Students in the University’s Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) 2011-2013 graduate group were recently presented with various awards at the Accountancy Department’s annual prize-giving ceremony.
Daniel Pulè was awarded the Malta Institute of Accountants Best Student of the Year prize by Malta Institute of Accountants president Maria Micallef.
Margaret Magro was awarded the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales prize for her dissertation The Relationship between the Executive Secretary and the Local Government Auditors in Maltese Local Councils.
Annabel Bonavia won this year’s Chartered Institute of Management Accountants prize for her dissertation The Application and Relevance of Sustainability Management Accounting, Sustainability Reporting and Assurance in the Local Market: An Investigative Study.
Nadya Buhagiar won the Deloitte prize for best dissertation in taxation, The Effects of Tax Management on Corporate Governance in Maltese Listed Companies – An Analysis.
Justin Borg won the Deloitte prize for best dissertation in professional issues in accountancy with The Development of Audit Fees in Malta: An Analysis.
James Psaila won the EY prize for accounting standards for his dissertation The Valuation of Property in Malta: Practical Implications of Applying IAS 40 – Investment Property.
Matthew Caruana won the EY prize for information technology for his dissertation A Post-implementation Analysis of ERP systems in Maltese Companies.
Natasha Bugeja won the Grant Thornton prize for law related to accounting for her dissertation Article 5 of the OECD model: The Concept of Permanent Establishment with Special Reference to Malta’s Double Tax Treaties.
Daniela Marie DeBono won the KPMG financial accounting prize for her dissertation Shifting from the Incurred Loss Model to the Expected Credit Loss Model: An Impact Analysis on Listed Maltese Banks.
The KPMG prize for internal auditing and control was jointly awarded to Kristina Caligari who won with Barriers to Maltese Internal Audit Units and their work: An Analysis of Public Limited Liability Companies and to Bernard Zerafa for Controls at Point of Sale Systems in Selected Maltese Restaurants.
The RSM Malta prize in Finance was also jointly awarded to Josianne Abela for her dissertation The Management of Working Capital in Maltese Co-operatives: An Evaluation and to Steve Gruppetta for his dissertation Developing a Valuation Framework for an Illiquid Security.
The External Auditing prize sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers was jointly awarded to Rosalene Caruana whose dissertation was The Significance of Selected Behavioural Factors in Client-Initiated Auditor Changes and to Loraine Grech for her dissertation An Analysis of Audit Report Lags in Maltese Companies.
The PwC prize in corporate governance was won by David Muscat for his dissertation Separation of Ownership and Control in Non-Bank Maltese Listed Companies: An Analysis. The Co-operative Societies prize, sponsored by the Central Co-operative Fund, was given to Daniela Burlò for her dissertation Co-operative or Limited Liability Company? A Comparative Analysis in a Maltese Setting.
Deborah Abela won the National Audit Office Public Sector Accounting and Auditing prize for her study on Public-Private Partnerships in Maltese Healthcare: An Evaluation of the Financial Aspects.
University pro-rector Joe Friggieri congratulated the award winners and spoke about the significance of the occasion. Department head Peter Baldacchino thanked all the sponsors and outlined various departmental developments over the past year and recent advances in research trends.
Visiting lecturer Andrew Higson of Loughborough University Business School spoke of his experience as external examiner.