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CFO
August 1, 2004 |
Tax Reform Hold Up Congress battles over new corporate tax reform... Opinions on Offshoring... Safety Net or Deal Breaker?... Charitable Misgivings... California Dreamin'?... Tax Reform Hold Up... etc.   |
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July 1, 2002 |
Take Me To Your Ledger Plus, good news for a hybrid tax shelter... why Americans don't invest abroad... NYSE wins a battle on Nasdaq's own turf... etc. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 15, 2006
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Softer Side of Private Equity Today, leveraged buyout shops have reincarnated themselves under the uber-generic "private equity" moniker and in the past couple years have started a full frontal assault on the public markets. What does it mean for every-day investors? |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2007
Tom Taulli |
The VIP Ticket to a Buyout Deal Private equity firms are allowing shareholders to take part in mega-buyouts. Despite the advantages, investors need to realize that equity stubs are fairly rare for public shareholders. |
CFO
July 1, 2007
Scott Leibs |
Five Years and Accounting This story is Part 1 in a three-part series on how corporate finance has changed since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed. |
CFO
April 1, 2004 |
Bolting from the Big Four Smaller firms are picking up audit clients at the expense of the Big Four... Stock options fall out of favor... a proposal to synchronize accounting and tax reporting... analysts say good-bye to stock ratings... etc. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Craig Schneider |
Transatlantic Answers Can U.S. regulators improve corporate governance at home by looking overseas? |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Vincent Ryan |
Talk about Missed Earnings A new study finds that falling short of analysts' profits forecasts hits CFOs directly where it hurts: in their wallets and their chances of getting fired. |
Inc.
November 1, 2000
Ilan Mochari |
How to Take Stock If you're thinking about taking equity instead of cash as payment for services, here's a checklist of things to consider... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Towards Greater Transparency in Real Estate Private Equity Funds An innocuously titled paper, "Real Estate Private Equity Funds," is forcing real estate companies to take a hard look at greater transparency and standardization in their disclosures and also to work towards establishing performance benchmarks. |
CFO
September 1, 2003
Alix Nyberg |
Sticker Shock When Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, it didn't worry about how much it would cost companies. Today, CFOs are totting up the compliance bill -- and they don't like what they see. |
CFO
January 30, 2004 |
Is 10 Years Enough? Did Former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow get all he deserved? Also: why equity research is moving to India; the effect of Medicare reform on retiree benefits; Citigroup in the hot seat, again; the tax-friendly status of online commerce may be in jeopardy; more. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
M&A Activity: Back with a Whimper To some market watchers, a flurry of transactions signals a comeback for the merger and acquisition market, which has been in a slump for the past few years. But Wharton faculty and other experts say the M&A frenzy of the 1990s is unlikely to be repeated this time. |
Entrepreneur
March 2002
Jennifer Pellet |
Out of Stock When your stock price is stalled and you can't hope to improve it, is it time for your company to quietly step back into private life? |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The Lure of Private Equity The fact that private equity deals have become commonplace shows that private equity provides benefits to investors as well as to companies and their corporate managers. |
Knowledge@Wharton
February 12, 2003 |
Hard Days and Sleepless Nights for Private Equity Firms Today's business environment is similar in ways to the early 1990s when private equity firms rose up to restructure mountains of bad debt and went on to cash out in the ensuing bull market. But while opportunities exist, it is harder to make deals work than it was a decade ago. |
Entrepreneur
September 2003
C.J. Prince |
Got Leverage? If you're ready to sell, you've got the upper hand. Large buyout firms will be looking to entrepreneurs. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Return of the Big Mergers After a long drought, M&A is back. Is that a good thing for shareholders? While it's not as exciting, maybe giving back profits to shareholders -- in dividends and buybacks -- is a better option. |
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. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Scott Leibs |
New Terrain Post-Enron reforms have made dramatic alterations to the landscape of corporate governance. Boards, their committees, and internal auditors now have greater responsibilities and powers. How will these reforms change the CFO's job? |
CFO
July 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
In the Catbird Seat Private investors are starting to put their mountains of cash to work. |
CFO
August 1, 2007
Laura DeMars |
The Real Deal Whether managing a portfolio of properties or monitoring new acquisitions, finance executives in real estate (particularly the commercial sector) perform a constant juggling act. |
CFO
October 1, 2008
Randy Myers |
The Champ Feels Some Heat Stock exchanges in Asia and Europe have made tremendous strides in raising equity capital for companies over the past three years. Is U.S. superiority at an end? |
CFO
May 1, 2010
Sarah Johnson |
The SEC Has a Few Questions for You This is the envelope no CFO looks forward to opening, even if the inquiry proves to be fairly routine. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Dueling Fools: Private Equity Bear The private equity and M&A space is red-hot, but the risks are major for individual investors. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2004
Bill Mann |
An Imperial Sellout Liquidity needs for the controlling shareholder means ImPark's getting taken out cheaply. |
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
September 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
Private Club Opportunity is knocking for CFOs who have the skills that private-equity firms demand. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
A Major REIT Retreat Many believe that the office REIT market is shrinking for a simple reason: private buyers value listed portfolios higher than the public markets. One thing is fairly certain: Equity Office won't be the last REIT to take a handsome exit package. |
CFO
February 1, 2005 |
Accounting for Disaster Corporate contributions to tsunami relief... WorldCom directors settle shareholder suit out of their own pockets... Does the American Jobs Creation Act encourage layoffs?... etc. |
CFO
March 1, 2011
Russ Banham |
Going Public by Accident Private companies may unwittingly find themselves in the public eye when shares are traded too freely. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Barbarians at SunGard The data systems company is going private in a megadeal. Is there a conflict at the top? Bottom line: current shareholders of SunGard don't reap a whole lot of benefit from this deal. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Home Depot: The $100 Billion Dream Deal? No company seems immune to a buyout -- including Home Depot. Yet for wise investors, such considerations are little more than noise. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
CFO
March 1, 2005
Ronald Fink |
Future Shock How can CFOs create value in uncertain times? Five experts offer fresh answers. |
CFO
August 1, 2004
Ronald Fink |
Too Much Cash Many companies remain cautious about using their cash, even as it continues to pile up. When will they finally start spending it? |
CFO
November 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Up With finance talent in high demand, companies are boosting compensation -- and making some demands of their own. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Private Eye on Insight Private equity firms seek investments in the cable industry. |
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
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The Lure of Private Equity -- Part 2 As one can infer from the increasing trend toward private equity investments, the use of private equity provides advantages over other methods of raising corporate capital. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Kris Frieswick |
Investment Banking: More Bricks in the Wall Regulators are introducing new rules to ensure the objectivity of stock analysts, but what's good for investors could be bad for CFOs. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Vincent Ryan |
Stock Answers Secondary stock offerings are back in vogue, with a few twists. |
CFO
October 1, 2002 |
Legal Unease A good board member is hard to find... the high price of audit reform... Congress takes aim at deferred compensation... etc. |
Entrepreneur
March 2004
David Worrell |
I Take It Back! When a merger goes awry and you want to buy your company back, there are plenty of ways to do it. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Losing It Holding a personal financial stake in their companies has cost many managers a bundle. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Alix Nyberg |
Riskier Business The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, together with the culture of suspicion that is thriving in America, increases the time CFOs will be spending under the microscope -- and potentially under lock and key as well -- if fraud is detected. |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science. |
