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ICSI to launch two new courses in six months
By admin at 24 May, 2010, 10:33 am
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has plans to launch post membership qualification (PQM) courses in competition law as well as corporate restructuring and insolvency in the next six months.
Addressing a Press conference here, Anil Murarka, vice-president, ICSI said, “We are going to roll out two new courses for our members in the [...]
ICSI, ICWAI sign MoUs with MCX Stock Exchange
By admin at 14 May, 2010, 11:03 am
The Exchange has joined hands with several agencies like the government, trade bodies and educational institutions to drive financial literacy for financial inclusion and encourage incorporation of global best practices in the industry.
MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), India’s new stock exchange, has signed up with India’s two premier professional institutions — Institute of Company Secretaries of [...]
ICSI inaugurates its conference for company secretaries
By admin at 1 May, 2010, 11:43 am
“The Company Secretaries are well recognized professionals and they should go forward to spread their wings in the way that many more people take shelter under their wings,” advised R. Bandyopadhyay, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs while delivering the inaugural address at 11th National Conference of Practicing Company Secretaries on the theme ‘Spread Wings to [...]
Read More >>ICSI to come out with new secretarial standard
By admin at 30 April, 2010, 12:58 pm
To strengthen corporate governance practices, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India will soon come out with a new secretarial standard asking a director of a company to disclose his transactions with other entity in which he has financial interest.
“A new accounting standard ‘Related Party Transaction’ is expected to come out within next 2-3 months [...]
A Way Of Corporate Life
By admin at 27 April, 2010, 11:05 am
The ministry of corporate affairs released a document, Corporate Social Responsibility Voluntary Guidelines 2009, sometime ago. In a nutshell, this document urges corporate India to voluntarily adopt CSR so that statutory regulations may not be imposed, something the present government seems reluctant to do. It also suggests that this stance could be revisited in a [...]
Read More >>CAs, CSs told to report all suspicious fund transfers
By admin at 24 April, 2010, 11:23 am
The government has asked chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries to directly report to the home ministry cases of suspicious fund movements in an out of companies, as it looks to crack down on money laundering and terror funding.
The home ministry, through the ministry of corporate affairs, has asked the Institute of Chartered Accountants [...]
ICSI to launch courses in competition law, corporate restructuring
By admin at 24 April, 2010, 11:21 am
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) plans to introduce post membership qualification courses in competition law as well as corporate restructuring and insolvency in the next six months.
Addressing reporters here, Anil Murarka, vice president, ICSI said, “We are going to roll out two new courses for our members in the next six months- [...]
CS, pros may get to challenge company rules
By admin at 15 April, 2010, 10:16 am
The government may empower independent directors and company secretaries to enforce corporate governance norms, having made compliance voluntary for enterprises. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), a statutory body set up by the government, has suggested a set of best practices that company secretaries on board of companies have to follow.
“It is important [...]
ICSI sets eye on rural talent pool
By admin at 13 April, 2010, 10:41 am
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is working towards creating more number of company secretaries from rural and semi-urban areas in the east, Mamta Binani, the first lady chairperson of the Eastern India Regional Council of ICSI, said on Monday.
With the demand for company secretaries far outstripping the supply, ICSI is planning to [...]
New Companies Bill will equate CS with CEO and CFO: ICSI president
By admin at 15 March, 2010, 11:01 am
The new Companies Bill to be adopted by Parliament would simplify the law and equate company secretary (CS) with the chief executive (CEO) and chief financial officer (CFO) of a company, said Vinayak S Khanvalkar, president, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), here on Saturday. At least two out of the 10 secretarial standards [...]
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