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Financial Planning
January 1, 2005
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5 Questions Michael R. Young, a litigation attorney and partner at New York law firm Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, shares his perspective on financial reporting and the securities industry, with particular emphasis on accounting irregularities. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2010 |
Risk Management Tops Audit Committee's Stress List Highlights of the latest quarterly research in conjunction with Grant Thornton LLP. |
CFO
April 1, 2011
Robert Pozen |
A Three-Step Plan for CFOs How to help your audit committee work more effectively. |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2010
Jack Milligan |
This Plate Runneth Over Audit committee members are taking hits from all sides these days. |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2010
Charles Keenan |
Front-burner Issues for the Audit Committee The audit committee's roles and responsibilities continue to broaden as evolving regulation and increasing demands for risk oversight turn up the heat on bank boards. |
CFO
September 1, 2010
Sarah Johnson |
So Much for "Death by Committee" Audit committees have expanded their scope, and new rules may force them to broaden it even further. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 24, 2005
Nolan & McFarlan |
Building an IT Governance Committee A company that decides it needs board-level IT oversight must do three things: Select the appropriate members and the chairman, determine the group's relationship to the audit committee, and prepare the charter. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2010
Scott Sorrels |
Do I Need to Get My Own Lawyer? There are times when directors and officers of a troubled financial institution facing an enforcement order should consider hiring counsel, separate and apart from bank counsel, to best protect their personal interest. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Steven K. McGinnis |
Must SROs Go? A new SEC proposal to separate trading functions from regulatory activities at the exchanges could have far-reaching effects. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
David M. Katz |
The Insiders Do internal auditors have a bigger role to play in ensuring the integrity of financial reports? |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003 |
Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America. |
CFO
March 15, 2006
Anne Stuart |
Serenity Now! Board members worried about compliance-related lawsuits may want to revisit their directors' and officers' insurance policies. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Scott Leibs |
New Terrain Post-Enron reforms have made dramatic alterations to the landscape of corporate governance. Boards, their committees, and internal auditors now have greater responsibilities and powers. How will these reforms change the CFO's job? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000 |
Corporate Governance Roundtable At this year's NAREIT Law and Accounting Conference, one of the most talked about panel discussions was on the topic of corporate governance... |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009
Kenneth L. Glascock |
Internal Audit: Boosting Your ROI A high-performance audit function can help the bank and board achieve its risk-adjusted goals. |
CFO
September 1, 2005
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Can You Spot the Finance Expert? Two years after the SEC started requiring finance experts on audit committees, it's still not clear who qualifies, or whether it really makes a difference. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005
Andras Kosaras |
Thinking About an Audit? Read This First What kinds of grantmakers get audits and how should a foundation choose an auditor if it opts for this process? |
CFO
December 1, 2002
David M. Katz |
Cover Me Anyone searching for D&O coverage will find it more expensive and less inclusive than ever before. |
Knowledge@Wharton
January 29, 2003 |
Lawyers and Accountants Can Expect Curbs and Compromises in New SEC Rules Recent rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to curb the kind of legal and accounting shenanigans that toppled companies like Enron and Arthur Andersen are not as strong as the SEC first indicated they might be. But do they still have enough teeth to work? |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2010
Jeanine Catalano et al. |
Effective Strategies to Support Board Deliberations A toolkit of five practical techniques to use when gathering information and considering complex issues. |
OCC Bulletin
November 1, 2001 |
Third-Party Relationships This bulletin provides guidance to national banks on managing the risks that may arise from their business relationships with third parties... |
InternetNews
December 27, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Monster Adds Options Investigator to Board Monster Worldwide has added a former SEC commissioner to its roster of directors looking into options backdating practices. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2009
Burnett & Gomperz |
The New and Emerging Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors Today, the public is outraged at Wall Street excesses and angered by revelations of executives who received hefty salaries and severance payments even as their companies dissolved. |
InternetNews
October 4, 2006
David Needle |
Jobs Knew of Backdating Apple Computer released results today of an investigation into the backdating of stock option grants, saying it found that CEO Steve Jobs was aware of the practice. |
