The Briefcase #44: Suspicious Stuff – Some Scandalous Stories of Serious Scams
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 28th May 2026
The recent collapse of Mars FX, a hedge fund where roughly $600 million has vanished off the face of the earth, inspired us to revisit…
The Briefcase #43: How To Do a Presentation Without Crying
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 21st May 2026
Unfortunately, accountants can struggle under the limelight. It’s a stereotype, but it didn’t spring out of nowhere. It might seem that the numbers speak for…
The Briefcase #42: The Script For The Accountant 3
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 14th May 2026
Ben Affleck’s The Accountant films are about accounting. They might not exactly mirror your day-to-day – for instance, the accountant in The Accountant might shoot…
The Briefcase #41: Surviving Accountex London
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 7th May 2026
Accountex is a bit like Disneyland for finance professionals. For one, it’s insanely overstimulating, and it sounds pathetic when you tell your pals that you’re absolutely wrecked after the big accountant meet-up. Like Disneyland, it’s also full of people…
The Briefcase #40: Blockchain and Accounting
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 24th Apr 2026
This week, we’re looking at blockchain. But, before we talk about it, we need to deal with the elephant in the room – cryptocurrency. Depending…
The Briefcase #38: Creativity for Accountants
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 10th Apr 2026
Generally, accountants are seen as a stable pair of hands. They might even be thought of as a little bit predictable. A truly reductive individual…
The Briefcase #37: The Accountant from the Future
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 2nd Apr 2026
It was a beautiful summer evening. You and a few accountant buddies were hanging out, playing with a telescope, sipping beers, wondering whether you could…
The Briefcase #36: Hollywood Accounting
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 26th Mar 2026
As we at the Briefcase love saying, there are only two types of people in the world. The first type of person watches a blockbuster…
The Briefcase #35: Just One More Thing… Accountants and Professional Scepticism
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 20th Mar 2026
As Lieutenant Columbo reached for the doorknob, he suddenly halted. He turned his head and, bringing his cigar away from his lips, said: “Just one…