Despite a slowing in US mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the first half of 2013, conditions are ripe for increased transactions in the second half of the year, according to a new analysis.
Accountants could do more to embrace uncertainty, according to Accenture’s David Axson, who spoke at the American Institute of CPAs Financial Planning & Analysis Conference in Las Vegas.
Regulatory compliance challenges are widely expected to create heavier workloads and spur hiring in the financial services industry, according to a new survey of executives in seven countries.
Twenty years after the introduction of the Balanced Scorecard, performance management expert Bernard Marr explains the differences between companies that merely compile data and those that thrive from it.
US corporate treasurers continue to be more likely to deploy cash compared with previous years, according to a quarterly survey by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP).
Global payroll processes with local flexibility could create efficiencies in multinational organisations that have an appetite for more efficiency and effectiveness in their payroll processes.
New regulations and increasing complexity are demanding additional attention from finance executives even as they try to meet a growing need for their services as strategic partners in their companies.
The UK’s financial services industry could be subject to greater scrutiny over the performance of its products and complaints procedures under proposed new regulator rules.
Although companies are reporting growth in much higher numbers, cutting costs remains a part of their business strategy for the next 24 months, according to a new survey of large US companies.
A company’s management and its board members have differing views on the effectiveness of internal audit – by a wide margin, according to PwC. Get guidance for how audit committees can set clear and lofty expectations and drive internal audit to better performance.
Accounting and consulting firm BDO USA put together a list of the issues most likely to be important to investors during annual-meeting season. Memo to company executives: Consider this a ten-step primer for the question-and-answer portion of your annual shareholder meeting.
Strategic divestitures, as opposed to recent cash-grab shedding of assets, are foremost on the minds of global executives, a new Ernst & Young report shows.
Moody’s lowered the UK’s government bond rating to Aa1 from Aaa about a year after it warned investors that weak economic growth was hampering the UK’s ability to reduce its debt and deficit.
US companies considering the sale of a business are increasingly shifting their focus from meeting financial needs to meeting corporate strategic goals. But not enough are following the tactical considerations necessary to get the highest price or close the deal fast.
