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Watchdogs With Eyes Wide Shut As investigators pore over the books of AIG, it's becoming clear that for years regulators failed to detect lapses in the insurance industry.   |
The Motley Fool
November 15, 2004
Bill Mann |
Berkshire Sells Insurance! Oh My! Many are wondering when the multiheaded insurance scandal is going to tag Berkshire Hathaway. Relax, folks. |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2005
Bill Mann |
AIG: Things Left Unsaid What were the first signs of trouble at AIG? The fact that it was doing the impossible was a big one. Now that regulators and prosecutors have their knives out over the insurance giant, the author has gone back and looked at some of his own skeptical coverage on the company. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Standing on Principles In a world with more regulation than ever, can the accounting rulebook be thrown away? |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Brady & Vickers |
AIG: What Went Wrong A look at how AIG insurance got itself in such a mess -- and where all the probes are headed. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
David M. Katz |
Fair-Value Revolution Historical cost accounting is fading as Corporate America marches into a new era. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2005
Bill Mann |
AIG on Their Faces Insurer AIG admits to having bent the rules. The interesting question here is whether the company's tactics and malfeasance helped keep its AAA rating for far longer than it otherwise would have. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
Ronald Fink |
Will Fair Value Fly? Fair-value accounting could change the very basis of corporate finance. |
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. |
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Full Disclosure Edmund Jenkins reflects on his leadership of FASB through difficult times... |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2005
Bill Mann |
Greenberg: L'AIG C'est Moi Even if Hank Greenberg steps down as AIG's Chairman, the company won't be able to escape his shadow. Investors, take note. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Joseph Weber |
Tough Questions For AIG's Auditors Regulators are probing if PricewaterhouseCoopers let the financial shenanigans slip through. Already, institutional shareholders, who sued AIG last fall when its stock began a 21% plunge, are considering roping the auditing firm into a class action. |
CFO
Tim Reason |
On the Same Page U.S. and international standard setters are coordinating their efforts to craft a common language for business... |
CFO
February 1, 2003
Tim Reason |
Questions of Value Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2009
Rick A. Jaye |
Captivating Captives Publicly traded Fortune 500 firms know the benefits of captive casualty insurance companies (captives). Now successful small to midsize businesses are discovering many of the benefits larger companies have long enjoyed. |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Russ Banham |
Pension Dissension FASB is championing a two-phase project that would provide guidance for gauging annual pension expenses on the income statement and disclose plan assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and in footnotes. CFOs protest. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
RenaissanceRe's Dark Ages An executive resigns, refusing an SEC subpoena? Doesn't sound good for the worldwide reinsurance specialist. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2004
Bill Mann |
Three Financials Behaving Badly With each of these three massive financial institutions, representing the largest banking, mortgage, and insurance participants respectively, the taint of ongoing fraud ought to make minority shareholders awfully nervous. |
CFO
September 1, 2004 |
Too Much of a Good Thing A recent rule change proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board may kill contingent convertible bonds... Refining GAAP... Seeking to apply the CFO act to the DHS... Connecting fraud and loss... etc. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2005
Bill Mann |
AIG: What's the Buzz? Things keep coming up out of the woodwork at AIG. They're probably not fatal, but there should be no question that hidden problems remain, and they are of unknown size and tenor. |
BusinessWeek
March 27, 2006
Diane Brady |
Hank Greenberg At War One year after Hank Greenberg was forced out of the insurance empire he built, the wounds are still raw. Then again, his battle against AIG has only just begun. |
CFO
January 1, 2008
Sarah Johnson |
Long Live the King? As international accounting standards close in on GAAP, the U.S. standard-setter considers its mortality. |
CFO
February 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
A New Vision for Accounting Robert Herz and FASB are preparing a radical new format for financial statements. |
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Joseph Rosta |
FASB Waves Goodbye to "Qs" The Financial Accounting Standards Board has decided to eliminate the concept of qualified special purpose entities. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005
