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Friends reunited: FM has interviewed some of CIMA's highest-achieving members since it was first published a decade ago this month. Camilla Berens catches up with some of them for an update.	Company overview	Sep 1, 2010	3044
The master class of 2010: the first CIMA members to gain a fast-track MSc with Skema Business School in France graduated this summer. Camilla Berens reports.		Jul 1, 2010	734
Lighting the path: at a special event hosted by FM and EDF Energy, a panel of business experts debated the problems that firms face in adapting to a low-carbon future.	Discussion	Jan 1, 2010	1253
Windows of opportunity: the eBay phenomenon has fuelled a new wave of e-business start-ups, but this time the lessons of the dot-com bubble have been learned. Camilla Berens finds out how smaller traders are getting a piece of the online action--and how the high-street giants are responding.		Nov 1, 2006	2861
Package tour: for talented CIMA members with lots of ambition and a little luck the potential rewards are handsome. Camilla Berens checks out what kind of money you can earn at the upper reaches of the profession.		Sep 1, 2006	2811
Logos a-gogo: the private sector's involvement in sport, the arts, charities and even community projects is increasing apace, writes Camilla Berens. But how can companies ensure that they achieve an acceptable return on their sponsorship deals?		Jul 1, 2006	2286
From first steps to membership: no one says it's going to be easy, but Camilla Berens finds out that a few good decisions early on can reduce the CIMA mountain to manageable proportions.		Jul 1, 2006	1163
Far from the adding crowd: work-life balance is on the UK political agenda and businesses are seeing benefits from flexible working. Camilla Berens asks what this means for CIMA members.		Jul 1, 2006	1251
Emission statement: Sharp increases in the cost of energy have forced the heavy corporate consumers to review how they source it, pay for it and use it, writes Camilla Berens. Can the rest of the business world afford not to follow their lead?		Jun 1, 2006	2485
Fair value: world expos are designed to celebrate higher things than commerce, but, as with the Olympics, the financial risks and rewards of involvement are never far from the surface.		May 1, 2006	1585
Can't get distaff: the vast majority of leading UK firms still have no female executive directors. Camilla Berens finds that there are more complex forces behind the continuing lack of women in board-level jobs than old-fashioned sex discrimination.		Apr 1, 2006	2389
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.		Feb 1, 2006	2149
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.		Feb 1, 2006	1514
Out of Africa: the global total of HIV cases is predicted to hit 75 million in five years if businesses and governments fail to tackle the spread of the virus together. On top of the human cost, its economic impact could be ruinous.	Cover story	Sep 1, 2005	3488
Herculean: when Richard Ennis ACMA arrived at the London Borough of Lambeth, his mission to balance its books was the accounting equivalent of mucking out the Stygian stables. Camilla Berens finds out how he reversed more than two decades of financial mismanagement at the council within two years.	Cover Story	May 1, 2005	2330
For richer, for poorer: mergers, like marriages, start optimistically but often end in disappointment. As confidence returns to the M&A market, Camilla Berens reveals the secrets of corporate conjugal bliss.	Cover Story	Apr 1, 2005	2554
Comply & demand: businesses are pinning their hopes on financial technology to ease their ever-increasing regulatory burden. Camilla Berens finds out how the IT providers are warming to this and other lucrative challenges.		Mar 1, 2005	2375
Sara Kearney: trainee accountant, the royal British Legion.	Interview	Mar 1, 2005	630
What price democracy? The UK rivals Ghana by administering one of the world's cheapest voting systems, but Camilla Berens finds that it is showing severe signs of strain.		Feb 1, 2005	2879
Fund guru predicts gloomy 2005: the stock market is likely to go 'sideways rather than up'.		Dec 1, 2004	370
War on terror costs Met dear: the capital's regular police services are short of money.	Brief Article	Dec 1, 2004	254
