Articles from Financial Management (UK) (September 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
CIMA gathering is out of this world.		Conference notes	213
CIMA global events: CIMA world conference.		Conference notes	313
Cima warns of Walker effect.			387
Coming events.		Calendar	751
Disciplinary committee.			123
Do you have rock-like shoulders and the posture of a gerbil? You need ...			257
Dress down--in your dressing gown.			187
Exam notice.			970
Expanding contractors: firms have been farming out back-office accounting functions to shared services operations for years, but now they are looking for more strategic services, Tim Cooper reports from a conference in Budapest on trends in the BPO market--and their implications for financial managers.	Cooper, Tim	Conference notes	1861
Financial analysis: the project to harmonise IFRS and US Gaap is seven years old this month and still making steady progress. Tony Sweetman tells the story so far.	Sweetman, Tony		2256
G20 urged to step up convergence effort.			250
Hugo McNestry ACMA: Finance director, Yotel.		Cover story	1900
Integrated management: candidates often struggle with scenario-based exam questions. The examiner for P5 and Alan Marsden offer their guide to tackling them.	Marsden, Alan		1564
Investigation committee.			306
Jonathan Smith: Graduate Management Trainee, National Health Service.		Interview	630
Legislation to combat VAT fraud on carbon trading came into effect in the UK on July 31.			121
Lessons from the press: how to survive the silly season.			86
May 2009 exam results.			175
Midsized firms quick to the cut.			302
Money-laundering supervision rules change.			169
Our profession may be a meritocracy, but we still need to demonstrate that it welcomes all comers.	Joachim, Aubrey		639
Presidential engagements.			59
Putting people first: CIMA's chief executive, Charles Tilley, makes the business case for a more enlightened approach to finding, nurturing and leading talent.	Tilley, Charles		622
Shannon Anderson, associate professor at Rice University, Texas, is to be the 2010 CIMA visiting professor.			63
Shock findings from the University of the Obvious.			37
Strategies for the future.			123
The balanced scorecard: Linna Ye and Will Seal report on their CIMA-backed research into the effectiveness of this enduring strategic performance management tool at a multinational bank.	Ye, Linna; Seal, Will		985
The carbon-cutter's guide 1: public sector: from April 2010, UK organisations using large amounts of electricity will need to comply with the carbon reduction commitment. In the first of a series of case studies considering how employers in different sectors could respond, we explore the options open to a typical local authority.			1091
The Companies Act 2006: this law affects every company operating in the UK and its final stage of implementation is October 1. Jack Mansfield explains the changes.	Mansfield, Jack		1310
The management accountant's role: Gudrun Baldvinsdottir, John Burns, Hanne Norreklit and Robert Scapens offer the conclusions from their CIMA-sponsored study to determine the state of the discipline and how it might evolve.	Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun; Burns, John; Norreklit, Hanne; Scapens, Robert		1398
The others of invention: slashing R&D budgets in a recession is a big mistake, writes Richard Young. Innovation is the lifeblood of business--and that depends on the enlightened discipline that only financial managers can provide.	Young, Richard	Company overview	2804
Wealth and safety: which parts of the world offer the biggest earnings--and the greatest job security? Michelle Taylor reports on CIMA's global membership survey.	Taylor, Michelle		1390
Women in the UK who work full time earn an average of 17.1 per cent less than their male equivalents--and the gap is even worse in financial jobs, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.			164