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Daily Insight: Extra help eases IFRS transition

Catherine Woods — 2008-05-09T11:21:20+01:00

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. Read

Daily Insight: Rebalancing business plans in uncertain times

Bob Ward* — 2008-05-07T15:44:02+01:00

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. Read

Daily Insight: Tips for finance directors from one in the know

Catherine Woods — 2008-05-02T09:28:29+01:00

Do you have charm, brains and common sense? Read

Daily Insight: How to be the ideal finance director

Catherine Woods — 2008-04-30T18:03:11+01:00

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

Daily Insight: What finance directors should know about virtualisation

Nick Turnbull* — 2008-04-29T18:48:40+01:00

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. Read