Vol. 23 No. 1, January 2007
Index
- Past year's successes set up new year's opportunities.
- From the editor.
- 'Slow traction' on XBRL.
- In Parmalat's wake, Italians crack down.
- Marsh.
- A study by Watson Wyatt.
- Japanese funds in big turnaround.
- New group pushes 'responsibility officer'.
- Compliance, auditing to see major gains.
- In quotes.
- Interior China seen as hot growth spot.
- PwC.
- 3D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals.
- Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies.
- Trust and Honesty: America's Business Culture at a Crossroad.
- FEI CEO's 2007 Top 10 Financial Reporting Challenges.
- FEI, ANDAF: bilateral conference on the CFO's changing role.
- Is your company ready for the FIN 48 challenge?
- Benefits of bringing in minority investors.
- Capital adapts to core industry characteristics: the domestic auto industry is searching for ways to revive--and even flourish. New money meets old, familiar problems as restructuring consultants bring two parties together for mutual benefit.
- New market demands reward IR professionals: increased corporate disclosure and the declining influence of brokerage analysts are redefining the IR role. There's a need for more advanced financial skills--and greater influence and compensation.
- Don't let U.S. focus crimp oversight abroad: with increased SEC and DOJ scrutiny on U.S. companies' business practices in foreign countries, a myopic focus on U.S. policies and procedures can detract from oversight of FCPA violations.
- Managing catastrophic risk: getting beyond the insurance crisis; The incidence of catastrophic risk has increased markedly, and insurance rates have risen with it. Some companies are re-examining the issue of self-insurance or even doing without and using their equity base to cover potential risks.
- New fair value standards stress how, not just what: Financial Executives Research Foundation got opinions from users and preparers of financial statements on whether measuring assets and liabilities at fair value--rather than historical cost--provides users with more relevant information for decision-making.
- Rapid financial transformation: is it right for your company? With the agendas of many CFOs turning from stewardship to strategy-setting, financial transformations are getting new attention. A consultant makes the case for considering a rapid transformation rather than an evolutionary one.
- When will a BPM 'tipping point' accelerate its use? Apart from the very largest multinationals, use of sophisticated business performance management systems is relatively low. But the software has risen to a high priority among IT managers, and this year may see a surge in implementation.
- New players, new products changing the credit markets.
- The changing nature of internal probes: one result of the stringent regulatory environment is a change in the nature of internal investigations, with firms encouraged to conduct probes to uncover wrongdoing and provide that information to the government.
- A Crystal ball for cash flow forecasts.
- New Congress may have contractors in its sights.
- Ask FERF about ...... fair value.
- Financial close.
- GRC solutions.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers.
- Stock plan administration.
- Collaboration software.
- About FEI's technical committees.
- Conference schedule.
- Daniel Guerzon.
- FEI's Membership Department.
- Nancy Ehlers.
- Thomson division new FEI partner.
- Crossword.
- Names in the news.
- Leslie Delperdang.