Daily Insight

Extra help eases IFRS transition

There are many schools of thought on how best to manage the transition to IFRS. Finance directors can hire external help or manage the change in-house with available resources. Aveva Group FD Paul Taylor says the engineering software organisation chose a hybrid option.

Catherine Woods
» Controlling your cash

Rebalancing business plans in uncertain times

Credit crunch fatigue or no credit crunch fatigue, there’s no denying that the chief financial officer's role is currently very focused on how to add value to the business on a much broader agenda.

» Corporate finance

Competition regulation "onerous", says Dighton

G4S chief financial officer Trevor Dighton says tougher competition regulation is becoming an issue because it’s getting harder and harder to gain approval for deals.

» Communications and IR

How to be the ideal finance director

The ideal finance director makes it easy for investors, builds relationships and isn’t too possessive, according to Paul Lee from Hermes Private Equity.

» Risk

Playing the right currency game

It’s been another tough day for sterling but fluctuations in the currency markets can be turned to a business’s advantage, according to FC Exchange managing director Nick Fullerton.

» Leading the finance team

Tips for finance directors from one in the know

Do you have charm, brains and common sense?

» Operations

What finance directors should know about virtualisation

The wonders of virtualisation have stirred up IT departments for the past couple of years, and the technical benefits of the technology have been well-heralded: it simplifies server management, reduces hardware overhead and increases agility. Now, virtualisation is reaching the attention of finance directors.

Editor's Blog 

Incentivising FDs: salaries, bonuses and performance measures
May 09, 2008 12:39pm GMT

Remuneration plans for finance directors are likely to change this year courtesy of, yes you guessed it, the credit crunch.

Derek Higgs dies suddenly
April 29, 2008 1:32pm GMT

Some sad news today about Sir Derek Higgs – the chairman of Alliance & Leicester and a corporate governance campaigner – who has died suddenly at the age of 64.

It’s credit crunch week!
April 28, 2008 6:07pm GMT

Joining the ranks of breast cancer week, national vegetarian week, enterprise week and tax week comes credit crunch week.

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Reducing your carbon footprint

Reducing your carbon footprint Businesses of all sizes are waking up to the fact that they can shave thousands of pounds off their energy bills by cutting their carbon emissions. We bring you up to speed on how to go about measuring and reducing your carbon footprint...

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