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Faculty news: December 2024
- 10 Dec 2024
- Corporate Financier
The latest from ICAEW’s centre of professional expertise in corporate finance, including the launch of the Artificial Intelligence in Corporate Finance hub, news from the 2024 Annual Reception, details of the Prospecting for Deals webinar and an account of the infrastructure forum held in Leeds.
Faculty news: November 2024
- 12 Nov 2024
- Corporate Financier
The latest from ICAEW’s centre of professional expertise in corporate finance, including details of the Annual Reception 2024, the launch of the faculty’s new guideline on financial due diligence, plus a new member for the tech committee.
ICAEW Financial Due Diligence guideline
- 22 Oct 2024
- PDF (738kb)
This guideline explores the what, why, who and how of performing effective financial due diligence (FDD) and the outcomes it should achieve. It considers how FDD interacts with other areas of due diligence and how rapidly evolving technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), is reshaping the FDD process.
Ethics and AI
- 18 Oct 2024
- PDF (1,006kb)
In 2024, ICAEW’s Trust and Ethics Team hosted roundtables on shaping guidance for the accountancy profession on the ethical use of artificial intelligence. Read an overview of the discussions, offering insights into real-life use cases and the risks that must be managed.
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Faculty news: October 2024
- 03 Oct 2024
- Taxline
Frank Haskew looks at the latest Tax Faculty activity, including new team members, engagement with government, HMRC service standards and other representational and policy work.
Evolution of mid-tier accountancy firms
- 23 May 2024
ICAEW's latest research into mid-tier practices reveals reaction to the increase in private equity funding to the sector, as well as expectations for profit growth and shifts in services lines over the next three years.
ICAEW Evolution of mid-tier accountancy firms 2024
- 23 May 2024
- PDF (1,466kb)
ICAEW's latest research reveals the polarised reactions to private equity funding within the sector, as well as expectations for profit growth and shifts in services lines over the next three years.
ICAEW Manifesto 2024
- 07 Feb 2024
- PDF (4,377kb)
ICAEW's manifesto draws on the insights and expertise of our members in making a call to action for the next government. It sets out our vision for a resilient future UK economy that is: productive, highly skilled, sustainable, innovative, resilient, trustworthy and leading on trade.
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Practical points: tax compliance and investigation January 2024
- 11 Jan 2024
- Taxline
Every month, the Tax Faculty publishes short, practical pieces of guidance to help agents and practitioners in their day-to-day work. This month covers appeals, disputes and investigations; and penalties.
Sharpening the Focus on Corporate Fraud: an Audit Firm Perspective
- 21 Jul 2022
- PDF (1,112kb)
A snapshot of the steps being taken by audit firms to better facilitate fraud deterrence and detection.
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The essential guide to audit tech
- 17 Dec 2020
There has never been a more exciting time to explore the transformative potential of technology in relation to audit. Tech advances are helping to improve the performance of audit, making it more insightful and informing better conversations in audit teams and with clients.
Automation in finance functions
- 15 Sep 2020
- PDF (1,660kb)
Drawing on real-life experiences, this collaborative thought leadership report by ICAEW and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) considers how finance functions can harness automation to deliver greater value to business and the skills needed by accountants in the future.
Risks and assurance of emerging technologies
- 01 Jun 2020
Cognitive and automation technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) have drawn a great deal of interest, but also concern about the potential for bias and misuse. ICAEW’s Tech Faculty examines the risks associated with the adoption of emerging technology and how these risks can be tackled through internal controls and assurance.
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SPECIAL REPORT
Special Report 66: Managing Change
- 04 Dec 2019
- PDF (1,804kb)
Change is inevitable, it is all around us. Brexit, political upheaval, increasing regulation and a growing protectionist agenda make it incredibly difficult to run your business.BAM are here to help, with our special report on managing change, we can help successfully guide you through inevitable change with our practical tips and hands on approach.
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TECH ESSENTIALS
The essential guide to data protection when outsourcing
- 25 Nov 2019
- PDF (318kb)
It is often said that data is the new oil – the raw material that drives industry in so many ways. Like all resources, data needs to be used wisely and protected. This guide looks at protecting data when using outsourced services.
Internet of things and accounting
- 28 Oct 2019
- PDF (312kb)
To find out how businesses and accountants are approaching this powerful new technology, we partnered with the Shanghai National Accounting Institute and Inspur to talk to IT, operations and finance professionals across China, which is playing a leading role in the development of the IoT.