Knowledge@Wharton
July 30, 2003 |
Has Sarbanes-Oxley Made a Dent in Corporate America's Armor? In the 12 months since it was signed by President Bush, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act has caused U.S. companies to spend heavily on compliance, altered the culture of boardrooms and boosted the business of firms that offer ethics and compliance consulting. To what end? |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2011
Naomi Snyder |
A New Mandate for Risk Management The financial crisis revealed serious risk management deficiencies throughout the banking industry, and now the feds are forcing boards to accept direct responsibility for the risks their institutions take. |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2010
Deborah Scally |
Insight on Oversight More than 300 audit committee members, bank executives, and audit experts gathered at Bank Director's fourth annual Bank Audit Committee Conference in Chicago last month. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 1, 2004 |
Getting Management on Board With Compliance Compliance and litigation readiness have blasted up the priority list of top management. Leading financial institutions have appointed general counsel into top management roles. Boards of directors are reviewing and approving technology solutions. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Mark Astarita |
The SEC's "Feel Good" Committee The Securities and Exchange Commission announces the formation of an Investor Advisory Committee, which it says will give investors a greater voice in its work. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
John Reeves |
Let's Fix Risk Committees Should we require corporate boards to establish risk committees? |
CFO
October 1, 2003
Craig Schneider |
The Attorney's Dilemma Will the SEC's new and proposed rules to turn lawyers into whistle-blowers strain relations between finance executives and corporate counsel? |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2010
William M. Aukamp |
Should Your Bank Have a Lawyer on Staff? Understanding the roles of the counsel and the compliance officer can ensure your bank has all bases covered. |
BusinessWeek
January 22, 2007
Byrnes & Sasseen |
Board of Hard Knocks Activist shareholders, tougher rules, and anger over CEO pay have put directors on the hot seat. |
InternetNews
August 16, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Mea Culpa: Audit Finds Dell Misled Investors for Years Dell says an independent audit found some senior executives were cooking the books for years to meet quarterly estimates. |
Investment Advisor
January 2007
Ken Ziesenheim |
The Other Fiduciary Issue Many members of company retirement plan investment committees are not fully aware of the nature of their fiduciary responsibilities. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2010
Kimberly Crowe |
2010 Director Compensation Review The results of the latest compensation survey offer an in-depth review of industry pay practices and reveal how the latest issues and trends in compensation are affecting banks and directors nationwide. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
January 1, 2013
Ben Comer |
Compliance in the C-Suite Compliance officers have risen into pharmaceutical management's highest ranks, by choice in some organizations, and by government decree in others. Either way, their importance as a strategic partner can hardly be understated. |
CIO
July 15, 2006
Michael Schrage |
Visibility for the Board With boards of directors under increased scrutiny by regulators and other entities, CIOs should consider creating a digital dashboard that gives them a view into the key performance indicators of the business. |
OCC Bulletin
March 17, 2003 |
Interagency Policy Statement on Internal Audit and Internal Audit Outsourcing Revised guidance on internal audit and its outsourcing |
CFO
October 1, 2002 |
Reform: How the Corporate Landscape Is Changing Everyone from Congress to the journalist next door has a reform proposal to promote. This article assesses the likelihood of passage as well as the potential impact of several proposals. |
CFO
July 1, 2003
Kris Frieswick |
How Audits Must Change Auditors face more pressure to find fraud. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
No More Mr. Nice Guy A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009
Frank Aquila & Peter Naismith |
Directing Within the "Zone" Poor economic conditions and lack of credit combine to create new challenges for bank directors. |
AFP eWire
March 8, 2004 |
Massachusetts AG Considering Charity Accountability Legislation The Massachusetts Attorney General's office is considering new regulations that seek to improve charity accountability and transparency. |
CFO
September 1, 2012
Caroline McDonald |
Reputational Risk Tops Board Worries Directors are taking their companies' good names very seriously. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Derivatives Dealer's Disastrous Day Refco, one the largest global clearing firms for derivatives, plunges 40% after its CEO is asked to take leave. Investors, do you feel like betting against the market? |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Vincent Ryan |
Death by Committee? As SEC and Treasury Department committees on financial reporting and auditing near their conclusions, it looks like the former may be more fruitful than the latter. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005 |
Tip For The Board: "Don't Assume" Former Illinois Governor and current Hollinger board member James Thompson on lessons learned from the Conrad Black years |
