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...as they are balancing multiple priorities like tax planning (22%), proactively supporting the wider business and capital agenda (21%), managing ...

It’s not about spending wisely. These days the uncertainties of our condition coupled with the competitive nature of most industry ...

...we know today – there is greater demand on the CFO to participate in strategic business decision-making, as well as ...

COVID-19 reminds businesses that economic conditions are never predictable, and that strategies need to quickly adapt to the conditions of ...

...by skepticism from investors who felt that unchanged guidance was unrealistic in the current environment.” Company leaders overwhelmingly pointed to ...

...are considering deferring or cancelling investments in digital transformation. Recovery: Although 42% of CFOs believe their company could return to ...

There are five economies that are more resilient than the others in Asia Pacific, according to the 2020 FM Global ...

...shows there are many business operational processes requiring automation and using RPA solutions such as Intelligent Automation.  In addition, business ...

...services trade (Q1 and Q2 2020) which will cause an annual volume contraction of -15%. “As a whole, we expect ...

...According to results of a Gartner survey of 161 finance executives on May 3, 2020, 25% plan to reduce staff ...

...taking a flight, Deloitte noted. “Concerns about health has obvious implications for consumer-oriented businesses,” said Leon Pieters, Deloitte Global’s Consumer Industry ...

The average global cost of addressing the impact of a ransomware attack, including business downtime, lost orders, operational costs, and ...

...underwriting profit, higher investment income and lower tax rates, but it will plateau or even drop in 2020, according to ...

...by proponents as a way to reap the benefits of technology and process innovation. RPA is a technology estimated to ...

...million newly registered domain names containing keywords related to the conronavirus pandemic from March 9, 2020 to April 26, 2020. ...

...to fall in 2020, reaching 41% of GDP by end-2020 from an estimated 43% at end-2019.  “In part this will ...

...appointed Chief Executive Officer Michel Robert to drive its business growth globally, the company noted. In addition, he brings more ...

...their exams the usual way through online, said the association, adding that this applies to students who aim to complete ...

...the software firm, BlackLine Remote Audit is a repeatable, packaged process complete with knowledge and  practices needed around conducting an ...

...engagement activities for many firms, the ACCA noted in its report titled Covid-19 global survey: inside business, impacts and responses, ...

Global VC investment in Q1'20 dip quarter-over-quarter with US$61 billion raised, according to Q1'20 edition of the KPMG Private Enterprise ...

...wave of the coronavirus outbreak hits, the global contraction could reach 5.6%, the report says. If stimulus is insufficient, output ...

...when they will fully reopen their operations and bring employees back to their normal office routines, Gartner added. “As CFOs ...

The Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) climbed to its second weakest level, and the number of companies rated B3 and ...

Malicious activities related to the coronavirus pandemic is also on the rise as user interest in the topic grows, said ...

...employees from 40+ nationalities and serves as regional headquarters for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMA). Finance & Accounting ...

...Pay & Bonus Pulse Survey, 47% of companies surveyed are likely to reduce spending on recruitment in 2020, compared to ...

...to 39% of global respondents) 47% to change speed of automation (compared to 36% of global respondents) 39% to change ...

...latest flash report.  “To say that life is an adventure is an understatement,” Adam Johnston, country leader and managing director ...

Global trends are transforming work and reshaping the future of the accountancy profession while the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the ...

A Gartner survey of 145 CFOs and senior finance leaders on April 12, 2020 revealed 51% of respondents said they ...

...nice-to-have, TBL reporting should not be mandatory for any company. Respondents to the report picked on “not a regulatory requirement” ...

“When asked what areas need to be improved after any crisis or emergency, respondents will inevitably list “communications” as one ...

...this free case study to find how Singapore Press Holdings, in partnership with Adept, uses analytics tools to enhance the ...

...the finance function itself, 90% of CFOs previously reported to us that they expect minimal disruptions to their accounting close ...

Many Finance & Accounting (F&A) professionals rely on traditional manual accounting processes to close the books.  A reliance on spreadsheets, ...

...in the Journal of Finance, that the financial ramifications of CEO hospitalisation are significant, said INSEAD. Highlights of findings Based ...

