Financial Management (Chartered Institude of Management Accountants)

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Articles in February, 2006 issue of Financial Management (Chartered Institude of Management Accountants)

• Elections to council 2006.(Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)
• Diary.(Calendar)
• Election result.
• M&S's victory on tax relief fails to open floodgates for UK companies.(COMPANY LAW)
• Certificate level, managerial level, strategic level and TOPCIMA: Julia Brown offers a guide to making the best use of your study time and using the many learning resources that are available on the CIMA web site.(Chartered Institute of Management Account
  by Brown, Julia
• Obituary.(Colin Pinder of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants passes away)(Obituary)(Brief article)
• Performance management: Veronica Martinez and Nike Kennerley report on a case study of a utilities firm to determine the pros and cons of modern performance management systems.(TECHNICAL MATTERS)
  by Kennerly, Mike; Martinez, Veronica
• CIMA's creativity, global reach and collaborative instinct are yielding hugely beneficial initiatives.(IN BUSINESS)
  by Christison, Ian
• Members to receive CPD disc.(from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)(Brief article)
• OFR U-turn will send chancellor to court, pledges Friends of the Earth.(operating and financial reviews poised by Friends of the Earth)(Brief article)
• Woodside Energy.(ON THE MOVE)
• The CIMA Financial Management Awards London, December 1, 2005 in association with the FT.(FIRST IN ...)
• Your branch needs you.(managing a branch)(Brief article)
• Cranfield-CIMA scholarship.(Chartered Institute of Management Accountants announces scholarship)(Brief article)
• Presidential engagements.(Calendar)
• Financial managers with a taste for adventure are being urged to take part in a new corporate fundraising event.
• Two more CIMA members have secured appointments to the board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
• Professional standards: CIMA's new code of ethics, which is now in force, is based on principles rather than rules. Danielle Cohen explains why this will make it even more effective.(Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)
  by Cohen, Danielle
• The European Parliament is planning to investigate the Equitable Life scandal.(Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States)(Brief article)
• Oracle.(ON THE MOVE)
• Alison Woodhams FCMA Chief operating officer, BBC World Service.(ONE2ONE)(Cover story)
• Adding value.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
  by Bell, Graeme
• New IASB trustees shift balance of power to Asia.(International Accounting Standards Board)(Brief article)
• Mature victors? Age discrimination in the workplace will be outlawed under new legislation that's scheduled for enactment in the autumn. Camilla Berens explains its implications.(JOBS & CAREERS)
  by Berens, Camilla
• Enron's former chief accounting officer.
• Management accounting--decision management: Tim Thompson presents a sample self-test question that explains what process costing does--and does not--tell us when it comes to evaluating joint products.
  by Thompson, Tim
• Please give generously.(Letter to the editor)
  by Hoof, Sue
• Investment strategy: Gavin Reid and Julia Smith reveal the findings of their latest research into how investors use financial reports to evaluate the prospects of high-tech enterprises.(TECHNICAL MATTERS)
  by Reid, Gavin; Smith, Julia
• High-performing public-sector accountants wanting to highlight their achievements.
• Secret diary: it has been propounded that two out of three "ain't bad". But does this theorem apply to losing jobs? Piers Pommeroy would surely concur, as he's dearly not the best man for certain tasks.(Diary entry)
• The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee has released draft interpretation D18.(Brief article)
• CIMA releases ethics CD.(FIRST IN ...)
• Come hell or high water: the Disasters Emergency Committee raised a massive 422m [pounds sterling] from its Asian tsunami appeal--far more than for any other crisis in its 43-year history. A year on, Brendan Gormley explains what it did with the cash.
  by Gormley, Brendan
• Student ONE2ONE: Geoffrey Aris, head of structured finance, Independent Growth Finance.(Interview)
• Network pilot takes off.(from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants )(Brief article)
  by Rowlands, Francis
• Would you credit it? How would your business cope if one of its biggest clients were to go bust unexpectedly? If your answer is "not at all well", perhaps it's time to consider the services that credit reference agencies offer.
  by Berens, Camilla
• Global contact details.(of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)(Directory)
• Exam notice.
• Traffic jam: India needs to improve its infrastructure to compete with China and attract international trade, but creating a new infrastructure organisation is not the way to do it.
  by Srinath, Sundaraju