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CFO December 1, 2003 Lori Calabro |
Watch Your Mouth As Reg FD -- Full Disclosure -- enters its fourth year, enforcements so far offer hints on how to communicate. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2004 Rich Smith |
Siebel Spills Secrets Inaugural Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) violator Siebel Systems, provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software, is in trouble with the SEC yet again. |
CFO April 1, 2005 |
Proper Recognition Guidance needed on recognizing revenue...Secret Rewards... A License to Print Money?... The Right to Whisper... Light Up and You're Fired!... The Danger of Deferrals... etc. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2009 Jim Mueller |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Energizer and Fair Disclosure According to a Reuters report, Energizer Holdings held a conference call with a select group of sell-side analysts after reporting earnings, giving them information not released to the general public. |
CFO July 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan |
Hungry for More Reg FD has changed the way companies serve up information, leading to plenty of tension between CFOs and analysts. As the pressure on sell-side researchers grows, many analysts have moved to the buy side. |
CFO February 1, 2003 David Campbell |
Cozying Up to Analysts Many companies that turn to "fireside chats"' also risk running afoul of Reg FD. |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2005 Tom Taulli |
KPMG Escapes an Ugly Death While consulting firm KPMG avoided the worst-case scenario, it still has many challenges ahead. Its $456 million settlement will mean less investment in its business, as well. In other words, KPMG will be an even weaker No. 4. In today's post-Enron climate, that's the cost of doing bad business. |
CFO May 1, 2005 Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science. |
eCFO April 2001 Randy Myers |
Put Up or Shut Up To comply with Regulation FD, corporate officers are starting to post company news on the Web. But Reg FD has so spooked some corporate officers that they've shied away from practically any informal contact with analysts... |
CFO February 1, 2008 Kate Plourd |
What's in Your Wallet? The CD&A gives investors a better view of executive pay. It could also give CFOs a raise. |
CFO February 1, 2009 Scott Leibs |
Moving On, Happily Most CFOs leave their jobs in triumph, not disgrace, a new KPMG study shows. |
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 May 1, 2003 |
History As Teacher Business lessons from Gettysburg? Executives from Hillenbrand make the charge. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Andersen, Part Deux? It looks as if Andersen isn't the only accounting firm with troubles. But should KPMG suffer the same fate? |
CFO July 15, 2008 Kate Plourd |
Eight Isn't Enough BearingPoint, the consultancy that used to be part of KPMG, burns through its eighth CFO in nine years. The latest to go lasted just three weeks. |
CFO January 1, 2004 |
The Foes of Enforcement State vs. federal regulators... Mutual-fund CFOs are clean, so far... Sarbox Section 404... Executive compensation and the IRS... |
InternetNews April 8, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Former CA Execs Facing Up To Fraud Charges Former Computer Associates CFO Ira Zar and two others expected to plead guilty in court Thursday. |
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2001 Anna Chason |
Regulation Fair Disclosure: Walking the High Wire Investor relations have been described as a fencing match conducted on a tightrope. In providing information to investors and analysts, corporate officers must carefully negotiate the "high wire" and provide full information while avoiding "selective disclosures"... |
CFO November 1, 2004 Don Durfee |
Shelter Fallout How much will the government's crackdown on tax shelters affect ordinary companies? More than you think. And not surprisingly, some finance professionals find the government's tactics alarming. |
CFO October 1, 2002 CFO Staff |
And Justice for All? CFOs facing civil or criminal trials today might wish they had settled or done their time already... More than 80,000 U.S. employees of Arthur Andersen, which closed its doors on August 31, hit the job market this summer... etc. |
CFO April 1, 2003 |
From All of Us Middle managers certify their numbers... Auditors make a company fire its sterling CFO... blind trusts for stock options... the SEC levies fines but doesn't collect them... etc. |
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. |
CFO July 1, 2005 Kate O'Sullivan |
Bittersweet Victory Bittersweet vindication for Andersen alumni... Here's Looking at You... CFOs on the Move... |
CFO September 1, 2005 John Goff |
Fractured Fraternity Oh for the days when auditors were counselors and not pricey overseers. In fact, some CFOs say dealings with external auditors have become a lot like encounters with the Internal Revenue Service: shrill, chilly, and frustrating as hell. |
CFO November 1, 2002 |
Excuses, Excuses Plus CFOs on the Move and "Same Stuff, Different Day." |
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. |
CFO June 1, 2011 |
Light at the End of the Wallet A new study finds consumer demand poised to make a comeback. |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Peer inside the strange, mixed-up world of securities analysis. |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
Pop the Champagne! RegFD Turns 10 Regulation Fair Disclosure, or Reg FD blocked corporate managers from sharing material information only with select Wall Street analysts; they were now required to share it publicly. |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 |
Selective Disclosure, Explained The SEC instituted a "Fair Disclosure" rule that prohibited public companies from alerting analysts and major investors to important changes before disclosing that information to the general public. So what has happened since the rule went into effect? |
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 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. |
CFO March 15, 2006 Julia Homer |
Going Public Perhaps nothing symbolizes the complete emergence of the CFO as a public figure more than the SEC's decision to require disclosure of CFO compensation in proxy statements. |
CFO July 1, 2006 Laura DeMars |
Heavy Vetting Boards of directors now want to talk to would-be CFOs -- and vice versa. |
CFO Alix Nyberg |
Executive Indictments Prosecutors looking to pin corporate scandals on the top dog often press other executives for information that could prove a case against the CEO in exchange for leniency for the informers. Finance chiefs facing criminal sentencing have traditionally jumped at the offer. |
CFO March 1, 2005 Kate O'Sullivan |
Flashbacks: 20 Years of Finance Two tumultuous decades, from Treadway and Black Monday, to reengineering and ''irrational exuberance,'' to Reg FD and Sarbanes-Oxley. |
CFO July 1, 2004 |
Canary Chorus At least a dozen former finance executives are preparing to sing for prosecutors... NASA still hasn't found that $2 billion... CFOs on the move... |
CFO Alix Nyberg |
Lessons from Predecessors When John Spinney joined Investors Financial Services Corp. last September, CEO Kevin Sheehan handed him an unusual mission: Extract as much knowledge as possible from departing CFO Karen Keenan, who had decided to leave the company upon the birth of her second child... |
CFO March 15, 2006 Scott Leibs |
Bigger Fish, Smaller Pond Leaving a large company for the CFO spot at a smaller company can be a great move -- as long as you do your homework. |
CFO May 1, 2007 Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Board Battles Even as conflicts between CEOs and directors erupt, finance chiefs can wield influence on both sides. |
CFO November 1, 2008 Kate Plourd |
Feeling the Burn Among the early victims of Wall Street's meltdown were several high-profile CFOs, and there are likely to be more. |
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Howard Gleckman |
Tax-Shelter Crackdown: Theater or Reality? From the look of things, the Internal Revenue Service has declared war on the tax-shelter industry. Surely, the campaign has slowed an explosion of shelters. But there may be less to the effort than meets the eye. |