Big data and analytics: the impact on the accountancy profession
- 16 Oct 2019
- PDF (395kb)
Big data is creating many opportunities for businesses to derive greater insight from data, predict future outcomes more accurately and automate non-routine tasks. But the use of big data and analytics needs to be appropriate and subject to robust challenge. As a result, it’s important to build our understanding around what big data means, and this short report aims to inform decision makers in business and government about the opportunities and risks in this area.
Digital transformation in finance functions: UK and ASEAN perspectives
- 03 Oct 2019
- PDF (396kb)
This thought leadership report provides a rare insight into how digital transformation is being managed in practice across a range of different business settings, and highlights pertinent considerations for leaders undertaking their own transformation projects.
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SPECIAL REPORT
Special Report 65 - Smart Reporting
- 10 Sep 2019
- PDF (1,597kb)
This special report will be a handy go-to guide – we take you through the latest techniques and thinking behind the new smart world with which CFOs, and aspiring CFOs, must contend.
New technologies, ethics and accountability
- 03 Jul 2019
This thought leadership report delves into the ethics of new technology and the seismic developments currently taking place in AI and algorithms, which are both exciting and morally concerning.
Fintech innovation: perspectives from Singapore and London
- 29 Oct 2018
- PDF (1,120kb)
This international research report, in partnership with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), explores the strengths and challenges for Singapore and London as fintech hubs, and identifies the key elements that underpin successful fintech innovation.
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FINANCE DIRECTION
RPA in finance an ICAEW guide
- 31 Jul 2018
- PDF (237kb)
This guide aims to help finance professionals considering implementing robotic process automation (RPA). It is based on meetings with ICAEW members with first-hand RPA experience supplemented with wider research.
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SPECIAL REPORT
Special Report 61: The UK economy
- 15 Jun 2018
- PDF (1,617kb)
This report explores many of the hot topics now facing the UK and global economy.
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TECH ESSENTIALS
The essential guide to fintech
- 06 Jun 2018
- PDF (298kb)
Fintech is changing the way businesses and individuals use financial services. This Tech Essentials guide - the first joint guide from the IT Faculty and the Financial Services Faculty - will demystify what fintech could mean for individuals, businesses and advisers.
How do you audit a robot?
- 23 Mar 2018
Guidance for internal auditors on how to provide assurance over the key risks involved in implementing robotic process automation (RPA).
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RPA in Finance - a promising investment, but beware the hype
- 01 Mar 2018
- PDF (295kb)
A report of the discussions of a meeting with finance professionals of large organisations who see the potential for significant benefits from RPA and are running pilots to assess the feasibility of reducing costs and improving accuracy, quality, timeliness and drill-down.
Understanding the impact of technology in audit and finance
- 19 Feb 2018
- PDF (416kb)
This paper has been produced based on comments from the breakfast briefing jointly organised by The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), on 13 December 2017 at DFSA.
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TECH ESSENTIALS
The essential guide to the Internet of Things
- 24 Jan 2018
- PDF (537kb)
When thinking about the Internet of Things (IoT), and the 8.4bn connected devices that allow people to turn on a light switch from 3,000 miles away, it can be hard to visualise how this affects accountants. But if you look closely there are clear indications that it couldn't not affect the profession. For that reason an understanding of IoT is now included in the ACA syllabus.
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Special report - Finance and Technology
- 13 Dec 2017
This month’s report looks at the impact and influence that technology is having on our roles in finance.
Big data in Chinese businesses: international perspectives
- 08 Nov 2017
- PDF (188kb)
Two features put China in a very strong position to generate and exploit big data – the sheer size of China and its user base, and its rapid adoption of mobile technology, leapfrogging older generations of technology in the process.
Artificial intelligence and the future of accountancy
- 27 Jun 2017
Learn about the impact of artificial intelligence and the opportunities it presents for the accountancy profession.
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SPECIAL REPORT
Special Report 55: IT policy and the FD
- 14 Dec 2016
- PDF (5,490kb)
This quarter’s report deals with IT from a finance perspective, from practical password advice to advances in software.
Providing leadership in a digital world
- 26 Oct 2015
- PDF (330kb)
Digital technology is transforming businesses, economies and societies. The digital infrastructure is a powerful democratising force, providing access to networks and markets for many more people and businesses around the world. The nature of work is changing, as software increasingly automates tasks, freeing up people to create novel types of value. Innovative business models are emerging based on platforms and ideas of a sharing economy.
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SPECIAL REPORT
Special Report 49: Skills and Productivity
- 10 Jun 2015
- PDF (2,470kb)
This report provides the background and some explanations of the issues surrounding UK productivity including articles by leading think tanks and economists exploring the background and possible reasons for the UK's relatively poor performance.
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