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Material Whirl A stock-transfer scam forces a big nonoperating charge... new evidence that banks put the squeeze on credit customers... the inside dope on earnings management attempts... etc.   |
CFO
October 1, 2002 |
Legal Unease A good board member is hard to find... the high price of audit reform... Congress takes aim at deferred compensation... etc. |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science. |
CFO
August 1, 2002 |
TGIM A funny name for the erstwhile PwC Consulting... WorldCom gets caught in a storm... executives are asked to swear; securities suits target nontechs... etc. |
CFO
May 1, 2004
Lori Calabro |
Looking Under the Hood New attestation standards for internal controls put more power in the hands of auditors. |
CFO
September 1, 2004
Alix Nyberg |
Raising Red Flags As they identify control weaknesses, companies find a common one: inadequate finance staffs. |
CFO
May 8, 2006 |
Delayed Reactions Sarbanes-Oxley is Still Wreaking Havoc on Corporate Reporting... A Hotter Shade of Pink... Pensions Spark Credit Ratings Debate... What Board Members Want from the CFO... etc. |
CFO
January 1, 2005 |
In the Same Language The rest of the world adopts international accounting standards... Grounded to a Halt?... Give It Back!... Go Directly to Cash... Where's the Coverage?... |
CFO
May 1, 2007 |
Critical Masses The Anti-Sarbox Chorus Gets Louder... Shareholder Proposals Target Board Governance... Nations Move to Unite Their Tax Policies... Consumer-Driven Health Plans Catch on with Companies, But Not Workers... etc. |
CFO
April 1, 2007
Roy Harris |
Say Again? An explosion in accounting errors -- in part reflecting the difficulties of today's complex rules -- has forced nearly a quarter of U.S. companies to learn the art of the restatement. |
CFO
July 1, 2004 |
Double Standards? How controlled companies avoid independence rules... Name Game... Congress Weighs In -- Again... The Tortinator... etc. |
Salon.com
January 28, 2002
Michael Drummond |
Class-action warrior When corporations run amok and accountants are shredding documents, who ya gonna call? Try lawyer Bill Lerach... |
CFO
March 15, 2006 |
What's in Your Wallet? Full disclosure for CFO compensation... Catering to the Extremes... Fairness as an Option... Uneven Expansion... Basel II, Eurobanks 0... Do You Hear an Echo?... etc. |
CFO
September 1, 2007 |
Mend the GAAP Simplifying Financial Reporting... Prosecuting CFOs... Finding Board Members... Gaining Proxy Access... Regulating Rating Agencies... etc. |
CFO
July 1, 2007
Scott Leibs |
Five Years and Accounting This story is Part 1 in a three-part series on how corporate finance has changed since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed. |
U.S. Banker
November 2005 |
Executive Compensation & The Boardroom Dilemma Investors shouldn't have to sift through every number on a proxy statement to determine total executive compensation. Now the SEC wants all payouts and perks -- including costs for corporate jets and housing -- out in plainer view. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
CFO
October 1, 2003
CFO Staff |
The Big, Bad Big Four Is the Big Four too big?... hire private jets by the hour; what a formal investigation by the SEC really means... why energy deregulation needs more regulation... the IRS is faulted for lax pursuit of tax offenders... tc. |
CFO
August 1, 2003
David Campbell |
Seeing Is Relieving Oil companies pressured to disclose payments to developing nations... IPO market limps back... Congress may ask CEOs to sign tax returns... investor relations visits Madison Avenue... a candid look inside the WorldCom fraud... etc. |
CFO
January 1, 2004 |
The Foes of Enforcement State vs. federal regulators... Mutual-fund CFOs are clean, so far... Sarbox Section 404... Executive compensation and the IRS... |
CFO
March 1, 2005 |
Paradigm Shifts The 20 events that most altered the practice of corporate finance since CFO magazine first began reporting on it in 1985. |
CFO
March 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Flashbacks: 20 Years of Finance Two tumultuous decades, from Treadway and Black Monday, to reengineering and ''irrational exuberance,'' to Reg FD and Sarbanes-Oxley. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Henry et al. |
The Boss on the Sidelines Auditors, directors, and lawyers are asserting their new-age power, and the reason for their defiance is no great mystery. The watchdogs are finally facing genuine liability for their failures. |
CFO
April 1, 2004 |
Bolting from the Big Four Smaller firms are picking up audit clients at the expense of the Big Four... Stock options fall out of favor... a proposal to synchronize accounting and tax reporting... analysts say good-bye to stock ratings... etc. |
CFO
March 1, 2004 |
Making the List The SEC tries to tease apart the tangled connections between pension-investment consultants and money managers. Also: IRS aims to soup up audits; companies collecting antidumping tariffs; hotel fees irk business travelers; and more. |
