Finance
INSIGHT: Outlook, 11 January, 2021
Beyond Covid: risk and resilience among governance trends for 2021
Digitalisation, diversity, risk and resilience are just some of the governance issues set to dominate the corporate landscape in 2021.
INSIGHT: Strategy, 16 November, 2020
A checklist for boards in the new normal
Covid-19 has spurred corporate boards to improvise new practices while keeping those that have served them well. Here’s a run-down.
INSIGHT: Leadership, 6 October, 2020
More than money: the evolving role of the chief financial officer
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed the CFO role at the heart of business, with an increasingly important role in strategy execution.
INSIGHT: Crisis management, 28 August, 2020
Corporate disclosures and investor relations ‘impaired by Covid-19’
A recent event hosted by Mazars brought together audit committee chairs and investors to explore their experience of coping with the impact of Covid-19.
INSIGHT: Sustainability, 28 August, 2020
Going green benefits businesses—and should be central to their recovery
With consumers, employees and investors increasingly focused on sustainability, green initiatives should be key to any post-Covid strategy.
INSIGHT: Best practice, 26 August, 2020
Relationship audit: how to maximise the benefits of your AIM auditors
Twenty-five years after the AIM was launched, building a constructive relationship with your auditors remains a vital component for success.
INSIGHT: Technology, 13 August, 2020
Blockchain, supply chains and the post-Covid world
Covid-19 has underlined the vulnerability of supply chains. The blockchain can enhance resilience by improving the transparency and traceability of transactions.
INSIGHT: Technology, 22 July, 2020
How blockchain can create more resilient supply chains in the post-Covid recovery
Blockchain improves the integrity of supply chains by providing companies and consumers with transparent and secured data.
Board expertise, 10 July, 2020
Tech skills in the boardroom and the race for survival
Executives and non-executives from a range of backgrounds met to gauge boardroom tech skills, board culture and adapting to the pandemic.
Finance, 8 June, 2020
How failed M&A can destroy a director’s credibility
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are some of the most challenging and risky endeavours board members encounter—so make sure you know the pitfalls.