17 May, 2021
Fraud vigilance should be bolstered with the aid of technology
Traditionally, accountants have prided themselves on building client relationships based on mutual trust and an informal assessment of character. They have often satisfied themselves that a new client...
15 January, 2021
Firms forge ahead with AI adoption despite a lack of skills on boards
More than two-thirds of boards intend to approve the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the next year, although there appear to be significant hurdles to successful integration. The ...
6 October, 2020
More than money: the evolving role of the chief financial officer
The global pandemic is changing the role of the CFO, broadening its scope and influence in areas such as strategy execution and performance insight. While much of this evolution was already under w...
22 April, 2020
‘Going concern’ regulation puts firms and auditors under the microscope
"A clean bill of health"—the much sought-after words for billions of people around the world during the coronavirus pandemic. Throughout these unprecedented times, there has been and will continu...
14 April, 2020
Auditing global progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
As the Covid-19 pandemic has tragically brought to the fore, most countries face interlinked challenges of entrenched inequalities, uneven access to public goods and insufficient support for those mos...
19 December, 2019
Brydon review: ‘true and fair’ must go while fraud becomes auditor responsibility
The long-standing “true and fair view" principle at the heart of accounting and auditing in the UK and many other jurisdictions could be changed following the government-commissioned Brydon review o...
12 August, 2019
Audit and technology: not a panacea, but a catalyst for improvement
There is a lot of hype about technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)—and the audit and accountancy professions are not immune from this. So it’s important for auditors t...
14 May, 2019
Risk management ‘is about opportunities, not just threats’
Risk management is not just about “threat reduction” but can play an important role in exploiting new opportunities, according to new research, which also highlights the need for companies to see ...
8 May, 2018
How boards can use technology to retain a competitive edge
For many organisations, embracing technology can be the difference between remaining relevant in their market, and being disrupted by new entrants. It represents ...
11 December, 2017