CFO
July 1, 2002 |
Take Me To Your Ledger Plus, good news for a hybrid tax shelter... why Americans don't invest abroad... NYSE wins a battle on Nasdaq's own turf... etc. |
BusinessWeek
January 24, 2005
Woellert & France |
Corporate Cases: Time To Cut A Deal? A new ruling could empower white collar defendants -- until Congress rewrites sentencing rules. |
CFO
September 1, 2003
Alix Nyberg |
Sticker Shock When Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, it didn't worry about how much it would cost companies. Today, CFOs are totting up the compliance bill -- and they don't like what they see. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Nanette Byrnes |
Reform: Who's Making the Grade A performance review for CEOs, boards, analysts, and others |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Lori Calabro |
I Told You So To controversial securities litigator Bill Lerach, the current wave of corporate fraud scandals was both inevitable and preventable. |
CFO
March 1, 2004
Kris Frieswick |
Bar Hopping Already considered one of the most severe civil penalties for securities violations, officer and director (O/D) bars have been embraced by the Securities and Exchange Commission with a new zeal. |
CFO
February 1, 2006 |
So Long Footnoted Liabilities Pensions and other retiree benefits are graduating to the balance sheet... How far should a company go to protect its compensation information?... Choosing your auditor wisely may help protect your stock price... etc. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Facing the Bear: The 2002 Compensation Survey With stock options under scrutiny, companies are once again seeking the elusive link between pay and performance. |
| CFO |
Pro (& Con) Forma A warning on pro-forma numbers... the problems with credit rating triggers... simplified tax accounting for smaller businesses... etc. |
CFO
April 1, 2005
Tim Reason |
The Limits of Mercy The cost of cooperating with the SEC is high. The cost of not cooperating is even higher. Faced with financial penalties, career-ending bans, and possible criminal prosecution, more individuals are choosing to fight the SEC. |
CFO
February 1, 2006
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Penalty Box The SEC is handing out bigger and bigger fines for misdeeds. But is this the right approach? |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess? |
CFO
January 10, 2007 |
In Whose Best Interest? How Accounting Firms Would Change Their Industry... Why Performance Scorecards Still Fail... The Uninspired American Employee... M&A and Option Backdating... The CFO as Investor-Relations Professional... etc. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004
David Henry |
Fuzzy Numbers Despite the reforms, corporate profits can be as distorted and confusing as ever. Here's how the game is played. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Do High Consulting Fees Compromise the Independence of CPA Firms? Key components of the audit process---the independence and objectivity of auditors---may be eroding, according to some industry observers. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Alix Nyberg |
Regulation: Pitt and the Pendulum The kinder, gentler SEC Pitt envisioned vanished faster than you can say Arthur Andersen. Can he run a tougher, meaner agency? |
CFO
August 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before. |
CFO
May 1, 2003 |
Newswatch Rising tensions between the U.S. and EU could lead to more trade restrictions. Plus: visas harder to come by, Nader rides again, and ten signs your finance department is second rate. |
CFO
April 1, 2003 |
From All of Us Middle managers certify their numbers... Auditors make a company fire its sterling CFO... blind trusts for stock options... the SEC levies fines but doesn't collect them... etc. |
CFO
July 1, 2005 |
A Friend at the SEC? A kinder, gentler SEC?... Lose the Yardstick... Uncle Sam Wants Accountants... Autos Rattle the Junkyard... Playing Both Sides... You Must Be This Tall to Ride... etc. |
CFO
May 1, 2003
Arthur Levitt |
You Are the Guardians Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt offers some pointed advice on how to restore confidence in corporate accounting. |
CFO
July 1, 2007
Michelle Leder |
Drowning in Data The new compensation disclosure rules deliver plenty of information. Too bad much of it doesn't make sense. Clearly, CFOs have more responsibilities than ever before, the annual proxy statement being just one. |
BusinessWeek
November 15, 2004
David Henry |
The Long Arm Of Failure Lawyers are aggressively suing on behalf of bankrupt companies to recoup money paid to creditors. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Tim Reason |
Cheese It, the States! Corporate wrong-doers are finding state cops more aggressive than the feds. |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Tim Reason |
Two Weeks in January The SEC put much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act into effect by passing a slew of new rules. Here's what was proposed and what was disposed. |
