The accountancy industry is bucking historic trends for continuing professional developments (CPD). Traditional patterns of behaviour show that there are those accountants who like to complete their learning early, those who schedule regular training throughout the year and those who cram at the last minute. Normally by the end of August every year, at least […]
Archives for September 2020
How to get Black female leadership talent into the C-suite
Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, two social movements founded by Black women, have increased pressure on businesses to raise the number of women, particularly Black women and other women of color, in executive positions. For good reason. Women in senior management remain underrepresented in corporate America even though their numbers increased from 17% in 2015 […]
#FA Success Ep 192: Breaking Away From A Wirehouse To Build A True Fiduciary Multi-Family Office, with Paul Pagnato
Executive Summary Welcome back to the 192nd episode of Financial Advisor Success Podcast! My guest on today’s podcast is Paul Pagnato. Paul is the co-chairman and chief visionary officer of Cresset Capital, a multi-family office with nearly $9.5 billion of assets under management for just over 600 ultra-high-net-worth clients. What’s unique about Paul, though, is […]
A new internet domain for the CPA profession: .cpa
Today, the AICPA and CPA.com are launching .cpa, a restricted Internet domain exclusively for the CPA profession. Only licensed CPA firms and – starting next year – individual CPAs will be able to sign up for the new top-level domain, a term that refers to the last letters of an email address or website name […]
21 Future Business Ideas 2021 and beyond
Future Business Ideas – Where are incredible business opportunities for 2021 and beyond? Well, the World is going through difficult times every country is facing the COVID-19 crisis. The news of job loss and lay off are becoming common. Top economists are predicting the worst recession since the Great Depression. But, let’s hope that situation […]
Facebook threatens to block news sharing on its platforms in Australia
Facebook will block news sharing on its platforms in Australia if a proposal to force the U.S. tech giant to share revenue with local media outlets for featuring their content becomes law, the firm said in a statement published on Tuesday. Under Australia’s closely watched internet reforms, the country will become the first to require […]
How RIL discreetly blocked rival Amazon out in Future Retail biz
By proposing to acquire the retail assets of Future Group (and not Future companies), the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) has ensured that rival Amazon does not become its shareholder. Amazon is a significant shareholder (49%) in a Future Group company, which owns about 10% stake in Future Retail, the largest outfit within the group […]
RIL-Future deal to speed up JioMart business
The Reliance Industries-Future Group deal’s impact will go beyond brick-and-mortar retail in India. It will also affect the country’s growing e-commerce economy as RIL’s chairman Mukesh Ambani eyes a bigger play online. The recently announced acquisition will accelerate scaling up of Reliance’s newly launched e-commerce venture JioMart. It will also make it harder for its […]
Getting to know the ‘cloud’ through Xero
The ‘cloud’ is most likely a common topic that comes up in conversations with other accountants, and some of you might have questions revolving around the ‘cloud’ and its capability. Wing Siang, Managing Partner of Neutral Consulting, was unsure of the ‘cloud’ too until he got to know Xero. Neutral Consulting PLT is a consultancy […]
Officials debate whether India should have its own social media content moderation rules
Officials have begun preliminary discussions on whether India should have its own guidelines on content moderation by internet and social media companies, top officials told ET. The deliberations, especially with regard to moderation of hate speech, have been sparked by the government’s concerns over the arbitrary methods employed by such platforms despite them enjoying the […]