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Infosecurity 2012 is taking place at Earl’s Court on 24 – 26 April. Gower author, Ian Mann, will be at the event with his company ECSC Ltd on stand E80.
Ian will be presenting at the event in the Business Strategy Theatre at 12pm on Thursday 26th April with the headline of Social Engineering IX – Hacking the Globe – a snappy little title, that sets the theme for an examination of cultural differences that impact on the task of the social engineer. This is the result of his social engineering work across a number of continents.
Do pop in and see Ian on the ECSC stand at any time during the three days - he will be doing regular short presentations each day. ECSC are vendor independent information security specialists offering expert guidance, support and management services.
Ian’s book, Hacking the Human is available from Gower Publishing.
You are invited to join Aite Group’s webinar, by Gower author Enrico Camerinelli, on Supply Chain Finance: Best Practices, on Tuesday, April 3 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
As companies increasingly operate their supply chains globally, many seek new ways to manage the flow of funds through the supply chain. As such, supply chain finance (SCF) should refer to the financial approaches and instruments that optimize the transactions, working capital, and costs of all supply chain processes, from product design to after-sales management and through procurement, manufacturing, warehouse management, and distribution. True SCF software vendors are those developing and commercializing application suites that apply to the entirety of these processes-not solely to the buyer/supplier portion.This webinar will explore the following:
- Best practices in SCF
- What supply chain finance vendors should offer to help companies achieve their goals
- How to choose the right vendor
Cost: Free to subscribers of Aite Group’s Wholesale Banking segment and those that purchased part one or part two of Aite Group’s report, Supply Chain Finance Software Vendors; $250 for non-clients. If you wish to register please click here.
Enrico is the author of Measuring the Value of the Supply Chain.
I sometimes find it hard not to allow personal prejudice to bias my response to management ideas which is why I’ll limit myself to a simple ‘very interesting’, rather than anything more effusive, in response to Matthew Leitch’s detailed piece ‘Risk Management and Beyond Budgeting’. If you’re beginning to question the traditional control associated with annual budgeting then do read this piece! Matthew Leitch is author of Intelligent Internal Control and Risk Management.
Roy Stephenson’s article (Lend or Spend; What’s Driving Your Card Business) picks up on a highly topical consequence for the financial services industry of changing consumer behaviour; many customers are paying off their credit card debt. For companies whose financial model has relied on this lending to generate profit, the challenge is how to develop a sustainable strategy for the business based on customers’ card spending rather than their card debt. Roy asks and answers three key questions to help. Roy Stephenson is author of Marketing Planning for Financial Services.
We will be attending and have a stand at the 2011 CounterFraud and Forensic Accounting Conference on June 13th in Portsmouth, Hampshire. This one day event is run by Portsmouth University’s Centre for Counter Fraud Studies.
More information about this conference can be found here 2011 CounterFraud and Forensic Accounting Conference.
You will also be able to meet these Gower authors who will be speaking at the conference:
- Dick Russill - A Short Guide to Procurement Risk
- Nigel Iyer – A Short Guide to Fraud Risk, and
- Garry Honey – A Short Guide to Reputation Risk
Gower author, Catherine Truel, writes a monthly blog for Supply Chain Asia Magazine covering topics surrounding Customs Management. Her latest post Shipping from East Asia to Europe by land – can central Asia be integrated into the global supply chain? is now live.
Catherine’s book A Short Guide to Customs Risk is part of the Short Guides to Business Risk series.
In this chapter, Doug Hopton looks at Customer Due Diligence he says ‘CDD is frequently misunderstood – to many people CDD only means the process of identification and verification of a new customer or client (that is, ID&V). This, of course, is not just the case. ID&V is the start of the CDD process. CDD is therefore essential not only to identify your new customers but to ensure that you do not establish relationships with anyone on a UN sanction list or similar.’ So he starts by asking ‘What is CDD?’
The launch of the Sixth Edition of Credit Management by the Institute of Credit Management on Wednesday 21st July is a wonderful opportunity for anyone working in the field to find out what’s the last word on the subject. Aside from being able to purchase paperback copies of the book (available exclusively through the ICM), you’ll have the chance to buttonhole the book’s various authors and also find out more about the Institute and the services and qualifications they offer.
Launch time and date: Wednesday 21st July between 5.30 and 7.00 pm
Venue: Hays Recruitment, 6th Floor (please report to reception on 4th Floor first), Manfield House, 1 Southampton Street, London, WC2R 0LR.
The event is open to all. Do come along.
Before 1986 the Stock Exchange was virtually independent and self-governing. The Financial Services Act 1986 imposed a new regulatory regime that was self-regulatory in nature but placed within a statutory framework. There then followed a fairly tumultuous period involving various financial crises and many scandals posing operating and effectiveness problems for the new regulatory bodies. As a result, the Labour government introduced statutory regulation by means of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the creation of a single statutory body, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) which replaced a host of self-regulatory bodies. The FSA now has responsibility for the licensing and supervision of firms and individuals involved in securities trading, the vetting and approval of share and other securities’ issues, the admission to listing of companies who shares are traded on the exchange, their compliance with the listing rules, and the integrity and efficiency of the securities markets generally. This chapter, from Stock Market Efficiency Insider Dealing and Market Abuse, reviews the legislation and regulations whose aim is to ensure that the LSE is efficient and free of market abuse.
