ICSA's International Finance and Administration study texts
Our International Finance and Administration (IFA) qualifications provide a broad overview of the offshore financial market underpinning the knowledge needed for a successful career in the offshore financial services sector.
The study texts listed below are the nominated books for our November 2020 exams.
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Accounting, 2nd edition
Author: David Frederick
Price: £44.95 |
ISBN: 9781860727313
The complete study guide for the Accounting modules of ICSA’s Level 4 International Finance and Administration qualifications.
Advanced Certificate in Corporate Governance
Authors: Alison Dillon Kibirige, Andrew Hamer
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727870
Advanced Certificate in Health Service Governance
Author: Claire Lea
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727887
Board Committees Handbook
Author: Sue Lawrence
Price: £49.95 | March 2020
ISBN: 9781860727986
Board Committees Handbook is your guide to the implementation, role and running of committees.
Boardroom Dynamics
Author: Jeremy Cross
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727559
Designed for those on the journey to becoming a Chartered Secretary or Governance Professional, ICSA’s Boardroom Dynamics study text provides you with knowledge required to support both individuals and groups to influence boardroom performance.
Business Management in Practice, 2nd edition
Authors: Dr Philip Kelly, Michelle Weipers
Price: £44.95 | January 2017
ISBN: 9781860727795
The official study text for the Business Management in Practice modules of The Chartered Governance Institute’s International Finance and Administration level 5 qualifications.
Certificate in Academy Governance
Author: Katie Paxton-Doggett
Price: £44.95 | September 2018
ISBN: 9781860727276
Certificate in Corporate Governance
Author: Paul Moxey
Price: £44.95 | November 2018
ISBN: 9781860727252
This study text has been developed to support ICSA’s Certificate in Corporate Governance and includes a range of navigational, self-testing and illustrative features to help you get the most out of the support materials.
Certificate in Sports Governance
Authors: Amanda Bennett, Kevin Carpenter, Rob Wilson
Price: £44.95 | March 2018
ISBN: 9781860727238
This study text has been developed to support ICSA’s Level 4 Certificate in Sports Governance and includes a range of navigational, self-testing and illustrative features to help you get the most out of the support materials.
Charity Checklists, 2nd edition
Author: Cecile Gillard
Price: £39.95 | January 2019
ISBN: 9781860727610
An A-Z of checklists for key areas of charity administration and regulatory compliance
Charity Handbook, 4th edition
Author: Kirsty Semple
Price: £69.95 | June 2019
ISBN: 9781860727696
The revised edition of the Charity Handbook includes a wide range of relevant updates and draws on the broad expertise of a leading team of charity specialists.
Charity Law and Governance: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition
Authors: Cecile Gillard, Kirsty Semple
Price: £29.95 | September 2018
ISBN: 9781860727573
An essential guide to the legal and regulatory framework within which charities in England and Wales operate.
Charity Marketing: Delivering income, services and campaigns
Author: Ian Bruce
Price: £32.95 | May 2011
ISBN: 9781860724596
Charity Marketing is well-established as the market leading guide to developing successful services, campaigns and fundraisers, using tried and tested marketing techniques. It explains how using marketing principles to underpin every aspect of activity can transform not-for-profit organisations to meet, need and achieve their objectives.
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Charity Trustee's Guide, 3rd edition
Author: Chris Priestley
Price: £27.95 | April 2012
ISBN: 9781860724909
This book provides quick and easy access to essential information on charities regulation and best practice including trustee recruitment and responsibilities, governance, board structure and functions, financial issues (including fundraising) and trustee-staff relations. The aim of the book is to support trustees of small- to medium-sized charities and covers the key aspects of the trustee function that are common to the majority of trustees.
Company Compliance and Administration
Author: Douglas Armour
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727450
Designed for those on the journey to becoming a Chartered Secretary or Governance Professional, ICSA’s Company Compliance and Administration study provides you with knowledge required to ensure a company acts with good governance principles and within local regulations.
Company Law
Author: Lee Roach
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727474
Designed for those on the journey to becoming a Chartered Secretary or Governance Professional, ICSA’s Company Law study text provides you with knowledge of legal frameworks relevant to the organisation of a business and highlights the links between company law and corporate governance.
