@izamryan mentions in the Twitter stream- @ummiabdullah Woot!! Precious hubby.. Congrats @izamryan!! 29 July, 2010
- @snrpablo my darling husband @izamryan made birthday dinner @ home & for dessert - bananas topped with cream & maple syrup =) 29 July, 2010
- RT: @izamryan Men&women think difly at times, but the biggest diff is this: men forget, but never forgive. Women forgive, but never forget. 29 July, 2010
- @izamryan - men get and forget, women give and forgive lol!! 29 July, 2010
- @izamryan @ummiabdullah hahaha im thinking im gonna just pass on the goats, weeds and bottoms if its all the same 26 July, 2010
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Tag Archives: Corporate Governance
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
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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Tagged AFA, Auditors, BICPA, Brunei, Corporate Governance, Financial Scandals
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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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Tagged AFA, Auditors, BICPA, Brunei, Corporate Governance, Financial Scandals
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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.
TAIB financial statements 31 December 2008
The accounts for Perbadanan Tabung Amanah Islam Brunei were published in the Weekend Borneo Bulletin (pages 55-58), for the year ended 31 December 2008. Part of my savings and investment portfolio is squirrelled away in TAIB Deposit Certificates (TDC’s) and I’m always … Continue reading
Getting a sense of scale of AIG’s leveraged position
I came across an article in the “Daily KOS” today regarding AIG and it’s role in the glbal recession. Here’s a short excerpt: The size of our [editor's note: the US] national economy this year is roughly $15 trillion. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Audit, Brunei, Corporate Governance, Policy, Risk Management
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Top 10 ways to cut your audit bill
I was reading up on the audit profession and I came across a CFO article on “Top 10x ways to cut your audit bill“. Article has some good practical advice on managing the auditors. More after the break:
