As the summer vacation season - in this most extraordinary of years - gets under way and some of the more conventional newsflow slackens, this news service is republishing that the editorial team thinks made an impression so far in 2020. 

The following article, which explained how parts of the financial industry are affected by the coronavirus, came from PKF O'Connor Davies and three of its senior figures, Joseph Doren, CPA, Stephen Prostano, CPA and Gemma Leddy, CPA. As the article noted, a robust accounting and financial management function is critical to timely and effective decision-making as well as your business continuity plans during the crisis. As a result, companies are taking a closer look at their business operations and contingency plans in order to determine what is critical to their success and longevity.