...41% investing in accelerating automation. With just under half of global businesses (49%) reporting profit margins that are either the ...

The CFO of the digital economy spends more time building the future than compiling reports. McKinsey says CFOs are critical ...

EY’s Global telecommunications study 2019 paints a grim picture of the telecom industry. Competitive intensity is pronounced across the customer ...

...— who were most likely to have limited or no presence — ranked issues such as cultural clashes, complying with ...

...by more than anywhere else in Q1, results of the global survey of more than 870 senior accountancy practitioners indicates. ...

The average monthly rent for expats in Singapore has risen for the first time in five years, said ECA recently ...

...test external buffers, said Moody's Investors Service in a recently released report. "Although growth in the first quarter will only ...

A Gartner survey of 317 CFOs and finance leaders on March 30, 2020, revealed that due to COVID-19 62% of ...

...and incentives to innovation ecosystems. With or without a global pandemic, a dynamic business leader must learn how to adapt ...

The world is already in a recession, according to Bloomberg Economics’ new global GDP tracker. A report by Bloomberg says ...

As finance undergoes its own transformation and adopts technologies like cloud, automation, machine learning, and collaboration because of WFH, we ...

While there are more video online meetings during the coronavirus outbreak, video job interviews are increasingly common as well. “Video ...

With Covid-19 sweeping across the globe, Euler Hermes is expecting a sharp global recession in 1H 2020 followed by a ...

The growth of data volume helps a company gain more insights but it could also stretch the finance function's resources ...

Travel is a personal experience. But with travel costs now accounting for the second-largest controllable expense, companies are looking for ...

...every aspect of the modern world, including causing untold disruption to business. As the effects of the pandemic continue to ...

...period when technology and society are evolving faster than businesses can naturally adapt. The stage is set for a new ...

...2015 to 47% in 2018. Traveller well-being is now the second most important consideration for travel managers behind cost savings. ...

The CFO is increasingly taking co-responsibility for the technology direction of the business. The traditional finance responsibilities have not gone ...

...following practices. Communicate creatively. A high volume of crisis-related communications can easily drown out warnings of cybersecurity risks, McKinsey & Company ...

...skillset, said Clive Webb, Senior Subject Manager- Business Management at ACCA. ACCA recently released a report titled The Digital Accountant ...

...allowing their businesses to scale and grow. But if you’re a smaller business or even a larger cost-conscious organisation, you ...

...mission-critical cloud-based accounting platform continues to operate flawlessly during this period, we wanted to do more to help our global ...

...According to a recent report by China Beige Book based on its independent survey of more than 3,300 Chinese businesses ...

A former senior executive from the Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) and an IPO consultant face charges for alleged ...

...and that growth will resume in the second half of the year.  In that scenario, given their particular credit strengths, ...

...old and broken processes, especially when that can keep the business running and keep staff engaged.” Other ways of supporting ...

...and the right policies. With the current global health crisis, political uncertainty, and natural disasters, you may want to improve ...

The current global health crisis, political uncertainty, and natural disasters have made business travel safety a priority in 2020. Does ...

...are important — at Ernst & Young I gained exposure to different businesses which helped me grow in maturity while ...

...according to official numbers. While the officially reported resumption of work rate in China was about 60% for SMBs and ...

Goldman Sachs said in a note on Sunday that it has downgraded outlook for the US economy in the first ...

Click here to download this eguide to discover an innovative way to pay employee salaries on time, while also managing ...

Click here to download this CardUp paper and discover how you can enjoy more predictable payments from your customers, without ...

CardUp offers a practical, easy-to-follow approach to getting your business digitised. It looks at three fundamental aspects of any business ...

...performance, said EY recently. The firm lately released a report titled Tech Horizon: Leadership perspectives on technology and transformation based ...

...had weak liquidity, according to Moody’s.  “Meanwhile, the South & Southeast Asian sub-indicator weakened for the third consecutive month to ...

Only 12% of more than 1,500 respondents believe their businesses are highly prepared for the impact of coronavirus, while 26% ...

