Midsize U.S. companies, which generate about 40% of U.S. GDP, have become less optimistic about the economy. This sentiment is reflected in their hiring and expansion plans and their plans to invest in technology.
Investors in a group of about 35 stakeholders taking part in a Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) workshop on the evolving role of the auditor said they are placing a significant focus on non-GAAP disclosures when evaluating their investment decisions.
Accountants and other finance professionals are increasingly taking on more strategic and risk-management responsibilities, particularly when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. Find out what skills you should learn for the new M&A landscape.
Efforts to get accountants more fully engaged with clients have found limited success with small businesses in the United States and Canada, a new survey shows.
The US labour market has been warming up in recent months. Will the trend continue in April? Several jobs reports due out in the coming week will provide insight into the US employment situation.
The SEC’s pending decision on whether to adopt IFRS for U.S. public issuers and what effect that decision could have on whether other major economies adopt them as well was a key topic of discussion with prominent panelists Sir David Tweedie, Bob Herz, and Paul Cherry in New York City.
Last spring, when he was chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), Sir David Tweedie made a case for principles-based accounting standards.
North Carolina State University brings large and small companies together to talk about the enterprise risk-management programmes that fit their corporate cultures.
CGMAs have become a little more confident about current global economic conditions, according to the inaugural CGMA Global Economic Outlook Index, a new quarterly snapshot of AICPA and CIMA members.
As a CFO, would you like to know how your peers feel about IFRS or what parts of the finance and accounting functions they outsource? “Benchmarking the Finance Function 2012”, a recently released research report, has some answers.
A mandatory request-for-proposal concept and a financial statement insurance model were among the alternatives to mandatory audit firm rotation proposed during the second of two days of hearings in Washington on enhancing the independence and professional scepticism of auditors.
Could integrated reporting be the way the world’s large corporations communicate with investors in the future? We asked an investor, a preparer and an advocate for their takes on integrated reporting. What follows are comments from Farha-Joyce Haboucha, managing director and director for Socially Responsive Investments, Rockefeller & Co.
Could integrated reporting be the way the world’s large corporations communicate with investors in the future? We asked an investor, a preparer and an advocate for their takes on integrated reporting. What follows are comments from Jeremy Osborn, ACMA, CGMA, former project manager, International Integrated Reporting Council.
Could integrated reporting be the way the world’s large corporations communicate with investors in the future? We asked an investor, a preparer and an advocate for their takes on integrated reporting. What follows are comments from Richard Scurr, head of group finance operations, HSBC.
Next week’s economic news agenda includes a handful of reports indicating the mood of US consumers as well as data on Japanese manufacturing nearly one year after the devastating earthquake of March 11, 2011. The PCAOB also will hold a meeting to consider whether to issue for public comment a proposed auditing standard on related parties.
The reputation of the accounting profession continues to be a top concern among those in the field – and the profession needs to present itself better to improve public approval, according to a new global survey.
Data on the US housing picture and British manufacturing top next week’s economic news agenda. Meanwhile, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s chief accountant will be in London to give an update on the US’s potential adoption of IFRS.
Accountants need to provide more and better nonfinancial information to meet the increasing needs of investors, an IFAC report suggests. The report, which recommends five actions for accountants, reinforces the results of a joint AICPA/CIMA report that indicated that CEOs worldwide will consider more nonfinancial information as they create business plans.
Regulation and economic uncertainty are the biggest challenges faced by small businesses globally, an International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) survey of small and medium-size accounting practices (SMPs) suggests.
German sports apparel maker Puma is the first major company to quantify and report the monetary cost of its environmental impact in a formal profit and loss statement. The company’s chairman and chief executive explains the rationale and business benefits.
