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CFO January 1, 2005 David M. Katz |
The Bribery Gap While foreign rivals may make payoffs routinely, U.S. firms face new pressure to root out abuses. |
CFO April 15, 2012 Sarah Johnson |
Coverage for Uncovered Secrets New insurance products will compensate companies for the costs of internal investigations. |
CFO April 1, 2003 David M. Katz |
Holes in the Net? Insurers' woes are mounting -- and your company's coverage may be at risk. |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2002 Chris De Reza |
Keeping an Eye on Insurance Over the past year, rising insurance premiums, reduced capacity and increasingly restrictive coverage have pushed insurance to the forefront for many participants in, and observers of, the real estate industry. |
CFO January 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Foreign Intelligence CFOs need to be smart about overseas operations -- or risk paying a heavy price. |
CFO September 1, 2009 Leone & Reason |
Dirty Secrets Companies may be burying billions more in environmental liabilities than their financial statements show. |
National Defense July 2010 Anderson & Goodwin |
Anti-Bribery Case in China a Wake-Up Call The recent Rio Tinto case in China is a powerful reminder why a vigilant and robust Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) corporate compliance program is important. |
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. |
CFO Russ Banham |
Pray As You Go Without a government safety net, companies are left with little coverage against terrorist attacks... |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2003 Chapman & Valley |
Terrorism Insurance: Why Owners Are Balking Not all property owners are buying coverage. Many landlords who believe their properties pose a low risk for a terrorist attack are declining to accept coverage because they think it's too pricey or unnecessary. The repurcussions of this are felt throughout the industry. |
CFO May 1, 2005 Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Cook & Witten |
Legal: The Kickback Effect Pharma tends not to treat relationships with foreign doctors as cautiously as it does those with US physicians. But watch out: Misconduct on the part of your international employees could get kicked back onto your plate. |
CFO October 1, 2004 |
Taxpayer Beware The IRS goes where the money is... More grim projections for the federal budget deficit... The SEC bulks up... The bottom line of giveaways... FASB's ambitious agenda... etc. |
National Defense August 2010 Patrick & Renzulli |
Defense Contractors Increasingly Targeted in Corruption Investigations Companies and individuals are facing dramatically higher penalties and costs for failing to comply with anti-bribery laws around the world, and especially in the United States. |
CFO April 1, 2009 Russ Banham |
A Tale of Two Markets Are your directors'-and-officers' liability insurance premiums about to soar? That depends on which industry you're in. |
National Defense September 2005 Shaheen & Geren |
Penalties Get Tougher For FCPA Violations The government is cracking down on bribes by government contractors to foreign officials. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2010 Chaturvedi & French |
US Anti-Corruption Regulation Risks Stepped-up enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act requires enhanced global coordination of compliance |
CFO September 1, 2008 David M. Katz |
Fair-Value Revolution Historical cost accounting is fading as Corporate America marches into a new era. |
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 January 1, 2003 |
Equity Research Executive recruiters are looking deep into the backgrounds of CFO candidates... China is coming to Corporate America... how bribery increases the cost of doing business... etc. |
CFO February 1, 2003 Tim Reason |
Questions of Value Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up. |
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. |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2003 Traci Purdum |
Preparing For The Worst Turbulent times call for manufacturers to assess their risks when it comes to potential terrorist attacks. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Insurance Industry Conference Looks at Terrorism, Drug Coverage, Malpractice Insurance and M&As The role of government in supplementing the private insurance industry and the industry's response to terrorism were recurrent themes at the seventh annual conference of Wharton's Financial Institutions Center and the Brookings Institution held earlier this month. |
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?... |
Knowledge@Wharton May 7, 2003 |
To Pay or Not to Pay: Business Weighs the Cost of Terrorism Coverage Nearly two years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, businesses continue to evaluate the threat of another catastrophe and try to gauge their own exposure to it. |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2004 Mathew Emmert |
Merck's Silver Lining The government joins the plethora of lawsuit filers, but Merck will survive. Still, the stock remains appropriate for only those investors with a high tolerance for risk and a long-term time horizon. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins |
Capital Hill Rallies To Extend TRIA A week after suicide bombers killed 57 people at U.S.-branded hotels in Jordan, leaders introduced legislation to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. That's good news for U.S. businesses, roughly half of which have added terrorism coverage to their property insurance. |
National Defense September 2015 Kopp & Bhatia |
U.S. Cracking Down on Defense Industry Corruption Overseas The race for international sales during the past few years has been followed by a wave of government investigations into defense companies for both major and relatively minor violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. |
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? |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 Charles Keenan |
Sleep Insurance: How the Market is Affecting Your D&O Coverage Banks face a double whammy of sorts, since rockier times will make it almost necessary to raise coverage limits for directors in order to retain or lure them. |
CFO December 1, 2002 CFO Staff |
Is This The End? When is a recession over? When these folks say it is... Why some large companies are enamored of reverse stock splits... Stock-option hedging could soon be extinct... FASB's possible move to principles-based accounting... etc. |
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 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... |
National Defense December 2010 O'Neill et al. |
The Long Arm Of the U.K. Bribery Act For U.S. companies, particularly those active in foreign countries or engaged in high-profile markets such as the defense industry, maintaining ethical operations and avoiding corruption is essential. |
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? |
National Defense November 2011 Piazza & Ayers |
Regulators Flex Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Muscles Continuing a trend that started late in the last decade, the Securities and Exchange Commission this year continues to raise the bar on the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. |
CFO February 1, 2012 Sarah Johnson |
Don't Trust, Verify With antibribery actions on the rise, companies should monitor their business partners more closely than ever. |
CFO July 15, 2011 Kimberly Blanton |
Creating a Culture of Compliance "Tone at the top" is an overused phrase, but if companies want to mitigate fraud senior leaders need to speak up forcefully. |
Inc. September 2008 |
Insuring Your Business A closer look at the insurance coverage businesses should have includes consideration of growing companies and special circumstances. |
CFO September 1, 2006 Ronald Fink |
Will Fair Value Fly? Fair-value accounting could change the very basis of corporate finance. |
National Defense November 2015 Bradel & Ralph |
Justice Memo Calls for Absolute Cooperation The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is a statute aimed at eliminating corporate bribery of foreign government officials. A defense contractor doing work overseas must be familiar with its tenets. |
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. |
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. |
CFO July 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan |
Hungry for More Reg FD has changed the way companies serve up information, leading to plenty of tension between CFOs and analysts. As the pressure on sell-side researchers grows, many analysts have moved to the buy side. |
National Defense July 2009 Latour & Maki |
Companies Must Resist Temptations to Cut Corners The defense industry must counter any temptation to cut corners that could result in violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). |
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? |
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Dexter Roberts |
The Higher Costs of Bribery in China The U.S. is policing the activities of big multinationals in China more aggressively, with China's own prosecutors sometimes following suit. |