Author Archives: izamryan

CIMB is hiring for 3 positions in #brunei. CIMB is ranked #4 in M&A League table.

CIMB Group is hiring for: Senior Manager, Executive and Assistant Executives in Brunei. Highly ranked in the league tables and for their HR excellence. Continue reading

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#brunei e-government advances the fastest in ASEAN over the period 2008 to 2010

In a UN Survey, Brunei jumped from 87th to 68th in the e-Government index rankings from 2008 to 2010. This post explores the progress we’ve made over the past 2 years and what to look forward to until 2014. Continue reading

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#brunei #parking #fail outside of Jing Chew B304

B304 fails at parking Continue reading

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Google’s Nexus One smartphone – not your ordinary innovation

Why Google’s Nexus One isn’t all just about technological innovation, it’s also about business model innovation. Changing the rules of the game this way has great potential for future returns. Continue reading

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TBTF – Bear Sterns collapse and Syariah compliance

A blog post about “Too Big To Fail”, the collapse of Bear Sterns and how short selling is mostly prohibited under Syariah financial rules. Continue reading

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IFRS for SMEs – What does the future hold for Brunei?

2 weeks ago at the sidelines of the AFA16 conference, Izam Said asked me for my thoughts on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption in Brunei. Over the last two weeks I’ve had more thoughts on IFRS and some thoughts … Continue reading

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Guest Post on re:The Auditors

Francine McKenna and I correspond over Twitter on various topics covering Corporate Governance and the “Expectations Gap” between auditors and the stakeholders they serve. She has more than twenty years of experience in the consulting and professional services environment including tenures … Continue reading

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Financial scandals – Have auditors succumbed to greed?

This week, we hosted the 16th ASEAN Federation of Accountants confernce here in Brunei and I was very pleased when I received an invitation from BICPA and the organising committee to present a paper on the above topic. I’ve uploaded … Continue reading

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Overbudget & overdue – TAIB Airport Mall

In the ongoing series of blog posts about TAIB … … well, I’ll just link this article on Brunei.fm and you can check it out yourself.

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Brunei’s rice self-sufficiency targets

I read two interesting blog posts at Brunei Resources on Brunei’s rice self-sufficiency targets. The posts discuss the state of rice imports, hovering at around 30,000 metric tonnes per annum and of the feasibility of Brunei reaching self-sufficiency of rices. … Continue reading

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