Vol. 26 No. 4, May 2010
Index
- FEI Portland Chapter raises $875 to benefit FERF!(Financial Executives International) (Financial Executives Research Foundation) (Brief article)
- FERF board gives 100%.
- FERF partners in Chapter Academic Awards program.
- Synthesizing academic and practitioner research.
- Trustee spotlight.
- Reflecting--on FEI's summit and beyond.
- Focus on the treasurer.
- Recession lessons.
- U.S. executives more positive than Europe--particularly manufacturers.
- Decisions to fight recession may cause long-term damage.
- IRS scrutinizes payroll practices, challenges for companies.
- Director pay trends.
- Financial regulation provision bears scrutiny.
- In quotes.
- Actual Cash Flow: The Route Back to Basics in Corporate Finance.
- Walk the Walk: The #1 Rule for Real Leaders.
- SEC statement provides plan for 2011 decision on IFRS implementation in the U.S.
- Financing alternatives for SMBs.
- Is the dozing giant awakening? President Barack Obama has outlined lofty goals for U.S. trade policy, but will his administration take the steps needed to back up the commitment to boost exports, trade and--as a result--create jobs in the U.S.?
- Your biggest financial risk: exposure to product contamination or failure may be the most critical evolving financial risk for a company. Careful planning and swift actions can reduce the likelihood of a product recall and minimize the damage to the company's reputation.
- Five tax incentives your business should be using: too many CFOs and other financial executives are either unaware of the tax incentives they can tap to save substantial amounts of money or are slowed by misconceptions of how the system works.
- Delivering a persuasive analyst presentation: you're scheduled for a presentation to a group of securities analysts, recognizing that this could be one of your most critical jobs as CFO. Here's a guide to planning and delivering your presentation for maximum effectiveness.
- Treasurers transform to today's realities: Financial Executive's Editor-in-Chief Ellen M. Heffes spoke recently with the treasurers of Progressive Insurance Co., Millipore Corp. and DuPont Co., to get their views on the impact of the financial crisis on their jobs, their changing responsibilities, the evolving tools and technologies of their trade, the needs of aspiring treasurers and the future of the treasurer's role.
- It's deal time again: the dismal dealmaking of the recent past has been a source of anxiety, and though still far from robust it has a new energy that may bring about a flurry of deals--particularly to beat expected hefty tax increases.
- What will boards need from CFOs over the next five years?
- Complexities in booking insurance claims: natural disasters can leave millions of dollars in damages in their wake. Cleaning up the physical mess is one thing. Preparing the insurance claim and accurately accounting for the damage can be a whole other matter.
- 7 Habits of highly resilient organizations.
- Combine data & acumen to fill information gaps: Creating the kinds of data that financial executives most need and can apply for decision-making is more than a smart operational move. It's a roadmap to enterprise achievement.
- The real role of treasurer.
- Auditing the cloud.
- SEC climate change disclosures: effects on businesses.
- Conference schedule.
- FEI private companies talk policy with congress.
- Join FEI's Private Company Roundtable.
- May 2010.
- Alexandre Guertin.
- Aline Belanger.
- Chris Liddell.
- David Garland.
- David McDonald.
- Hitesh Kothary.
- Jon Alpert.
- Louis Doucet.
- Michael Hagedorn.
- Olivier Lefevre.
- Pamela Ansboury.
- Pierre Matuszewski.
- Richard Block.
- Robie White.
- Stuart Stoller.
- William Brassington.
- Arthur Lorenz.