue
Optimism is higher than in the third quarter, but plenty of obstacles remain, according to the AICPA’s quarterly economic outlook.Indonesian auto parts maker goes back to basics for 2021 recovery
Lioe Cu Ling, who heads up finance at Indonesia’s leading automotive parts manufacturer and distributor, shares how unity between teams helped the company manage its initial crisis period and her plans to recoup losses in 2021.Initiating culture change in the public sector
Maldivian Auditor General Hassan Ziyath, ACMA, CGMA, speaks on a new dynamism in his office and how he empowers his team to rebuild trust in the country’s public institutions.FRC consolidates COVID-19 guidance for UK boards
The Financial Reporting Council issued COVID-19 guidance on governance and reporting that supersedes its previous guidance for companies.Consumer goods CFO: Focused on growth and capturing Indian market
Srinivas Phatak, finance chief at Hindustan Unilever Limited, shares his insights for managing present challenges posed by the pandemic and his focus on growth in 2021.Energy services finance leader: We had to manage cash in a crisis
Japheth Jev, ACMA, CGMA, is the CFO at Triumph Power and Gas Systems Limited in Lagos, Nigeria, shares the strategies and tools he used to lead his finance team through the worst of the COVID-19 crisis.3 strategies to come out ahead of the pandemic
Consider these insights and strategies to emerge from the pandemic more resilient and competitive.
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