My friend and former City, University of London, colleague Prof Atul Shah attended the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales AGM this week,
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How to pay for financial education
Everyone but the government seems to agree that young people need a proper education in finance before leaving school, and there is a pot of
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There is no proper financial education in UK schools, and the ICAEW is still sitting on the money to fund it
As the FT notes this morning: Only one in four young adults say they received any financial education at school, according to new research, highlighting
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2024 was hard, exciting and worthwhile. How was yours?
2024 was an exciting year for me – not least because I decided to retire from everything but thinking and social media related work. That
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The incompetence of the ICAEW
As many here will know, I resigned from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in March this year because of their aggressive,
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Large company accounts are works of fiction
In this morning’s video, I argue that the accounts of the largest companies in the UK and around the world are works of fiction because
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Would it be reasonable to ask economists to think about their subject?
Despite my having left the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, they still send me their newsletters. That involves no cost to them,
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UK auditors are rubbish at their jobs
I posted this video to YouTube this morning. In it I argue that UK auditors are rubbish at their jobs. Major audit failures – on
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The ICAEW is still not explaining what it’s going to do with more than £150 million of funds it has earned as a result of fines and related costs paid by its members
The ICAEW published its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023, yesterday. As readers of this blog might recall, I have taken that Institute,
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