...drop remains small compared to 2009, when exports and imports slowed as much as -26.5% and -43.1% year-on-year in a ...

...globally (after India with 85%).  40% of surveyed employees even state that they will find an alternative method to complete ...

...a report alongside Forrester Consulting called The Future Of Work Is Still Being Writtenwhich explores how the world of work ...

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...performance. Carol Larson, a senior audit partner at Deloitte & Touche, writes: "The proportion of CFOs reporting one or fewer ...

In this ebook, you'll find basic defences, counter measures, and best practices for preventing payments fraud. Download...

In this joint effort by CFO Research and Kyriba, we look at not only what keeps CFOs awake at night, ...

In this ebook, How CFOs Can Mitigate the Risk of Payments Fraud, the Hackett Group reveals the best practices to ...

...to the report. Andrew Harding, FCMA, CGMA, Chief Executive – Management Accounting at the Association said: “Digital transformation is not ...

...of respondents who experienced fraud in the last two years reported losing more than US$50 million. Antitrust, insider trading, tax ...

...commodity-related sectors, said the central bank's monetary policy committee. BNM reported economic growth of 3.6% for Q4 2019, Malaysia's weakest ...

...research company said. Finance leaders should ask which business partner decisions most need finance’s deep analytical support and understand the ...

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants said recently it has launched a new online career portal to help accounting ...

Tencent-backed WeDoctor is hiring a new CFO to lead a Hong Kong initial public offering in late 2020 or 2021, ...

...Sentiment and Resilience Barometer Report. The report contains key primary research findings from a survey conducted of business leaders and ...

...Trust Leader. To maximise the real value of AI, business leaders must first build trust with internal and external stakeholders ...

CEOs of leading accounting professional bodies calls on all accountants to put their skills to use to help businesses fight ...

Employer-sponsored health care benefit costs are expected to grow at the same rate as last year in Asia Pacific at ...

Despite the overall growth in cyberattacks, only one-third of organisations say the cybersecurity function is involved at the planning stage ...

...2.2 percentage points would be knocked of the country’s growth in 2020 in a scenario where the virus peaks soon ...

There are three major long-term global economic issues, said ACCA, which recently published a related report together with the Institute ...

...Board members and C-suite executives worldwide perceive a slightly less risky business environment in 2020 compared to 2019, with only ...

...Service said recently. “We expect global economic growth to remain sluggish in 2020 with pessimistic business sentiment and trade policy ...

World leaders have been direct about global economic prospects. They’ve left us in no doubt. Just refer to IMF’s incisive ...

Moody's Investors Service recently said that its Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) weakened further to 32.7% in January 2020 from ...

...financial risk management platform to fulfil a range of tasks, including assumption management, economic scenario generation (ESG), asset-liability management (ALM), ...

...in their current jobs because of work-life balance (48%) as well as management style & company culture (38%), the recruitment ...

...for business from other jurisdictions in the region and globally, and the changing international tax landscape, all point to a ...

...their technology providers who can make sure that employees receive rapid global security information and appropriate medical, security and travel ...

With new and evolving statutory reporting requirements as well as intense scrutiny on tax practices, forward-thinking organisations are realising the ...

...for those tax departments on the cutting edge of the latest advances in corporate income tax technology, the completion of ...

This Thomson Reuters whitepaper details some recommended tools and best practices to assist all companies actively involved in global trade ...

A protracted pause in Chinese activity could be disruptive for certain supply chains such as chemicals, transport equipment, textile and ...

...the first half of 2020, weighted average EBITDA is unlikely to decline more than 5%-10% in their respective 2020 fiscal ...

...accept the realities of Industry 4.0,” said Punit Renjen, Deloitte Global CEO. “We’re in a new era where shifting societal attitudes have ...

...would decrease by 30% by 2023,” said Lydia Clougherty Jones, senior research director at Gartner. Postitive impact for data & ...

Blue Orca said today that aggregate net profits at China Medical System’s subsidiaries in China were 49% less than reported ...

US businesses continued to be cautious about the economy and responded by building cash and short-term investment holdings at a ...

Anaplan commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) ...

