Recently added articles from Financial Management (UK):
Was Basel II really faulty?(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; ... As a risk management professional in retail banking, I was drawn to your feature "The global financial crisis: what went wrong?" (July/August). It made some interesting assertions, many of which I support, but I must challenge its statement that the Basel II capital adequacy regime was ...
Guidance for NHS charities.(first in ... All the latest news affecting accountants in business, including regulations updates)
Oct 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Charity Commission has published advice for trustees of NHS charities in an attempt to address controversy over the suggestion that they may be consolidated into the accounts of their linked NHS bodies. The commission, which is responsible ...
Laggards on money-laundering law exposed.(first in ... All the latest news affecting accountants in business, including regulations updates)
Oct 01, 2009 ... Some EU member states have yet to transpose the third money-laundering directive into their national laws, research by the European Federation of Accountants (FEE) has found. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The "Survey on Europe and national legislation and guidance on the ...
Green ratings for blue-chips.(first in ... All the latest news affecting accountants in business, including regulations updates)
Oct 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has for the first time assessed the performance of Global 500 and S&P 500 members in reducing their contribution to climate change, rather than simply reporting the level of their disclosures. Companies achieving the ...
Clampdown on R&D tax relief.(first in ... All the latest news affecting accountants in business, including regulations updates)
Oct 01, 2009 ... Increasing numbers of claims for research and development tax relief are being challenged by HM Revenue & Customs, according to Grant Thornton. These challenges are based on a narrower interpretation of existing rules for tax super-deductions on costs incurred for R&D activity ...