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Accountancy at the heart of global competitiveness
The World Economic Forum (the organisers of Davos) has issued its latest Global Competitiveness Report. This is a fascinating insight into the health of economies beyond simply GDP, and the largest...
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One day. One focus. One RSM.
Getting the team together to share and celebrate growth and success is certainly difficult, especially when that team encompasses 32,500 people across 700 offices worldwide. However, on 20 September...
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A day to remember
As the dust settles on the first RSM World Day, I am still enjoying the great feelings that were created around the world. Of course, I and the team in the Executive Office are the privileged ones, who...
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Do the unemployment statistics really stack up?
Whilst statistical releases from the OECD may not meet everybody’s definition of an exciting read, I found the latest OECD figures on employment rates amongst the world’s largest economies really quite...
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Audit profession must add value or face irrelevance
Has there ever been a more challenging time to be an accountant? Or, to put it another way, is the accounting profession now so turbulent that many of us would rather be actuaries? The consensus view...
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Accounting profession needs to do more to attract and retain senior women
I read with interest an article in the recent edition of A Plus , the journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, about female accountants working for firms in Hong Kong and...
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Diversification key to success as entrepreneurial businesses feel the squeeze
Among the highlights of this year’s RSM annual conference was the inspirational presentation by Duncan Goose, founder and Managing Director of Global Ethics, owner of the One brand. Duncan shared his...
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The confusion over tax avoidance
Tax avoidance and evasion have become hotly debated topics during the global financial crisis as governments have sought to maximise tax revenues as part of their deficit reduction drives. In the UK...
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Accountants are the most trusted advisors to business
Accountants are normally quite unassuming people, not given to self-congratulation. It is pleasing, therefore, when other people recognise our strengths. So it is with a survey from Sage Omnibus of...
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Business confidence in the Middle East and Africa trailing Europe
Can there be anywhere in the world less confident about its business prospects than Europe right now? Most people would answer that question with an emphatic ‘no’. But, during our recent annual...
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Honouring Europe’s finest businesses
I would like to offer my congratulations to each of the 100 businesses from across Europe that were just announced as Ruban D’Honneur finalists in the European Business Awards. RSM has been a supporter...
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Bridging the gap between management and boards
I read with interest a recent white paper written by The National Association of Corporate Directors and our US member firm, McGladrey, which delves into some of the gaps between what management...
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Need for auditors to communicate the value we add is greater than ever
Auditors are often thought of as quiet, unassuming types – a stereotype which isn’t wholly untrue – but we clearly need to do much more to communicate to clients and other stakeholders the real value...
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A Promising New Year for RSM China
Chinese New Year is upon us, which is the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at one of the most dynamic markets in the world today, in spite of the turbulent global economy. The year promises to...
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Global outlook – 2013 mirrors 2012
2013, like 2012, looks like it could be a tale of a two-speed global economy. The industrialised nations will struggle with growth, while developing economies – particularly in Asia and sub-Saharan...
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Bob Dohrer of RSM re-elected Chairman of IFAC’s Forum of Firms (FoF)
I would like to congratulate my colleague Bob Dohrer, Global Leader for Quality and Risk for RSM, who has been re-elected as Chairman of IFAC’s Forum of Firms (FoF). Bob’s second term as Chair of the...
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RSM becomes lead sponsor of European Business Awards 2013/14
Since their inception in 2007 the European Business Awards have become one of the most engaging and best recognised business awards programmes in the world. At RSM we have been a proud sponsor and...
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
Each year around the world, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March. Thousands of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social...
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Guest post: The death of Chavez – what’s next for Cuba?
RSM’s Regional Leader for Latin America, Bob Burdett, provides first-hand his thoughts on the impact of the death of Chavez for its main benefactor – Cuba. Word of Chavez’ death started circulating...
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Guest Blog: Horse Meat & the Auditor (an unlikely pairing!)
RSM’s Global Leader for Quality and Risk, Bob Dohrer, draws parallels between horse meat and financial fraud The current scandal taking place in Europe involving the substitution of horse meat in food...
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