Indian businesses face a range of challenges including trade wars and a global economic slowdown – but few firms are ...

“As soon as we launch a new product, we need to know what we need in terms of salespeople, admin ...

Disruption is now an expected course of business, yet traditional planning remains slow, error-prone, and fragmented. Adopting finance best practices ...

...combination of data insights, governance, culture, controls and procedures will help organizations protect themselves in the constantly transforming risk landscape,” ...

The IMF recently urged policymakers to use other policy tools other than easing as financial vulnerabilities such as rising debt ...

Getting a pay rise, upskilling and feeling happier at work are the top three career goals for Singaporean workers in ...

...have just visited China, according to a report by Bloomberg. Employees should discuss with their division manager and human resources ...

This report, produced in collaboration with PwC, explains how nature-related risks matter to business, why they must be urgently mainstreamed ...

More than 90% of treasurers report that responding to KYC (Know Your Customer) requests is more challenging today than it ...

...address shifts in global markets, according to TMF. Across multiple sectors and firm sizes, Singapore companies were split on their ...

More than half of the global GDP is exposed to risks from the intensifying climate crisis, according to a report ...

...reserves of HKD1.2 trillion (US$154 billion)—around 40% of GDP—in fiscal 2019/20 (the year ending March 2020) represent a material buffer ...

The IMF warned that the global outlook remains sluggish and is without clear signs of a turning point. As a ...

A fourth wave of debt began in 2010 and debt has reached $55 trillion in 2018, making it the largest, ...

...completion of presidential election to be held later this year. Policy makers in China have signalled they are prioritising economic ...

...than 2018 levels, final corporate M&A deal value last year reached $3.4 trillion – not a weak year by any ...

Hong Kong employees are absent from work for an average of 8.3 days a year, incurring annual economic losses of ...

There’s the further sign of a retail collapse in Hong Kong as Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. is quoted ...

...of 64.9%," Di Chiara noted. Moody's report points out that the North Asia sub-indicator weakened to 34.6% in December from ...

As the economic uncertainty starts to bite, firms need to become more informed and prudent in their spending. Technology can ...

Global growth is set to rise by 2.5% this year, a small rise from an estimated 2.4% in 2019, as ...

PwC predicts that 2020 will be a year of ‘slowbalisation’ in the global economy, where trade tensions continue to create ...

The World Bank warned of the risk of a global debt crisis in its biannual Global Economic Prospects report published ...

China’s PPI (producer price index) in December fell 0.5% from a year ago, according to data from the National Bureau ...

India’s GDP will grow 5% in the year through March 2020, the lowest since 2013, according to government numbers. Weighed ...

...According to the firm’s latest survey, more than 30% of firms in the four core sectors of manufacturing, retail, services, ...

...success” “Failure is success if we learn from it” “There is no failure, only feedback” This popular attitude may help ...

...their risk management and resiliency practices hinder their abilities to recover and rebound from inevitable business disruptions.” CAEs are also ...

From the steps necessary to think more like a business leader and develop better standards of cyber hygiene, through to ...

...the SDGs assesses the level of integration of the goals into leadership, business strategy and reporting, as an indicator of ...

A combination of slowing economic growth, sustained low interest rates and unprecedented levels of indebtedness will broadly influence the global ...

...increase in consumption tax while next year’s Olympics in Tokyo are likely to have further inflationary effects.  As such, ECA ...

...builds a solid foundation of technical accounting knowledge. Application for the new programme (Associate Level) examination in June 2020 will ...

Asian business confidence rebounded in Q4 2019 to hit an 18-month high with firms reporting a pickup in sales, though ...

The Robert Half report, Finance 2020 Closer than you think, paints a conundrum for those pursuing a career in finance. ...

...explores why the Fourth Industrial Revolution creates the impetus for transformation in people strategies and HR practices; outlines what business ...

The accounting profession is going through some major changes. Small businesses now have so much choice when it comes to ...

...2020, driven by sluggish economic growth and slowing earnings, but that infrastructure issuers' credit quality will remain stable. "Rated companies' ...

