Real Asset Management Research Articles

Real Asset Management (RAM) periodically produces research-based thought leadership articles that focus on issues relevant to the finance and accounting industry. Topics covered in these articles may help you identify strategies, processes and procedures within your organisation that require attention or change. Click on a title below to access the complete article.

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The Hidden Costs of WEEE

The implications of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive seemed to have passed unnoticed by the majority of UK businesses. But the result will be expensive WEEE compliant disposal, potential fines for failure to provide an audit of asset disposal and attendant negative publicity. WEEE may be touted as a cost for suppliers, but unless organisations can get their asset registers in order, it will also create a significant cost for UK business…………..More

Managing Corporate Assets with RFID

Radio Frequency ID (RFID) may have failed, as yet, to reach its full potential in the retail environment, but that is no reason to write off the technology. With growing pressure in both the private and public sector for improved asset management and accountability, RFID has an important role to play………………..More

Risking Business Value

Growing risk awareness and an increasingly dangerous business environment may have prompted an increasing number of companies to invest in disaster recovery (DR) as part of the business continuity programme – but how safe is that investment?...................More

Counting The Cost

UK companies may be continually complaining about escalating insurance premiums but, in reality, the majority are actually over insured. Endemic failure to maintain accurate asset registers results in the majority of companies insuring assets they no longer own.....................More