Cyber-crime and ransomware attacks are an ever-increasing threat. Business leaders must prioritise defending against and preparing for a cyber-attack or the costs can be catastrophic, but how can businesses best protect themselves and their customers?

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The pandemic has had a significant impact on people’s lives and led to an overnight shift to working from home. How are approaches to the working environment, digital transformation and sustainability going to evolve in the wake of COVID-19?

As innovation and growth continue to be vital, it's crucial for leaders to prioritise employee engagement and inclusivity, investment in talent, and accelerate green growth. By meeting these goals business can recontract their relationship with society.

Robotics and AI could be having a much bigger impact on our lives and jobs today. Are our businesses failing to apply them effectively through incapability or vested interests? Read the insights from our latest Financial Focus discussion.

‘Is a greater focus on Long Term Value the answer to the perceived trade-off between financial return and a firm’s ESG impact?’

The pandemic has impacted people's lives globally and highlighted our vulnerability to these kinds of existential threats. This whitepaper looks at how this period has changed the Boards' view on tackling the Climate Challenge.

The future for accountants has never been brighter but automation is having a big impact on the finance function. Does the increased prevalence of AI and RPA spell the obsolescence of the role of the accountant in the finance function?

COVID-19 was a relatively low likelihood event that has had an enormous impact on almost all businesses. How well prepared were our businesses for the pandemic and how will finance functions adapt in the aftermath?

The stream of high-profile business failures over the last 5 years highlights challenges to the finance profession in applying appropriate accounting standards, understanding industry models and creating straightforward and consistent external reporting.

Our inaugural New York based Financial Focus dinner discussing “what will be the first and last parts of the CFO role to be automated?” with a group of senior finance executives.

What does the future hold for this essential part of the business?

Excellent discussion on the future of the UK Financial Services sector at the Metapraxis Financial Focus Dinner.

In our latest whitepaper, we interviewed senior finance professionals from a wide range of insurance businesses, including AXA PPP Healthcare and QBE, to get their thoughts on how FP&A can respond to the changing demands they face and enable their companies to make better and faster decisions.

'What can PLCs learn from how private equity owned companies manage performance, and vice versa?'