...than 400 employers covering more than 147,000 employees, the company noted. “From providing inpatient psychiatric coverage, absorbing goods and services ...

...takes about 40 hours to complete, the accountancy body noted. The course is built around the public financial management cycle ...

...Today CFOs and finance executives are focused as much on strategic matters as operational issues. This is according to the ...

The report by ACCA outlines the general context for issues of corporate tax behaviour, the relevant principles underpinning the design ...

China’s GDP growth won’t drop below 6% in 2020 and will hit 6.1% this year, wrote Sheng Songcheng, a former ...

...deal value of US$ 479 billion.  Geographical differences Despite a general decline in activity, the US continued to drive global ...

...in APAC will also face a challenging operating environment in 2020, characterised by elevated geopolitical risks and trade tensions, she ...

...expand permanent staff to address evolving priorities When asked about their hiring plans for permanent professionals in 2020, four in ...

...changes, not only to frameworks and practices, but also to mindset and culture,” Wollmert advised. “In other words, a change ...

At a global level, Q3 2019 saw a rebound in the number of major insolvencies compared to Q2 2019 and ...

Moody’s Investors Services said today its outlook for China's financial institutions over the next 12 months is negative because slowing ...

Hong Kong dollar jumped as much as 0.13% to 7.7982 per US dollar on Thursday, crossing the 7.8 threshold.  The ...

Fractious geopolitics in a US election year, a rising tide of global activism and a new level of cyber warfare ...

...will be a wave of layoffs and business shutdowns.”  Annie Tse, association’s chairwoman said in a press briefing Monday. “This ...

...business unit performance. Levers that can be used to achieve this are having business unit CFOs as direct reports, maintaining ...

...institutional investors across the world, which included 100 Singapore institutional investors, to establish their attitudes to financial risk, due diligence ...

...is forecast to be 3.6% above inflation in 2020, a slight decrease from 3.7% in 2019, said ECA. However, the ...

...the threat of Brexit in Europe were reported as concerns by respondents, the firm noted. According to the research, 2019 ...

Business leaders and investors are increasingly rating companies on their ability to create long-term shareholder value instead of solely focusing ...

Confidence across regions converged at low levels this quarter and the global index is at an eight-year low, according to ...

...firms and local state-run firms to business arms of universities, according to the report. One of those business arms is ...

...-2.5%. “Our GDP growth forecast for 2020 is -5.8%, assuming that the trade war uncertainty will still be present, the ...

...a Vice President and Senior Analyst. Weaker GDP growth in 2020 Moody's expects GDP growth in India to slow to ...

...best performing organisations,” said Jason Boldt, research director in the Finance practice at Gartner. The CFO opportunities that disruptions bring ...

...by global tax executives, said EY which recently released results of EY Transfer Pricing and International Tax Survey 2019. The ...

...continued dominance of technology on the business agenda, the recruitment firm said. Challenges facing business leaders include sourcing technically-skilled talent ...

...Taxes 2020 produced by PwC and the World Bank Group, draws upon a comparison of the taxation of business in ...

Weakening economic activity and increased downside risks have prompted a shift toward a more dovish stance of monetary policy across ...

...2019,” he noted. With inflation expected to remain within target going into 2020, the central bank may resume its easing ...

...in non-traditional accounting functions and employers are experiencing difficulties in retaining and recruiting such talents. Non-traditional accounting roles in public ...

Atradius forecasts a 0.6% contraction in global trade growth this year with only a modest recovery to 1.5% growth in ...

...would serve to more than 20% by early 2020, compared with 12% in Q3, Morningstar said. In addition, the US ...

...business outcomes Unlike other business functions, such as marketing where channels and tactics are constantly changing, the scope of finance ...

After nearly four decades of rapid growth, China has entered a new normal of slower growth. The country will need ...

...would hit 4% and inflation 2.6%. “Although this is still lower than the overall APAC average, the fact that the ...

A global economic recovery will come much later than expected and at a much slower pace, UBS was quoted as ...

...government has estimated growth of 4.7%. Malaysia was the only Southeast Asian nation that reported faster quarter-on-quarter growth in Q2, ...