Company Secretary's Checklists, 11th edition
Author: Douglas Armour
Price: £49.95 | October 2019
ISBN: 9781860727757
Company Secretary's Checklists is the best-selling A-Z checklist guide for the most common company secretarial tasks and transactions.
Company Secretary's Checklists: Ireland
Author: William Fry
Price: £49.95 |
ISBN: 9781860726934
The ICSA Company Secretary's Checklists: Ireland, the A-Z checklist guide for the most common company secretarial tasks and transactions
Company Secretary's Handbook, 12th edition
Author: Douglas Armour
Price: £79.95 |
ISBN: 9781860727771
Company Secretary’s Handbook is a practical guide to the legislation and regulation governing companies and company secretarial procedures. Coverage is comprehensive and details the procedures associated with boards of directors, company meetings, reporting, shares, and share registration.
Corporate Governance
Author: Alison Dillon Kibirige
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727399
Designed for those on the journey to becoming a Chartered Secretary or Governance Professional, ICSA’s Corporate Governance study text provides the knowledge and skills necessary for a company secretary or governance professional to act as chief adviser to the board and other stakeholders and as the facilitator for systematic application of good governance practices.
Corporate Governance Handbook, 4th edition
Authors: Bernadette Barber, Barbara Allen
Price: £74.95 | June 2017
ISBN: 9781860727122
The focus of corporate governance thinking at the current time emphasises, perhaps more than ever before, the importance of defining and promoting a healthy corporate culture and of recognising and responding to the needs of a wide a range of stakeholders. This new edition of Corporate Governance Handbook delves deeper than before into such issues in order to guide boards as they attempt to find an appropriate balance between more traditional financial considerations and other factors that may influence their decision making.
Corporate Governance Unlocked
Authors: Alison Dillon Kibirige, Winifred Tarinyeba Kiryabwire
Price: £19.95 | January 2019
ISBN: 9781860727214
Corporate Governance Unlocked serves to provide a succinct guide to the under-explored world of corporate governance. It aims to broaden your understanding of what corporate governance is, its evolution over time and how best practice can be applied in many different organisations and sectors globally.
CSP Online
Authors: Andrew Hamer, Keith Walmsley
January 2013
The market leading information service for company secretaries: company law and corporate governance commentary, legislation, regulation and precedents in a single, integrated product.
Development of Strategy
Author: Mark Wearden
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727535
Director's Guide, 5th edition
Author: Martha Bruce
Price: £39.95 | March 2013
ISBN: 9781860724824
Directors of UK companies have an extensive range of legal responsibilities, not just in relation to managing the company but also to employees, shareholders, customers and other stakeholders. Now in its fifth edition, The ICSA Director's Guide explains all the core duties and liabilities of being a director from appointment to resignation, including disclosures, shareholder relations and corporate governance.
Effective Minute Taking, 2nd edition
Authors: Rob Robson, Philip Davis
Price: £29.95 | June 2018
ISBN: 9781860727290
People frequently find themselves called upon to take minutes, with little guidance on how they are expected to produce an accurate record of what took place. Ambiguous agreements, a vague agenda, interruptions, and a poor chairperson are just some of the factors that can make this a daunting task. This book will provide practical guidelines for overcoming the problems faced by minute takers and achieving accuracy in the minute-taking process.
Financial Reporting and Governance, 2nd edition
Authors: Kathryn Cearns, Jacques Colley
Price: £44.95 | December 2019
ISBN: 9781860727818
The official study text for the Financial Reporting and Governance modules of The Chartered Governance Institute’s International Finance and Administration level 5 qualifications.
Foundation Programme
Authors: Douglas Armour, Santhie Goundar, Kelly Padwick, Lee Roach
Price: £44.95 | June 2018
ISBN: 9781860727337
Designed for those at the start of their journey to becoming a CharteredGovernance Professional, Foundation Programme provides an introduction to how organisations can be structured to achieve their objectives and the legal, regulatory and compliance frameworks they need to navigate.
Fund Administration, 2nd edition
Authors: Haley Camp, Jo Carré, Jacques Colley
Price: £44.95 | December 2019
ISBN: 9781860727832
The official study text for the Fund Administration modules of The Chartered Governance Institute’s International Finance and Administration level 5 qualifications.
