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NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING KEY TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS – ACCA CONFERENCE TOLD
Non-financial reporting requirements that come into force throughout the European Union (EU) at the end of the year are as crucial as the annual financial report. This was the message to emerge from a Brussels conference on ‘Non-Financial Reporting: The impact on the relationship between Boards and Auditors’ that the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) co-hosted with the European Confederation of Directors’ Associations (ecoDa) and the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA) on March 15.…
ACCOUNTING & BUSINESS – ASIA – MALAYSIA CAPITAL MARKETS TO BOOST CYBER-SECURITY
CAPITAL markets and their traders within Malaysia may be forced to forge defences against cyber-crime amidst growing concern that hackers could damage the country’s financial services. The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is seeking comments from accountants and other financial specialists about planned regulations saying capital market participants should have cyber-security programmes and policies, including contingency plans for dealing with associated risks.…
UAE FRAGRANCE MARKET DIVERTS TO THE NICHE AND EXCLUSIVE
THE UNITED Arab Emirates’ (UAE) fragrance retail market (unisex and those targeted at female and male consumers) experienced healthy growth in 2015 compared to 2014, increasing 8% in value terms to reach Emirati Dirham AED2.23 billion (USD607.2 million), according to market researchers Euromonitor International.…
ACCOUNTING & BUSINESS – ASIA – MALAYSIA CAPITAL MARKETS TO BOOST CYBER-SECURITY
CAPITAL markets and their traders within Malaysia may be forced to forge defences against cyber-crime amidst growing concern that hackers could damage the country’s financial services. The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is seeking comments from accountants and other financial specialists about planned regulations saying capital market participants should have cyber-security programmes and policies, including contingency plans for dealing with associated risks.…
INTERNATIONAL SOURCING CHOICES REQUIRE INSIGHTFUL DECISIONS FROM BRANDS
WHILE international clothing buyers today have a lot of sourcing choices, this multiplicity of options can bring its own management headaches, making it important that brands make subtle, complex and fluid purchasing decisions to keep ahead of the competition, Global research firm McKinsey’s biannual sourcing survey – last published in 2015 – of chief procurement officers (CPOs) at leading apparel companies is an interesting window onto today’s complex sourcing landscape.…
FRONTIER SOURCING – NEW MANUFACTURING HUBS OFFER INCREASINGLY RELIABLE SERVICE.
Regardless of the debate about whether China is losing its shine as a clothing source, brands will always be looking for a competitive edge in new manufacturing hubs.
Myanmar’s low wage garments sector, for instance, is poised for rapid growth. The country’s first democratically elected government in 50 years is set to assume power in April and several reforms have already been made to bolster the country’s appeal as a sourcing destination for international clothing brands.…
EUROPE’S ALUMINIUM SECTOR COULD BE KILLED OFF BY WEAKENING EU ANTI-DUMPING SYSTEM – CONFERENCE TOLD
A major European trade union executive has warned a European Commission conference that Europe’s aluminium and steel industries could disappear if the European Union (EU) gives China ‘market economy status’ (MES) within its anti-dumping calculations.
Bart Samyn, deputy secretary general of industriALL, gave a stark warning claiming that “if the EU grants MES to countries such as China, this could kill a number of industries we have here in Europe”.…
MEAT INDUSTRY HAILS REOPENING OF US BEEF AND VEAL MARKET TO DUTCH EXPORTERS
The Netherlands meat sector is delighted that its beef and veal industry has won US government approval to export to America, after being blocked since 1998, when Washington imposed a ban on all European Union (EU) beef and veal exports because of BSE.…
IRAN’S NON-FERROUS METAL SECTOR POISED FOR GROWTH AS SANCTIONS TUMBLE
The easing of international commercial sanctions against Iran is likely to boost both the country’s exports of non-ferrous metals and ores, well as foreign investment in the sector.
The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organisation (IMIDRO) is the key government agency boosting this work and it announced on March 14 that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the China’s Sinosteel Corporation to establish an alumina production plant and aluminium factory in Iran, along with an associated power plant supplying on-site electricity.…
BREXIT REFERENDUM PROMPTS UNCERTAINTY WITHIN NON-FERROUS METAL INDUSTRY
Uncertainty is growing within industry associations influencing the non-ferrous metals industry over the prospect of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) after a scheduled in-out referendum on June 23.
René van Sloten, executive director of industrial policy at The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), representing key suppliers to metal manufacturers, said: “If the result…is indeed that Britain would leave the EU, this would significantly impact on the way it trades with other European countries.…