...Gen Z, said Cedric Luah, Managing Director, head of Health & Benefits for Asia and Australasia at Willis Towers Watson. ...

...productivity calculation, she added. Technology boost: In its 2017 report—A future that works: automation, employment and productivity—the McKinsey Global Institute ...

...it’s at risk of being named a currency manipulator in a forthcoming US report. In addition, the US said recently ...

...year, according to Central bank Governor Benjamin Diokno quoted as saying media reports. The central bank will have policy meetings ...

...it’s essentially about data and getting a learning engine to do a better job.  According to Charting the future of ...

...that member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are committed to signing sign trade pact in 2020, Thai ...

...report demonstrates that 10 years on from the financial crisis, while central banks have injected nearly 10 trillion dollars into ...

...strategies group at Citi was quoted as saying in a recent CNBC report. The bank’s latest projection of the dollar ...

...goals for every business,” said Matthieu Imbert-Bouchard, Managing Director of Robert Half Singapore. Actions you can take The recruitment firm recommends ...

US businesses are expected to speed up its cash accumulation in Q4, said the Association of Financial Professionals that recently ...

While there’s skeptism toward China’s reported economic growth numbers, Morningstar said in a recent report that the country’s Q3 GDP ...

...rule by which banks in the UK are required to separate their retail business from their riskier wholesale and investment ...

This report compares business regulations in 190 economies. Download...

...According to a Bloomberg report, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said in an interview that the current economic cycle should ...

...nature of tax and corporate structures means that periodic reports and reviews must be created, and it generally comprises facts ...

Economies in the East Asia and Pacific region carried out 33 business-climate-enhancing reforms during the past year, said World Bank ...

IMF has downgraded global growth once again. Growth continues to be weakened by rising trade barriers and increasing geopolitical tensions, ...

While RPA could save 25,000 work hours of per year at a cost of US$878,000 for an organization with 40 ...

Nearly 60% of the banks in the world might struggle to survive an economic downturn, said McKinsey & Company in ...

...than their male counterparts, said Daniel Sandberg, senior director of quantitative research at S&P Global and the author of the ...

...it estimates the trade tension will cumulatively reduce the level of global GDP by 0.8% by 2020. Beijing has relied ...

...has fallen to 1%, the weakest level since 2012. “We estimate that the US-China trade tensions will cumulatively reduce the ...

Singapore's exports in September dropped for the seventh straight month as electronics shipments continued to slide, official data showed on ...

...the multiple changes we’ve experienced: global political instability, changes in business models, higher price transparency, and more discerning consumers. As ...

Companies in most Asia Pacific markets are conservative in setting their salary increase budgets for 2020, said advisory firm Willis ...

...the global 78%. The annual survey, said Robert Half, was conducted in January 2019 by an independent research firm, surveying ...

...Kengelbach, a BCG senior partner, the firm’s global head of M&A, and a report coauthor. Acquirers’ cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) ...

Global confidence in Q3 fell to its lowest level since 201, according to a worldwide survey of more than 1,000 ...

Euler Hermes's Q3 2019 country risk ratings are out with eight countries/regions saw a downgrade. Download...

...changes in the business environment with very rudimentary digital capabilities, or have a digital strategy that is not aligned with ...

...captured in a new report, The Pricing Is Right: Lessons from Top Performing Consumer Companies by Bain & Company, 78% ...

Is your risk infrastructure showing signs of strain in the face of FRTB, Basel III, and BCBS 239? Imagine a ...

The goal of business intelligence and big data programs is to provide more timely analysis to help organizations improve their ...

The Regional Risks for Doing Business report offers a business perspective on the impact of global risks and illustrates how ...

...to cyber risk are banks, securities firms & market infrastructure providers as well as hospitals & other healthcare providers, Moody’s ...

...raised (US$114.1 billion) versus YTD 2018, EY noted.  Highlights of EY’s report titled Global IPO trends: Q3 2019 While deal ...

...Fitch’s Global Economic Outlook report while growth forecasts for 2020 have been revised down for no less than 16 countries ...

...priority compared with other business initiatives, he said.  The departments that have experimented with RPA in their reporting processes, however, ...