Footing the bill: as the Metropolitan Police Service's 175th anniversary draws to a close, Camilla Berens talks to the man who has given the capital's boys in blue a financial facelift for the 21st century.	Interview	Dec 1, 2004	1753
Standards bodies at loggerheads: IAS39 has caused a continental rift at the eleventh hour.		Nov 1, 2004	331
Student endures ordeal at sea: Camilla Berens describes how a shipwreck scuppered one woman's CIMA studies.		Nov 1, 2004	392
Masterclasses and a martyr's cause: CIMA's main event is the first- and last-word in CPD.	Brief Article	Nov 1, 2004	293
Survey to shape future of institute: CIMA's member research results have been 'very useful'.		Oct 1, 2004	386
Met's fraud unit seeks volunteers: the force wants unpaid help from financial managers.	Brief Article	Oct 1, 2004	303
The Asian equation: prudence plus determination plus family cohesion equals financial success, according to the Asian entrepreneurs who have made it big in British business. Camilla Berens asks some of the leading players how they broke through into the earnings super-league.		Oct 1, 2004	1593
Aid organisations found wanting: charities are under pressure to report more transparently.	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2004	271
CIMA enters merger dialogue; a three-way amalgamation is under consideration.	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2004	246
Green grossers: whether they like it or not, FDs are starting to take a central role in an ethical business revolution. Eco-warriors with spreadsheets? Anything's possible.	Cover Story	Sep 1, 2004	1742
Employers urged to revise benefits: the jobs market for financial professionals is hotting up.	Brief Article	Jul 1, 2004	242
Silicon don: CIMA's 71st president has worked at the forefront of educational technology for more than two decades. Camilla Berens finds out why IBM turned to computer fanatic Roland Kaye when it ran out of ideas.	Interview	Jul 1, 2004	1245
Neds under the bed: on the face of it, very little seems to have changed since the Higgs report was published 18 months ago, Camilla Berens. But, on closer inspection, opportunities for a new breed of non-executive director are starting to emerge.		Jul 1, 2004	1669
Warning on Basel II conformance: banks have been cautioned against a tick-box approach.		May 1, 2004	401
CIMA consults on CPD system: 'members' feedback is critical,' says CEO Charles Tilley.		May 1, 2004	494
Ahead honchos: number-crunchers need not apply. Camilla Berens talks to people at the top to find out what qualities and experiences count most if you want to move from CFO to CEO.		May 1, 2004	1422
CIPFA proposes end to council tax: but the alternative funding method resembles poll tax.		Apr 1, 2004	331
Whitehall FDs to get qualified: Mandarins are under pressure to gain relevant credentials.	Brief Article	Apr 1, 2004	247
Tax advisers see red over grey area: accountants and lawyers are being warned that the tax-evasion requirements in the Proceeds of Crime Act could create a double risk.		Apr 1, 2004	348
A moment on the lips ... a lifetime on your record. The stigma by those brave enough to blow the whistle on their employers' malpractice is enough to deter most would-be 'conscientious objectors' from speaking out. But the Public Interest Disclosure Act is making life easier for them--and giving employers far more incentive to adopt sound policies on disclosure.		Apr 1, 2004	2903
Charity calls for legislation on CSR: Christian Aid has accused major companies of hypocrisy.		Mar 1, 2004	381
Expert spies a hole in the law: criminals will easily find a way round the regulations.		Mar 1, 2004	397
Fund plans to bail out pensioners: but experts query depth of pool for liquidated schemes.		Mar 1, 2004	385
Viscount discounts FTSE code: the Rothermere empire has been ignoring best practice.		Mar 1, 2004	338
Football clubs shown yellow card: a survey has found flaws in their corporate governance.		Feb 1, 2004	428
Late law change causes 'mess': the treasury has been criticised for its lack of guidance.		Feb 1, 2004	398
Audit threshold raised to 5.6m [pounds sterling]: the change is expected to save SMEs 94 million [pounds sterling], while an increased turnover threshold should help more to gain from tax incentives.		Feb 1, 2004	374