Blockchain technology offers a promise of many benefits, but only if it’s designed and built correctly. There is a stark contrast between what I call the “technical view” and the “business view” of emerging technologies like blockchain, AI, and quantum computing. However, focusing only on one or the other can present challenges that have long-term consequences for companies. …
South African CA Linda de Beer, writing in the IAFEI Quarterly, asks where the audit profession is headed. It’s a timely question, given the number of scandals swirling around the heads of auditors. In 2018 a US Federal judge awarded a mammoth $625 million judgement against PwC for negligence in its audit of Colonial Bank. …
From Moneyweb: After two days of questioning before the judicial commission of inquiry probing issues of governance at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), it is unclear what suspended chief financial officer (CFO) Matshepo More is responsible for. The PIC, which manages over R2 trillion in state pensions and other social assets, has been dogged by allegations of …
Two-thirds of CFOs predict a recession by the third quarter of 2020, according to the Global Business Outlook Survey conducted by the International Association of Financial Executives (IAFEI) together with Duke University ad Grenoble Ecole de Management. Some 67% of CFOs said the US will be in recession by the third quarter of next year, …
Our Approach to Assessing ESG in Credit Ratings The fixed-income market’s heightened focus on ESG has only emerged recently. However, ESG has been at the heart of our ratings approach for many years. We have long incorporated ESG considerations into our credit analysis. What we aim to do now is to more clearly underline to …
OECD Programme on Digital Taxation The OECD has published the work programme on the next steps on taxation of the digital economy. The document sets out the organisation of the OECD work for the next while as well as modified proposals for profit allocation and nexus rules that take into account tax challenges of the …
Tax Consulting SA SARS has extended their global reach and now has access to all bank accounts worldwide. CIARAN RYAN: This is CFO Talks and today we’re joined by Tanya Tosen of Tax Consulting. Tanya has over 15 years of tax and employee benefit experience, which encompasses optimising employee salary packages incorporating all benefits, …
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