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A no-bull market

Category: FM article
Document type: PDF  150Kb
Author: Brian Henderson
Publication date: 03/12/2004
Issue: December 2004
Page(s): 3
Whether it's imparting good or bad news, an annual report that tells it to shareholders straight will signal a companies integrity and ultimately benefit share value.  As the deadline for complusory operating and financial reviews looms, this is a best practice guide to narrative reporting.

Enterprise governance - getting the balance right

Category: Executive reports
Document type: PDF  733Kb
Author: CIMA and IFAC
Publication date: 01/02/2004
This report develops the concept of Enterprise Governance. Using 27 case studies from various companies world-wide it will demonstrate to you what can go wrong in an organisation, but what can also go right. 

The role of the non-executive director: making corporate governance work

Category: Technical guides
Document type: PDF  312Kb
Author: Danka Starovic and Cathy Hayward
Publication date: 01/04/2003
Published in April 2003 to the continuing controversy over the Higgs' report on non-executive directors.  Emphasises the role that finance professionals have to play in ensuring good governance by providing relevant and timely information to their boards.  Also explains wider context of corporate governance to those accountants in business who may have little involvement with the inner workings of a boardroom.