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CFO
December 1, 2003
Joseph McCafferty |
And a Happy New Year? In our quarterly Global Confidence Survey, 71 percent of U.S. respondents say they are either "confident" or "very optimistic" about the domestic economy over the next year.   |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003 |
Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America. |
CFO
October 1, 2003 |
Letters to the Editor CFOs should quit whining... can nontraditional CFOs succeed?... disagreement over the options debate. |
CFO
June 1, 2004
Kate O'Sullivan |
CPA Ascendant With accounting savvy more important than ever, is the CPA (rather than the MBA) the new must-have credential for finance execs? |
CFO
November 1, 2003 |
Sarbox's Unseen Costs "The crucial unseen cost is that of innovations foregone or delayed," says a reader. More letters to the editor: Microsoft on options... thoughts on Black-Scholes... expensing flaw... the root of the problem |
CFO
January 1, 2005 |
Keeping Work in Perspective Letters to the editor: Your features devoted to Work/Life (November 2004) were disheartening for aspiring CFOs... Once again CFO magazine offers cutting-edge and insightful coverage... A Solution to the DoD's Problems... etc. |
InternetNews
March 9, 2007
Michael Hickins |
How SOX Saved America The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 regulations help reassure investors of the accuracy of corporate P&Ls - and enable them to make informed investing decisions. |
Reason
January 2006
Brian Doherty |
You Can Be Too Careful How the U.S. government's new corporate accounting rules impede efficiency and stifle innovation. |
U.S. Banker
January 2002 |
Trust Big Accounting Firms? Arthur Andersen, the huge accounting firm, hides behind legal technicalities to excuse itself for approving Enron's financial statements. Rather than working for shareholders and investors as it is supposed to, Andersen seems to have done whatever Enron's management wanted it to... |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Conflicts of Interest Linger Many CFOs may not know enough accounting to do their jobs right. |
CFO
August 1, 2003
Alix Nyberg |
Roads Less Traveled: Nontraditional CFOs In a time of increased regulation, can CFO candidates with no previous finance-department experience be successful? |
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
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
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
November 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Align the Books? The gap between the numbers reported to shareholders and to the taxman is growing. Critics contend it's time to explain why. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Feeling Burned by Accounting Scams in the U.S.? Just Look Overseas Self-dealing and the misappropriation of profits at the expense of minority shareholders is much more common in other countries due to the weaker legal measures protecting such stockholders. |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Kris Frieswick |
What Does Your CEO Really Know? How much do chief executives know about company finances? We asked more than 300 CFOs to rate their boss's finance IQ. |
InternetNews
March 9, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Sarbox: The Blacktop To Financial Hell Sarbanes-Oxley was more of an emotional reaction than reasoned law when it was passed. Now there's enough evidence that it's doing more harm than good. |
CFO
September 1, 2003 |
Doing Time? Nearly 11 years after accounting irregularities came to light, a former CFO is heading to jail. Also: A new chief accountant at the SEC; CFOs on the move. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2005
Ann Weinstein |
Sarbanes-Oxley Alters the Playing Field The need to ensure the adequacy of financial controls is fast becoming a competitive necessity for companies that provide services to public companies. Real estate service providers are confronted with this new reality. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Edward Prewitt |
Book 'Em One of the more popular business books in recent years is titled First, Break All the Rules. Executives at Adelphia, Enron, Tyco and WorldCom may have taken that advice too literally. Forthcoming offerings from business publishers seem to reflect the shift in the zeitgeist for 2003. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Gee, Thanks: More Time in the Maze Companies under $700 million market cap get Sarbanes-Oxley filing extension. |
CFO
December 1, 2002
Alix Nyberg |
Split Decision There's no question that accounting skills are back in vogue for CFOs, given the massive amounts of work associated with the new disclosure and governance rules flooding out of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the stock exchanges. |
Knowledge@Wharton
July 30, 2003 |
Has Sarbanes-Oxley Made a Dent in Corporate America's Armor? In the 12 months since it was signed by President Bush, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act has caused U.S. companies to spend heavily on compliance, altered the culture of boardrooms and boosted the business of firms that offer ethics and compliance consulting. To what end? |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2007
Dale Baker |
I Love Sarbanes-Oxley The criticisms leveled at Sarbanes-Oxley illustrate exactly why we should keep it. Paying to reduce risk is part of our commercial society. Investments should be no different. |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
CEO Letters Evade Truthfulness Many executives' letters to shareholders are anything but candid. Getting a handle on management can be one of the most difficult parts of evaluating companies and their stocks. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 10, 2003 |
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency? Readers respond: Legislation is a problematic way to achieve the golden mean in normative behavior... Investors are always free to vote on the adequacy of a company's financial transparency with their dollars... The more transparency there is, the better... etc. |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2004
Scott Farb |
The Trickle-Down Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Real estate private equity funds are finding themselves in an overly regulated, ever-changing and immensely complex climate when it comes to financial reporting and accounting issues. |
CFO
November 1, 2006 |
Sticky Topics Letters to the editor: Pay Dirt... Trick or Treat in Business Reporting?... A Valuable Perspective... Losing Touch... The Best Surveys... |
Inc.