Does this resonate with you? Singapore business leaders are devoting 13.8% of their time to coaching and/or supervising poorly performing ...

...INSEAD said. The Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asian Business Sentiment Index tracking firms' six-month outlook rose five points to 58 in the ...

...segment has a 27.4% weightage in the manufacturing index of Singapore’s Economic Development Board while the manufacturing sector is about ...

...only seen in 21% of jurisdictions in Asia Pacific, it trails behind its Asian counterparts in digitization, TMF Group pointed ...

After a blockchain-enabled instant global payment service by California-based Ripple hit the market last year, incumbent SWIFT said Tuesday it ...

Medical costs in Asia Pacific are forecasted to increase from 8.6% in 2019 to 8.7% in 2020, said Aon recently. ...

The global outlook has become increasingly fragile and uncertain. Global growth is projected to slow to 2.9% in 2019 and ...

...public facing role,” concluded Ang. The Colliers International report, The Flexible Workspace Outlook Report 2019 | APAC, paints a positive ...

...groups suggest changes to remove the inconsistency between group and solo reporting that is solely due to reporting frequency. In ...

...This most recent report indicates that many of these businesses will become China’s next generation of global corporations over the ...

This paper intends to help organizations build out a business case after deciding that blockchain may be a good fit ...

...of new technologies to fundamentally rethink what’s possible in the business from ground-up, including disrupting existing processes and redesigning the ...

...director UK&I & EMEA Nigel Heap said that the culture of reverse mentoring encourages every generation to learn and share ...

...expected to diversify to include demand for real-time capabilities and liquidity optimization, meaning new business models, which will drive a ...

...business value and manage costs, only 20% consider how HR cost optimization efforts can contribute to the organizations’ cost savings ...

...like Grab and Go-Jek also recognise the need to expand the business to stave off losses from the traditional business ...

...2019. Ms. Zhang was previously Hexindai's financial reporting director. She has more than 12 years of accounting and financial related ...

This report provides an overview of some of the various technologies that currently affect or are likely to affect the ...

...function of China Vanke’s overseas investment and financing business as the financial controller. She worked at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from ...

...expense report itself. Smart watch add-ons that send expenses to reports via verbal command; as well as smartphone apps that ...

SingEx Holdings Pte Ltd (SingEx) will use SAP S/4HANA Cloud to help drive the transformation of its global finance operations ...

...Kolathu, business development executive, IBM Asia Pacific "Businesses need to worry about the business at hand and not the quality ...

...he added. Alistair believes that employers have a key role to play in stopping the vicious cycle before it becomes ...

Global insolvencies rising even faster than expected, said credit insurer Atradius recently. The company expects the highest increase of corporate ...

...Serrano Limited has appointed Koh Yee Kiat Royston, aged 44, as the group financial controller. He is responsible for overseeing ...

G20 international merchandise trade, seasonally adjusted and expressed in current US dollars, continued its downward trend in the second quarter of ...

...functions including accounting, financial and management reporting, taxation, internal controls, and risk management. Nasdaq-listed Chinese investment and trading services company ...

Black holes are a common supply chain problem. Find out from this BOARD report how to eliminate them. Accessing FutureCFO ...

...more tariffs isn’t the most effective way to create hurdles for the Trump Administration that will soon begin to campaign ...

While enterprises understand the importance of security, many still might lack a dedicated cybersecurity budget and a relevant culture to ...

...year to expedite transitions to alternative rates. The discontinuation of Libor also impacts organizations when it comes to accounting as ...

...is engaged? In this report ACCA set out, through six hypotheses, a vision of what the future finance function may ...

...which a company is located, it is critical for CFOs to have a comprehensive understanding of global trade and public ...

...is in contrast to companies that divested parts of their business this year, 63% of which went on to significantly ...

...the backdrop of corporates' need to ease balance-sheet pressure and preserve liquidity amid weaker demand, Fitch added.  Chinese GDP growth ...

...1,100 members and contacts conducted by ACCA and PwC. Globally, respondents split on the issue, with half of them believing ...

