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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.   |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
D.J. Gannon |
Why Adopt Global Standards, Anyway? The reality is that the development of identical standards was never the intended result of convergence. |
CFO
September 1, 2012
Kathleen Hoffelder |
SEC Report Backs Away from Convergence The commission's staff expresses hesitation about merging international standards and U.S. GAAP. |
CFO
December 1, 2009
Marie Leone |
Convergence vs. Conversion The notion of U.S. companies switching to international financial reporting standards (IFRS) over the next few years might become moot if efforts to converge U.S. and international accounting standards are successful. |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Sarah Johnson |
Goodbye GAAP It's time to start preparing for the arrival of international accounting standards. |
CIO
June 10, 2009
Chris Feenstra |
Global Accounting Rule Shift CIOs should plan now for the proposed switch to International Financial Reporting Standards. |
U.S. Banker
April 2008
Karen Krebsbach |
What's Delaying the SEC on IFRS? How many decades will it take the SEC to mandate IFRS over the U.S. Generally Accepting Accounting Principles? |
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Alan Lavine |
Apples To Apples Expect a pop in equity valuations, increased liquidity and lower trading costs as foreign companies list stocks in the United States using International Financial Reporting Standards. |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Alan Rappeport |
One Standard, Many Laws Accounting convergence could be derailed by countries making too many modifications. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Jason Karaian |
The Silent Treatment Regulators think that companies are too shy when it comes to airing their views on fundamental accounting issues. |
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. |
CFO
October 1, 2008
Marie Leone |
Convergence Divergence Critics question the entire rationale for adopting international financial reporting standards. |
CFO
March 1, 2012
Sarah Johnson |
Could Its IFRS Delay Strip the SEC of Power? International standards group gently prods the SEC to step up its involvement. |
CFO
September 1, 2012
Kathleen Hoffelder |
Mind the GAAP Alternatives More accounting options for small and mid size companies are on the way. |
CFO
July 15, 2008
Leibs & Reason |
IFRS and When The SEC may decide soon whether and when U.S. companies will switch to international accounting standards. And it's a good thing, as panic from not knowing the date is percolating. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
D.J. Gannon |
Small World Financial reporting standards will eliminate many of the adjustments investment advisors historically have made to allow companies' financials to be more comparable internationally. |
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, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Which One When? A roundup of key accounting deadlines, developments, and detours to watch for in 2009. |
CFO
October 1, 2010
Stuart & Johnson |
Herz Closes the Books on FASB Tenure Finance executives look ahead with both hope and caution. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Scott Leibs |
A Perfect Storm With fair value, IFRS, and XBRL, finance is experiencing a remarkable sea change. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Capell & Ewing |
Bringing Europe Inc. Into Sharper Focus Red ink is turning black overnight - and vice-versa - as companies adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards, a giant first step toward global harmonization of accounting standards. |
CFO
June 1, 2008
Scott Leibs |
Principles vs. Practices A new study says chief financial officers think financial statements are too complex for the average investor. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 23, 2006
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Financial Reporting Goes Global As business goes global, pressure is increasing for adoption of a single set of accounting standards worldwide. Harvard professor Gregory Miller discusses this trend and India's unique position to be a leader in the international accounting environment. |
CFO
November 1, 2008
Josh Hyatt |
Small Companies Will Lag, but By How Much? Switching to the new global financial reporting standards is inevitable for private companies -- eventually. |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Julia Homer |
Hello IFRS The international standards are knocking at our doors, but their convergence with GAAP is clouded with questions. |
CFO
October 1, 2007
Michelle Leder |
Rewriting the Rules Everything you thought you knew about accounting is about to change. Is there any reason to smile? This is the third of a three-part series examining the state of accounting five years after passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
Bank Technology News
November 2008
Rebecca Sausner |
Accounting Change to International Standard Looms Large for IT The SEC's plan for the eventual retirement of GAAP accounting in favor of International Financial Reporting Standards will necessitate changes to hundreds of banking IT systems. |
CFO
March 1, 2004
A CFO Interview |
New World Order IASB chairman Sir David Tweedie says global accounting standards are within reach. |
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. |
CFO
May 1, 2008 |
Standards and Lack Thereof Readers write to say that "convergence" is a misnomer; consumer-driven health plans are a cost shift, not a cost control; the Web 2.0 world can expect to be downsized; small companies don't understand cash-flow statements; and more. |
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? |
CFO
August 1, 2003
Craig Schneider |
Who Rules Accounting? Congress muscles in on FASB -- again. |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Capell & Henry |
When Bankers Keep Saying Non The French are thwarting the adoption of global accounting standards. With the standardization, investors worldwide would finally be able to compare -- and trade -- thousands more companies, be they brewers in Mannheim, Melbourne, or Milwaukee. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2012
Michael Cohn |
U.S. Needs to Move to Global Reporting System The chairman of KPMG International, Michael Andrew, believes the U.S. runs the risk of being passed by in the global financial markets unless it commits to International Financial Reporting Standards. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
You Say IASB, I Say FASB, You Say... A description of efforts to harmonize U.S. and international accounting standards, and shifts in the accounting profession caused by recent scandals. |
CFO
October 1, 2010
Leone & Stuart |
Keeping Cool on the Hot Seat Departing Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Robert Herz takes a look back at his tenure. |
CFO
February 1, 2011
Kate O'Sullivan |
The Faces Are New, but the Agenda Is Not Just in time for The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, CFOs have some new names to learn as two major regulators welcome fresh leadership. |
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
June 15, 2012
Kathleen Hoffelder |
New Board for Private GAAP Finance chiefs of privately held companies will no longer be faced with the difficult and costly task of applying public accounting standards to their situations. |
| CFO |
Full Disclosure Edmund Jenkins reflects on his leadership of FASB through difficult times... |
CFO
June 1, 2010
Sarah Johnson |
What's New? Don't Ask The pace of accounting rule changes is beginning to wear on finance staffs. |
U.S. Banker
March 2009
Joseph Rosta |
FASB Hesitates, SEC Stands Still on Fair Value The banking industry wins a minor skirmish in the fair value war when the Financial Accounting Standards Board turned down a proposed amendment that would have expanded controversial fair value/mark-to-market practices in the financial sector. |
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
February 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
Rule-makers The stage is set for a major shift in accounting practice. |
CFO
April 15, 2012
Sarah Johnson |
Averting Revenue-Recognition Angst FASB and the IASB seek to allay worries over new rules for booking revenue. |
CFO
February 1, 2011
Marie Leone |
Tweedie Takes a Bow The only person to ever hold the chairman's seat at the IASB, Sir David Tweedie, is four months from retirement. He talks candidly about IFRS, professional judgment, accounting education, and his successor. |
CFO
July 1, 2005
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
A GAAP of Their Own Private companies seeking a wholesale exemption from FASB's accounting rules are likely to be disappointed. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2002
John S. McClenahen |
Goodbye To GAAP? Probably not. But Enron's collapse makes changes in financial regulation likely... |
IDB America
June 2001
Daniel Drosdoff |
What do you mean by "profitable"? Why Latin American companies and societies have much to gain from adopting a new set of international accounting standards |
