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Accountants are gaining a bit more confidence in the global economy, especially in North America and Western Europe, but uncertainties linger.

A recent report from the IMA looked at the finance function's readiness to meet accelerating demands from the SEC and elsewhere for climate risk information.

Organizations are not doing enough to address the risks of climate change and may need accountants to tally the potential damages to their finances.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants is focusing more on sustainability-related issues.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission selected Lucia Wind, vice president of internal audit at the technology company Unisys, as its next board chair, succeeding Paul Sobel, for a three-year term starting Jan. 1, 2023.

The next 12 months offer accounting firms lots of changes to rethink how they operate and reposition themselves to be more intentional about growth.

The financial controllership function is evolving, but it only seems to be giving corporate controllers more work to do.

Fears about inflation and a slump in business are dampening the economic confidence of accountants in the U.S. and other parts of the world, according to a new survey.

The two groups will develop research and thought leadership as well as promote the Certified Management Accountant credential.

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The Institute of Management Accountants has engaged the search firm Korn Ferry to help identify its next leader.

Jeff Thomson, the longtime leader of the Institute of Management Accountants, plans to retire in early 2023.

The Big Four firm is making progress on its diversity goals, welcoming the most diverse incoming class of partners, principals and managing directors in its 177-year history.

The Institute of Management Accountants is seeing signs of a lax attitude toward ethics developing in recent years as more people work from home and are tempted to cut corners on their expenses.

Economic confidence among accountants and finance professionals in North America has declined to levels seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

At its annual conference this week, the IMA put a spotlight on how accountants are dealing with challenges like inflation and supply chain shortages.

The committee is looking for a new chairperson as its current chair, Paul Sobel, plans to depart at the end of the year. 

The accounting profession is undergoing a reexamination of its efforts to address the lack of diversity, not only in the U.S. but in other parts of the world.

Three organizations released a new report on the problems with diversity, equity and inclusion in the accounting profession and ways to address them.

Accountants globally are expressing more economic optimism in the first quarter of the year, according to a new survey, but they see risks ahead.