Emerging Trends

Strong governance and risk management are key to the long-term success of companies. Learn how to assist directors in discharging their responsibility for the oversight of management, through assessing corporate risk and establishing risk policies.

• Charting the Future of Canadian Governance: A Principled Approach to Navigating Rising Expectations for Boards of Directors (Institute of Corporate Directors, 2022)
• Corporate Oversight and Governance Summary Resource Guide (PDF) (CPA Canada, 2021)
• A Focus on Value Creation and Risk Needed to Improve Corporate Governance (IFAC, 2020)
• Directors’ Responsibilities in Canada (PDF) (Osler and the Institute of Corporate Directors, 2014)

Wondering what the future of the profession will look like? Learn about what the most-forward looking minds in our profession have to say about the future of accounting.

• Foresight Podcast Series: How CPAs can future proof the accounting profession (CPA Canada, 2021)
• Groundbreakers: Gen-Z and the Future of Accountancy (IFAC, 2021)
• The Future for Accounting (IFAC, 2021)
• The Paperless Office: Five Steps to Make it a Reality (IFAC, 2021) 

Investors/stakeholders are increasingly asking for a corporate reporting model that is relevant and accessible, while regulators are asking for increased audit firm governance in the key areas of accountability and firm resilience. Learn about developments in the future of corporate reporting and audit firm governance.

• Consultation Paper: Independent review of standard setting in Canada (IRCSS, 2021) 
• Summary of key matters that are relevant to the 2021/22 financial reporting season (FRC, 2021)
• The CFO Imperative: How can corporate reporting connect your business to its true value? (EY, 2021)
• Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance (BEIS, 2021)