Articles from Financial Management (UK) (June 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
2003 Mips conference. (Institute News).		Brief Article	228
Ailing markets face termination. (News: round Up).		Brief Article	159
Amman with a longer-term plan. (News: round-up).		Brief Article	133
An insensitive issue: the Court of Appeal has issued detailed advice for tribunals to follow when assessing damages for injury to feelings in cases of sex discrimination. Sue Nickson explains the new guidelines. (Legal).	Nickson, Sue		656
Annual review. (Institute News).		Brief Article	34
Auditory trail: deafness makes it hard for a large proportion of the population to interact effectively as customers or employees. Ken Gorf discusses ways to turn an imminent legal onus into a business advantage. (People Management).	Gorf, Ken		721
Back to basics. (Letters).	Cassell, Merrill	Letter to the Editor	153
Ballet Makers Europe. (On the move).		Brief Article	28
Basel II Accord to transform banks' credit risk processes. (IT news: round-up).		Brief Article	241
Bibby Financial Services. (On the move).		Brief Article	17
Cap in hand: the proportion of institutional funds invested in smaller quoted companies has declined dramatically over the past three years. Several of these businesses are being starved of investment and the government has been slow to come to their assistance. Peter Bartram traces the roots of the problem and explains how some of the more enterprising organisations are tackling it. (Small-Cap Investments).	Bartram, Peter		1433
CARTESIS[R]: with IAS and the ongoing corporate governance debate, the one thing the future is not likely to be is dull. Jonny Cheetham answers your queries about the changing role of finance. (Questions & Answers).	Cheetham, Jonny		796
Charity Commission. (On the move).		Brief Article	59
Christian Salvesen. (On the move).		Brief Article	55
CIMA's CEO addresses US summit. (Institute News).			571
Colleagues reunited. (Letters).	Denton, Malcolm	Letter to the Editor	81
Continuity issues. (Letters).	Martin, James	Letter to the Editor	76
Diary of events.		Calendar	58
Director inquiries: the newspapers would have us believe that directors earn huge bonuses for playing golf. Cathy Hayward finds out what they really do, and explains why financial managers should be indispensable to the board. (Boards).	Hayward, Cathy		816
Doubled indemnity: the costs of employers' liability insurance are spiralling in the UK as 'compensation culture' takes hold in this country. Well over 200,000 British firms are breaking the law because they can't afford the requisite cover. Cathy Hayward reports on how the government, businesses and the insurance industry are tackling the problem. (Insurance).	Hayward, Cathy		1383
Dyson. (On the move).		Brief Article	41
Editorial comment.	Prickett, Ruth	Editorial	481
Eire's apparent? To what extent are CFOs involved in e-business implementations--and at what level? In a CIMA-backed study, David O'Donnell, Philip O'Regan, Tom Kennedy, Peter Cleary and Nick Bontis examine firms in Ireland's information and communications technology sector to determine whether their CFOs are making the most of the opportunity. (E-commerce).	O'Donnell, David; O'Regan, Philip; Kennedy, Tom; Cleary, Peter; Bontis, Nick		1180
EMC Management Colsultants. (On the move).		Brief Article	42
Firms unready for every IAS issue. (News: round Up).		Brief Article	123
FRC reviews Higgs proposals. (News: round-up).		Brief Article	184
Fresh fields: building a reliable and thorough spreadsheet-based model needn't be a painful process--as long as you stick to basic principles. Stephen Aldridge offers his step-by-step guide to better financial modelling. (How to: financial modelling).	Aldridge, Stephen		1351
Goodwill shunting: goodwill may be classed as an asset, but this status is debatable. David Burl explores the nature of goodwill and discusses possible new approaches to its valuation and revaluation. (Goodwill).	Burl, David		1413
Hacker Young. (On the move).		Brief Article	67
Higgs to address CIMA conference: this year's event will focus on shareholder value issues. (CIMA Conference And Awards).	Parry, Charlotte		661
Home guard: defence offsets are arrangements between a national government and a foreign arms supplier to direct some benefits of the contract back into the purchasing country as a condition of sale. Ron Matthews analyses the UK government's version of offsetting, 'industrial participation', which is designed to protect the domestic defence industry. (Defence Procurement).	Matthews, Ron		1606
Human interests. (Letters).	Howe, Mike	Letter to the Editor	107
ING Barings. (On the move).		Brief Article	32
Institute diary.		Calendar	1833
ISIS Equity Partners. (On the move).		Brief Article	49
Leaders fly into danger zone: Ruth Prickett reports from the Institute of Directors' centenary convention. (Risk Management).	Prickett, Ruth		450
One-third of FDs in small and medium-sized enterprises make their firm's IT decisions, according to research by Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS). (Technology News In Brief).		Brief Article	68
Out for the count. (Letters).	Perryer, L	Letter to the Editor	48
Package deal: as fat-cat pay hits the headlines again, Charles Town analyses a company report and asks what improved remuneration disclosure will mean for the role of non-executive directors. (Business Remuneration Committees).	Town, Charles		949
Presidential engagements. (Institute News).		Brief Article	9
Professional Oversight Board. (On the move).		Brief Article	77
Rugby HQ tries further MS modules. (IT news: round-up).		Brief Article	172
Searching questions. (Letters).	Billings, Ian	Letter to the Editor	124
Software firms should expect little growth in licence sales and more price cuts, according to Simon Andrews, research analyst at Lehman Brothers. (Technology News In Brief).		Brief Article	107
Team payers: football is a multi-billion-dollar global industry, but, explains Paul Thompson, the way in which the English Premiership is accounted for is influencing teams' choice of, and spending on, players. (Business Football).	Thompson, Paul		864
The search for prophet ability: accountants must start giving line managers the information they need to make decisions in real time, writes Richard Barrett. He outlines new approaches that can help them to achieve this. (Technology).	Barrett, Richard		857
The state they're in: management accounting in the third world cannot be fully effective until all parts of the socioeconomic jigsaw fit together, according to Trevor Hopper, Mathew Tsamenyi, Shahzad Uddin and Danture Wickramasinghe.	Hopper, Trevor; Tsamenyi, Mathew; Uddin, Shahzad; Wickramasinghe, Danture		3394
Turning neds: it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. David Allen explains what CIMA members should do to take advantages of opportunities opened up by the current focus on corporate governance. (Business Neds).	Allen, David		862
UK business gets behind euro: Cathy Hayward reports on a lively debate on the merits of the single currency. (Single European Currency).	Hayward, Cathy		420
Wings of desire. (Letters).	Nockles, Len	Letter to the Editor	232