September 2005
Amy Feldman |
Surviving Sarbanes-Oxley A law intended to clean up big public companies has taken its toll on small private ones -- both financially and emotionally. But there may finally be relief in sight. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Facing the Bear: The 2002 Compensation Survey With stock options under scrutiny, companies are once again seeking the elusive link between pay and performance. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
Green Eyeshades Never Looked So Sexy Raises, perks, long sabbaticals -- auditors can write their own ticket these days. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The Changing Role of the CFO Companies are once again demanding hardcore accounting, financial reporting and risk-management skills. This represents a shift back to the roots of the CFO position... |
CFO
August 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
Pay for Nonperformance? Executive compensation practices won't change until accounting rules for options are fixed. |
Global Services
May 8, 2007
Imrana Khan |
Compliance Inhibits F&A Outsourcing A recent study finds that the increasing compliance burden of financial execs is the biggest obstacle to finance and accounting outsourcing. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 3, 2003
Jim Heskett |
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency? The collapse of companies like Enron and WorldCom cost investors tens of billions of dollars. But that amount may be dwarfed by the cost of conforming to new laws driven by those corporate scandals -- laws that are intended to protect investors. |
CFO
August 1, 2007 |
Sarbox at Five Letters to the editor: Setting up and testing controls... Finance chiefs and their bitter criticism... etc. |
| 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
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?... |
CIO
April 15, 2004
Ben Worthen |
Another Sarbox Reprieve Public companies now have until November to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley provisions requiring that they document their internal financial controls. CIOs can thank Microsoft. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Nanette Byrnes |
Reform: Who's Making the Grade A performance review for CEOs, boards, analysts, and others |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2004
John S. McClenahen |
Sarbanes-Oxley: Little Time Left Companies confront November deadline to certify financial reporting controls. |
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2006
Joseph Khattab |
The Next Enron Cash is king. Despite what some business execs want you to believe, cash pays the bills -- accounting earnings do not. Cash flow is much more difficult to manipulate than earnings, which makes it a better analysis tool for investors. |
CFO
January 30, 2004 |
Letters Many jurisdictions are moving to redistribute the tax burden to businesses for the benefit of residential owners, says a reader. Another letter to the editor: At scandal-ridden companies, lack of an internal-control environment was not the main problem. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
Bill Mann |
WorldCom's Ebbers Surrenders WorldCom's CFO finally gives up the goods on the top man in an $11 billion fraud case. |
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. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 1, 2004 |
Getting Management on Board With Compliance Compliance and litigation readiness have blasted up the priority list of top management. Leading financial institutions have appointed general counsel into top management roles. Boards of directors are reviewing and approving technology solutions. |
CFO
March 1, 2004
A CFO Interview |
New World Order IASB chairman Sir David Tweedie says global accounting standards are within reach. |
