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This week global research firm Gartner published a 'must have' list for technologies in 2011. As your CIO approaches you with a pleading look in his o...
Now, this is going to hurt...
If we believe the Armageddon pedlars and doomsayers, this is it, folks : the Comprehensive Spending Review is finally upon us. Run for your lives &nbs...
Finance in the Cloud
ICT is inevitably one of the most consistent and demanding budgetary requirements for any CFO. How much did you pay for that ERP or CRM system five ye...
Middle-class murmurs
With only a matter of weeks to go until the Comprehensive Spending Review, it's clear that tough decisions are being made in Number 11. But will they ...
Miffed by the IMF
Poor old Ed. No sooner has he won the Labour leadership election than up pops the IMF to declare that George Osborne's got it right over the eco...
Obama, the unhappy CFO and the warning to UK politicians
I was in the US this week when the good news came through. The recession was over - in fact it had been over since last July apparently, although...
Remuneration shows trend to long-term stewardship
When is a salary rise not a salary rise? When it’s actually a whopping bonus. Certainly from a business strategy perspective, and as far as remu...
Time to ramp up green efforts
The green agenda presents massive opportunities for the UK’s financial services sector, but businesses outside of the Square Mile would also do ...
Pensions "haves and have nots" dominates FD agenda
The issue of pensions has never been one that has tended to set FDs on fire. But with the pensions crisis an issue that is unlikely to disappear for a...
HMRC tax stance; time for change?
HMRC is denying a softening of its stance on tax disputes. But tax issues are seldom black and white. Surely a return to proper negotiation on areas ...
Scrapping of Audit Commission boosts public sector FDs
The Audit Commission may not have been a popular institution, particularly among public sector FDs, but its existence was an important check and balan...
CSR detracts from corporate reporting agenda
Sustainability is of course a very worthy and important focus, but could it be that the launch of the International Integrated Reporting Committee is ...
FSA bares teeth in fight against financial crime
They ought to have known better, quite frankly. The revelation that Royal Bank of Scotland has been given a £5.6m slap on the wrist by regulator...
Hello OTS, goodbye red tape?
Tax doesn’t have to be taxing - and yet for so many, let’s face it, it is. The Office of Tax Simplification -- announced this week by Geor...
Reasons to be cheerful
So after delaying publication of the latest GDP figures due to concerns about their accuracy, we’ve been put out of our misery by the Office for...
City code hits 'ownerless' corporations head on
As the drive for robust governance continues, the onus has shifted (perhaps temporarily) away from the boardroom to fund managers and foreign investor...
ONS blip fuels business uncertainty
Speculation is rife as to the true reason why the Office for National Statistics has delayed publication of the latest GDP figures, originally due out...
The Bottom Line:If Mr Cable has his way...
"If Mr Cable had his way, all the big banks would be broken up and bonuses would be virtually eliminated - a sure-fire way in my view of guaranteeing an end to the UK’s ability to compete as an international financial centre. Let’s not forget that this is a man who is on record as saying that everyone who works in a bank has an ‘aristocratic lifestyle’ clearly demonstrating his lack of understanding of the sector." A tough line on bankers’ bonuses could make a brain drain of financial talent a distinct possibility, warns Paul Marsden. Read more