Marcia Vickers |
Warren And Hank Are Set For A Grilling When Buffett and Greenberg meet with Spitzer and the feds, old feuds may flare. Insurance experts are wondering if the rendezvous with regulators will turn into a showdown between the two icons. |
CFO
April 1, 2009
Leibs & Leone |
The Blame Game Goes into Overtime The debate over the fairness and value of fair-value accounting intensified last month as lawmakers took accounting rule-setters to task for the role that fair value has allegedly played in the current economic crisis. |
CFO
March 1, 2004
A CFO Interview |
New World Order IASB chairman Sir David Tweedie says global accounting standards are within reach. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Special Issue 2005
Yungmann & Agarwal |
One World, One GAAP Global businesses and international investors are increasingly demanding accounting information that they can understand when running businesses and making investment decisions on a worldwide basis. |
BusinessWeek
June 5, 2006
Nanette Byrnes |
You May Be Liable For That Lease The Financial Accounting Standards Board review of lease accounting standards could really hammer retailers. |
CFO
August 1, 2003
Craig Schneider |
Who Rules Accounting? Congress muscles in on FASB -- again. |
CFO
December 1, 2004
Kris Frieswick |
Is Fair Value Flawed? Some say FASB's reform proposals for merger-and-acquisition expense-reporting could stifle corporate management planning. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2005
Bill Mann |
Dear Forbes and WSJ: What Are You Thinking? Some big name business journals are using salacious headlines not supported by the content of their articles. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Platinum Reclaim Some Luster? The post-hurricane future looks sunnier, but reinsurance company Platinum Underwriters will miss income from finite reinsurance. Investors, take note. |
Global Services
November 21, 2007
Rinku Tyagi |
Captive Transfers: A Journey Cut Short As many as 300 captives have mushroomed in the last three years. However, incidents like the transfer of CTSpace's captive operations to Symphony Services only raise debates of "Third-party Vs. Captives," when outsourcing. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
Fink & Durfee |
Progress Report Could it be that finance executives really don't mind regulation? |
CFO
January 1, 2008 |
Talking the Talk, But Not Walking the Walk Letters to the editor: Long Live the King?... CFOs and the Environment... Taking Notice of 401(k)s... Turbulence Ahead... etc. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2008
Bill Mann |
How Not to Solve the Credit Crisis One idea that some are pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt is for it to suspend mark-to-market accounting. This is not just a bad idea; it is a bad idea that sets a bad precedent. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2004
Rogene Calvet |
Is Marsh Ringing the Value Bell? Does a troubled global insurer offer a buying opportunity? |
BusinessWeek
December 9, 2010
Yalman Onaran |
An International Spat Over Bank Bookkeeping A dispute between the U.S. and international accounting standards boards is holding up a global agreement. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2007
Matthew Goldstein |
Even The Insurers Have Hopped On Board Most insurers also realize life settlements aren't going away -- and so they're getting into the game. By sinking money into the sector, insurers can get back at least some of the money they now have to pay out in death benefits. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
1 Year Later: Is AIG a Buy? The real opportunity behind AIG. (Hint: it's all about the business.) |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
At AIG, History Hideously Repeats AIG, the world's largest insurer, posts its second straight record quarterly loss, caused by a massive writedown of derivatives exposed to bad mortgage investments. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
AIG Returns to Form While industry conditions can never be predicted with certainty, AIG may be one of the better choices for investors looking for insurance exposure. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2005
Chuck Saletta |
Allstate: A Stock I'd Love to Own Thanks to a banner year and an aggressive buyback program, Allstate might look a bit cheap right now. It's priced at about 12 times trailing earnings. |
CFO
October 1, 2007 |
The Battle for Influence Letter to the editor: The SEC Rules... Far from Settled... Still Hitting the Ceiling... etc. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Another Black Eye for AIG These are dark days for the insurance giant. In the latest news, former AIG chief executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg might face civil charges for an alleged role in improperly inflating AIG's loss reserves. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2004
Bill Mann |
No Better Than Two-Bit Hustlers Marsh & McLennan's expertise apparently included convincing clients to overpay for insurance. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
This Was Once America's Most Hated Company But AIG may turn out to be quite a bargain. |
