Articles from Financial Management (UK) (October 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Complacent" US firms slip down must-read list of annual reports.			345
A few words of encouragement.	Leyshon, Gary		544
Accounting standards: the advance of IFRS threatens to render many national standard-setting bodies obsolete. David Tyrrall considers the UK Accounting Standards Board's options.	Tyrrall, David		1635
Be upstanding: the most ethical businesses tend to be better managed, have happier workforces and perform better financially than their competitors in the long term.	Back, Philippa Foster		1459
Blair urges the UK to lose its fear of economically vital immigrants.			237
Canada is donating US$1m to the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board.		Brief article	30
Changes to managerial level papers from May 2007.		Brief article	176
Charity committee seeks candidates.		Brief article	188
Charles Allen FCMA Chief executive, ITV.		Interview	1551
Children's charity Barnardo's is appealing to businesses to support its Make a Difference Day initiative from October 21 to November 4.		Brief article	85
CIMA opens up in Shanghai.		Brief article	173
CIMA's 2006 student survey.			121
CIMA's scientific activities bridge the gap between management accounting theory and practice.	Coghlan, John		532
Commercial breakdown: the WTO's Doha development round of negotiations has been trying with scant success to lower trade barriers between the world's rich and poor countries for the past five years. Sundaraju Srinath analyses its failure this summer to achieve consensus.	Srinath, Sundaraju		1048
Contemporary Management Accounting Practices in UK Manufacturing.	Steven, Grahame	Book review	306
Darron Cox ACMA has become deputy commercial director of the Department for Education and Skills and director of its Centre for Procurement Performance (CPP).		Brief article	49
Department for Constitutional Affairs.		Brief article	46
Diary.		Calendar	1781
Drag.net: fraudsters--especially the new breed of criminal that's exploiting web technology--have largely kept one step ahead of the UK's antiquated legislation, but it's about to be upgraded. Neil Hodge asks the lawyers whether the fraud bill will close all the loopholes.	Hodge, Neil	Cover story	2877
Elections to CIMA council will be held in all areas, apart from Scotland, in February 2007.			36
Exam notice.			569
Global contact details.		Brief article	341
Interest Rate Risk Management.	Paton, Colin	Book review	304
KPMG.		Brief article	45
Log on to free infocasts.			104
Management accounting--risk and control strategy / business strategy: P3 and P6 approach the key topic of information from different angles. David Laws discusses some issues that candidates might expect to encounter in the two exams.	Laws, David		1028
Miho Endo, full-time student.		Interview	667
NHS chief reveals stringent cost-cutting scheme.		Brief article	173
November 2006 exam entry for the professional qualification.			75
Old and new certificate syllabuses compared.			52
Power struggle.	Conway, Martin	Letter to the editor	228
Practical Lean Accounting.	Maynard, Ross	Book review	317
Presidential engagements.		Calendar	95
Prudent providence.		Letter to the editor	169
Results.	Kennedy, J Alison	Book review	239
School of Administrative Studies at York University.		Brief article	32
Securitisation: Richard Senior sheds some light on this ubiquitous, yet oft-misunderstood, term and shows how firms are using securitisation for financing and risk management.	Senior, Richard		1124
Shortlists for CIMA Financial Management Awards.			259
Sick organisation syndrome?	Cassell, Merrill	Letter to the editor	335
Sri Lanka technical symposium.			167
Supply-chain accounting: following up FM's July/August article on inter-organisational cost management, John Cullen suggests where else financial managers can offer logistical support.	Cullen, John		660
Test of professional competence in management accounting: Kadgee Clothing is hanging by a thread. Adrian Sims analyses the case study's pre-seen material and considers how the firm might avoid coming unstitched.	Sims, Adrian	Company overview	2640
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has called for the Small Business Service (SBS) to be axed.		Brief article	98
The CIMA certificate in business accounting: new 2006 syllabus.		Brief article	269
The Company Director's Desktop Guide.	Brooks, Mike	Brief article	163
The General Assembly Of The United Nations has approved a financial management reform programme that calls for the adoption of international public-sector accounting standards by the UN.		Brief article	113
The high esteem in which CIMA's late past president Sir Ian Morrow was held was demonstrated by the number of people who attended a thanksgiving service for him at St Paul's Cathedral last month.		Brief article	66
The Office of Fair Trading has investigated criticisms of excessive bank charges and issued a statement of principles on calculations of credit card default charges.		Brief article	55
The UK government has agreed to reassess how age discrimination rules will be applied to pension schemes and it will delay implementing the regulations for pensions.		Brief article	75
Whistle while you work: employers should encourage staff to report possible concerns about malpractice internally. As Cathy James explains, any failure to do so could prove disastrous.	James, Cathy		1227