...some US$550 billion of Chinese good after China said it will impose tariffs on US$75 billion worth of US products. ...

...despite the ongoing US-China trade war which is predicted to slow global growth. The country’s central bank expects the economy ...

A total of 65.6% of finance executives in a survey by UK-based job board CV-Library indicate that work is impacting ...

...Rosengren said Hong Kong’s crisis is on his global worry list. He was quoted in another Bloomberg report as saying ...

...the application of IFRS 16 to businesses across various jurisdictions.  Expertise on local tax regimes is helpful since, in some ...

...respondents reported that these fixes took between three months to one year while that number has leapt to 37% this ...

While other Asia Pacific countries including more advanced economies report economic slowdown in Q2 because of the US-China trade war, ...

...posted record net profits, stable asset quality and strong capital for 1H 2019, but further improvement in profitability will be ...

...is not a China-US issue only. The trade war impacts global import and export markets, disrupting supply chains around the ...

...The International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS, or local equivalent) replaces the previous International Accounting Standard 39, and changes the ...

The market capitalization of the world’s 100 largest public companies has increased by US $1,040 billion (5%) in 12 months ...

FSN’s “Future of Business Partnering” Survey 2019 covers responses from more than 660 senior finance professionals worldwide. The study reveals ...

In 2019, the number of insolvency cases in China is expected to keep growing but at a slower pace. Find ...

...backdrop, and the deepening downturn in the global electronics cycle, the Singapore economy is likely to continue to face strong ...

...planning exercises.” The Asia-Pacific financial controller for the global insurer, AON, expressed his personal view that spreadsheets will continue to ...

...plan to release its own to replace M0 or cash in circulation. According to various media reports,  the People’s Bank ...

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...this week after a weak reference rate on Monday resulted in the sharpest drop in the Chinese currency since 2015. ...

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...Possible spillover impact “Unless negotiations between the US and China resume rapidly, this latest development is likely to create negative ...

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...which could well carry on through the summer, according to Pang. Progress on the trade war, which will affect the ...

Despite strong employment numbers and a tight job market, business leaders in the US continued their reluctance to deploy cash ...

...of US$1 billion or higher—commissioned by commercial property insurer FM Global, 45% said they expected their insurer will cover “most” ...

...the quality of a company’s financial reporting, according to a Wall Street Journal report quoting a study of more than ...

...enterprises' digital transformation. A recent report from LinkedIn says that technology would displace 75 million jobs globally by 2022 though ...

...income groups. Released jointly by INSEAD, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University and the 2019 GII Knowledge Partners, the ...

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...destabilising the global economy and undermining fiat currencies, but at the same time Japan has reportedly planned for a global ...

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...explained.  In reaction to lower global growth and higher global uncertainty, Euler Hermes expects large corporates to adopt a cautious ...

ACCA’s GECS (global economic confidence survey) indicates that global confidence index in Q2 fell slightly after the bounce in Q1. ...

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...European Central Bank policymaker Benoit Coeure will deliver a preliminary report on Libra at a meeting of G7 finance ministers ...

...year-on-year, versus May’s 8.6%. However, net exports contributed to 20.7% to output growth in the first half, down from 22.8% ...

...must be increasingly aware of the impact of cybersecurity issues during their deals, said Nasdaq-listed Forescout Technologies. Earlier this year, ...

...bank’s latest annual report published in February this year. The audit firm, according to the media report, said that Flint’s ...

...has shifted to greater non-USD holdings in its FX reserves this year.” A more important factor is the inclusion of ...

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...expansion slowed down, input prices and electronic supplier deliveries indexes grew faster.  Electronic finished goods index saw a slower pace ...

...and 2013. Also involved in the scandal was Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, who remains at large. The former banker ...

...engine of global economic growth. Despite the relatively high cost of living, many organizations still see a strong business rationale ...

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...world closer together, it’s ironic that it’s also making us feel more detached in the workplace,” said Dean Stallard, Managing ...

The public believes that audit could prevent corporate failure despite scandals about the auditing players worldwide. According to the latest ...

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Moody's Investors Service says in a recently released report that all but five of the 47 rated South and Southeast ...

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