Guide to Document Retention, 3rd edition
Author: Andrew Hamer
Price: £54.95 | November 2011
ISBN: 9781860724732
The third edition of The ICSA Guide to Document Retention provides invaluable guidance on the retention and disposal of key business documents and other records. It outlines the main principles that should be applied when framing a retention (and disposal) policy, and suggests a minimum retention period for documents based on good commercial practice and law.
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Health Service Governance
Author: Claire Lea
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727412
Designed for those on the journey to becoming a Chartered Secretary or Governance Professional, ICSA’s Health Service Governance study text provides the knowledge and skills necessary to act as an adviser to governing bodies across the NHS in England. This includes developing good governance practices for all obligations of NHS organisations in England, covering not only legal duties, but also applicable and recommended standards of best practice.
How to Run a Charity, 2nd edition
Author: Cecile Gillard
Price: £34.95 | July 2017
ISBN: 9781860726965
Packed with helpful advice, this book offers all the information needed to set up and run a successful charity. From legal parameters and their practical impacts, through finance and managing assets, to the roles and responsibilities of charity boards and trustees, the book provides both theory and practice, with case studies to examine where things have gone both right and wrong.
How to Run an Academy School, 2nd edition
Author: Katie Paxton-Doggett
Price: £29.95 | September 2016
ISBN: 9781860726828
How to Run an Academy School offers all those involved in running schools an essential guide to the legal and regulatory compliance required to fulfil the company secretarial function.
International Finance and Administration, 2nd edition
Authors: Carla Channing, Colin Solomon
Price: £89.90 |
ISBN: 9781860727375
The complete study guide for the core modules of ICSA’s Level 4 International Finance and Administration qualifications.
Interpreting Financial and Accounting Information
Author: Numa Fudong
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727498
Designed for those on the journey to becoming a Chartered Secretary or Governance Professional, ICSA’s Interpreting Financial and Accounting Information study text provides you with knowledge required to interpret financial information in order to advise boards and decision-making bodies.
Investment, 2nd edition
Authors: John Fadden, Peter Watterston
Price: £44.95 |
ISBN: 9781860727351
The complete study guide for the core modules of ICSA’s Level 4 International Finance and Administration qualifications.
Non-Executive Directors' Checklists
Author: Mark Wearden
Price: £49.95 | June 2020
ISBN: 9781860727931
A Practical Guide to the UK Listing Regime, 4th edition
Author: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Price: £79.95 | November 2017
ISBN: 9781860727146
This new edition of A Practical Guide to the UK Listing Regime provides an invaluable guide to, and commentary on, the FCA’s Listing, Prospectus, Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Risk Management
Author: Simon Ashby
Price: £44.95 | July 2019
ISBN: 9781860727511
Designed for those on the journey to becoming a Chartered Secretary or Governance Professional, ICSA’s Boardroom Dynamics study text provides you with knowledge required to support both individuals and groups to influence boardroom performance.
Sports Governance Handbook
Authors: Amanda Bennett, Kevin Carpenter, Rob Wilson
Price: £49.95 | May 2019
ISBN: 9781860727658
The Sports Governance Handbook is a practical and accessible resource which combines important governance theory with the practical application of such in sports organisations..
The Non-Executive Directors' Handbook, 5th edition
Author: Brian Coyle
Price: £69.95 | February 2019
ISBN: 9781860727597
The Non-Executive Directors’ Handbook has been refreshed and fully updated for this 5th edition and, given the increasingly significant role now played by non-executives in the independent oversight of organisations, it acts as an essential source of reference and route map for the position.
Trust and Company Administration, 2nd edition
Authors: Colin Solomon, Colin Tanner
Price: £44.95 | December 2019
ISBN: 9781860727856
The official study text for the Trust and Company Administration modules of The Chartered Governance Institute’s International Finance and Administration level 5 qualifications.
Trust me, I'm listed: Why the annual report matters, and how to do it well
Author: Claire Bodanis
Price: £49.95 | June 2020
ISBN: 9781860727962
'Trust me, I’m listed' is every UK plc reporting practitioner's essential guide to corporate reporting - why we do it, who it's for, and how to do it well with minimum stress.