Horizons - top management magazine 

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Horizons December 2012 - Risk ConsultingHorizons December 2012: Risk Consulting

 

 

 

  • Romana Benešová: "Who manages risks wins."
  • The influence of the new regulation on the commercial sector
  • Effective controlling: a strategic advantage of today's insurance company
  • A new era of budgeting and forecasting
  • Building company's confidence
  • Corporate criminal liability: the added value of effective risk management
  • SURVEY
    How do you see risk management? What is your principal approach to risk management?

 

Horizons November 2012: Financial Services

 

 

 

 

  • Jindřich Vašina: “Do banks and insurance companies still present attractive investment opportunities?”
  • The banking sector in CEE is undergoing transformation
  • Solvency II: are insurance companies ready?
  • The new private law brings opportunities and threats
  • Banks struggle with stricter liquidity management requirements
  • The insurance business – a public affair

 

Horizons June 2012: Management Conulting

 

 

 

 

 

  • Petr Bučík: “Advisory is changing its status quo.”
  • HR Business Partner in the modern organisation
  • How to enhance report quality and make management decision-making easier
  • A fair price for IT services
  • Software asset management deserves more attention
  • Nuclear power plants: their decommissioning is as much of a challenge as building new ones

 

Horizons November 2011: Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

  • Financial sector: Here be dragons
  • Customer experience management
  • Internal control system
  • How IFRS 4 Phase II will influence the insurance business
  • Fight against fraud on the threshold of new challenges
  • Taxation of dividends and income from the sale of securities
  • Forthcoming insurance regulation
  • Management of human resources by competencies
  • Remuneration regulation

 

Horizons June 2011: Real estate and construction

 

 

 

 

 

  • Real estate and construction: Where can opportunities be found?
  • The real estate business needs to respond to VAT changes
  • Trends in real estate finance
  • Revolution in leases and revenue and other expected IFRS amendments
  • Purchase price calculation in a real estate deal
  • PPP projects and funding of transportation infrastructure in the Czech Republic

 

 

Horizons April 2011: Tax Services

 

 

 

 

 

  •  Jan Žůrek: "Is there any optimum tax system?"
  • Corporate income tax base
  • Transfer pricing news
  • Research and development
  • Tax Code

 

Horizons November 2010: Financial Services

 

 

 

 

  

  • Managing uncertainty. Addressing the unknowns in financial services
  • How to increase the effectiveness of marketing campaigns
  • Two legislative changes in banking
  • Market arbitrage - A growth strategy in a declining market
  • IFRS insurance contracts – Phase II

 

 

Horizons September 2010: Accounting Services and Payroll

 

 

 

 

 

  • Five Critical Mistakes of SMEs
  • The payroll function – strong processes for strong performance
  • Electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) and the obstacles in introducing it
  • Managing IT performance

  

 

Horizons April 2010: Advisory 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Weathering the storm – effective cash management
  • Will we see M&A take a turn in the right direction this year?
  • A proper feasibility study – the cornerstone of a successful project
  • How will the crisis affect the public sector in 2010?
  • An accurate weather forecast can be of significant help to business
  • How to improve SAP Performance and SAP Security
  • Focus on risk prevention and quality reporting

 

 

Horizons November 2009: Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

  • Strong support. Focus on six key pillars of your business
  • 2010 a key year for the financial sector – at home as well as globally
  • The financial crisis and its impact on the life and non-life insurance sector
  • Governance system and ORSA: two Pillar 2 challenges
  • New IAS 39: Benefits and costs of the new financial instruments classification
  • An economic crisis: the best time to innovate
  • How can we optimise IT costs effectively?
  • Crisis prevention measures and the change of VAT

 

 

Horizons October 2009: Tax

 

 

 

 

 

  • Keeping EU Taxes in Czech
  • Significant VAT changes are in the works as of 1 January 2010
  • Transfer pricing in an economic downturn
  • Findings of an audit conducted by the Tax Authority
  • Employee benefits: what are the tax consequences?

  

 

Horizons July 2009: Transactions and Restructuring

 

 

 

 

 

  • The crisis and company restructuring
  • Mergers and acquisitions - will we see
    a recovery towards the end of the year?
  • Financing restructurings: achieving tax deductibility
  • Private Use of Company Cars and VAT
  • Photovoltaics - Energy of the Future and Attractive Investment

 

 

Horizons March 2009: Performance and Technology

 

 

 

 

 

  • Working capital management not only in times of financial crisis
  • Lean manufacturing surviving the economic downturn and getting into the world class
  • Getting round the financial crisis - using your data
  • Slashing costs – the opportunity to save on human resources
  • Preventing the loss of key data
  • The operation of multi-purpose facilities and arenas could be more efficient
  • Finance shared services – delivering the promise
  • Corporate social responsibility is on the rise

 

  

Horizons November 2008: Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

  • Beyond the credit crisis: the impact for investment managers
  • Principles and Presentation of Insurers in the CEE region
  • Evaluation of uncertainty in an internal model
  • Fair Value Accounting on Illiquid Markets
  • Information technologies in the banking sector - the latest trends and challenges
  • The credit crunch - is your company spending money wisely on projects?
  • Registration of a VAT group - group member definition
  • Discrimination taxation in the Czech Republic

  

 

Horizons September 2008: Transfer Pricing

 

 

 

 

 

  • Advance Pricing Agreements are on the rise in the EU - the European Commission issues Guidelines in response
  • Transfer pricing in the Czech Republic - the tax administrator's perspective
  • Transfer pricing from the enterprise risk management perspective
  • Experience gained from tax inspections - transfer prices
  • Transfer Pricing Documentation
  • The impact of transfer pricing on the auditor's report

 

 

Horizons May 2008: Real Estate

 

 

 

 

 

  • Thin capitalisation and the application of new regulations in practice
  • The application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) at real estate companies
  • Property valuation
  • Property tranactions
  • Investments in non-listed European real estate funds
  • The future of golf in Eastern Europe has great potential

 

 

Horizons February 2008: Retail

 

 

 

 

 

  • Summary of the most important changes in the Public Finance Stabilisation Act having an impact on the retail sector
  • Accounting and tax aspects of supplier bonuses in the retail field
  • Conversion of Czech financial statements to statements prepared according to IFRS
  • Retail chains under the prssure of business competition
  • Trade loading – the ultimate cost carried by the retailer
  • Regulatory requirements in the area of payment transactions