Finance

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.
INSIGHT: Coronavirus, 6 April, 2020

What’s in your hand? How businesses can create social value

Companies are creating social value during the coronavirus crisis by thinking innovatively about what they can offer—and who could benefit.
Non-financial disclosures, 18 February, 2020

Better sustainability disclosures require clear reporting boundaries

Sustainability reporting needs to be internally consistent, theoretically sound and a useful source of data for decision-making. We're not there yet.
Corporate governance, 14 February, 2019

Establishing vision and values in financial services

The boards of global financial institutions must have the expertise, diversity and operational understanding to ensure effective oversight, but they must start by setting the company's culture and strategy.
Financial services, 16 January, 2019

Special report: Future-proofing financial services

From compliance to new technology and broader stakeholder engagement, financial services firms today must be fighting fit in order to thrive. Enter the effective board, which must govern like never before. In this special report, we outline six key areas of knowledge and insight to equip boards for the unprecedented challenges ahead.
Finance, 10 October, 2018

Conflicts of interest: the global fight over dual-class shares

Dual-class shares are causing friction between institutional shareholders and stock exchanges across the globe, and big tech firms are the driving force behind it. How will it all pan out? And how will it affect corporate governance?
Corporate governance Australia, 9 July, 2018

Solving deep problems with corporate governance requires more than rearranging deck chairs

What is really required to fix Australian corporate governance is wholesale change in prudential regulation, corporate law, competition law, and electoral law, writes Andrew Linden.
Company law, 18 June, 2018

Lawful impediment: company law and insider control

Does an increase in legal shareholder protection reduce insider control? Recent academic research finds that sometimes it does, but sometimes it does not.
Responsible investment, 14 June, 2018

ESG: is it truly being integrated with investment decisions?

Responsible investment is a critical step in the move towards sustainable economies. But are asset owners and managers really integrating ESG principles into their practices?
Sustainable investment, 18 May, 2018

Sustainable expectations: how the ESG investment agenda is shifting

Investors are placing environmental, social and governance issues at the top of their agendas, and they expect companies to do the same.
Non-financial reporting, 11 July, 2017

Non-Financial Reporting Directive: embracing the challenge

Boards must understand the importance of sustainability and long-term value to their businesses, and that means taking non-ﬁnancial reporting requirements more seriously.