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FDIC FYI
January 13, 2004
Miller & Ayres
Could a Bull Market Be a Panacea for Defined Benefit Pension Plans? This report describes the serious challenges and outlook facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and corporate defined benefit pension plans, and examines the effects on financial institutions insured by the FDIC. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
February 22, 2005
Alix Nyberg
Death to Smoothing A tough regulatory environment is another nail in the coffin for defined-benefit plans. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
September 1, 2005
Russ Banham
Pension Upheaval Will proposed pension reforms actually save the system, or cause more of Corporate America to opt out? mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
January 1, 2003
Joseph McCafferty
Funding Fun House Critics say current accounting lets companies distort the picture they present of pension plan performance. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
August 1, 2006
Russ Banham
Pension Dissension FASB is championing a two-phase project that would provide guidance for gauging annual pension expenses on the income statement and disclose plan assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and in footnotes. CFOs protest. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
January 10, 2007
In Whose Best Interest? How Accounting Firms Would Change Their Industry... Why Performance Scorecards Still Fail... The Uninspired American Employee... M&A and Option Backdating... The CFO as Investor-Relations Professional... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
August 1, 2003
David Campbell
Seeing Is Relieving Oil companies pressured to disclose payments to developing nations... IPO market limps back... Congress may ask CEOs to sign tax returns... investor relations visits Madison Avenue... a candid look inside the WorldCom fraud... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
August 1, 2004
Alix Nyberg
Investment Insight Is Corporate America adequately managing employee pension funds? mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
January 30, 2006
Nanette Byrnes
Retiree Accounting: More Than Meets The Eye Companies may soon be forced to put their unfunded pension and other retiree benefit promises on their balance sheets. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
August 1, 2005
Behind Shadow Accounts Shining a Light on Shadow Retirement Accounts... Congress Takes Aim at Underfunded Pensions... What States Are Doing to Alleviate the Health-Care Burden... Going Public in Canada... Out-of-Town Shareholder Meetings... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
March 15, 2006
What's in Your Wallet? Full disclosure for CFO compensation... Catering to the Extremes... Fairness as an Option... Uneven Expansion... Basel II, Eurobanks 0... Do You Hear an Echo?... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
September 1, 2004
Alix Nyberg
Raising Red Flags As they identify control weaknesses, companies find a common one: inadequate finance staffs. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
November 1, 2007
Russ Banham
20/20 View on Managing Pension Liabilities: The Road Ahead Changes in accounting, law, and the lifespan of employees have companies considering outsourcing their defined benefit pension plans. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO For Good Measure A raft of proposals for audit reform... Providence takes aim at poison pills... where the bankruptcies are... all aboard the junk-bond bandwagon... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
April 1, 2004
Don Durfee
Filing Ever Faster New deadlines for 10-Ks and 10-Qs have finance departments scrambling. But who will benefit? mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
November 1, 2003
Reforming the Big Board Is it time for reform at the NYSE?... how body language can land a CFO in hot water... FirstEnergy's embarrassing reporting blunder... new pension disclosure rules... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
June 1, 2003
The Plan of Plan B's Do plan B accounting firms present a real threat to the Big Four?... Master of Science in Financial Engineering program at Kent State University began trading derivatives on a simulated trading floor... Gov fails audit... Directors getting paid more... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
September 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland
No More Mr. Nice Guy A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Nanette Byrnes
The Benefits Trap Old-line companies have pledged a trillion dollars to retirees. Now they're struggling to compete with new rivals, and many can't pay the bill. Some are racing to cut or drop retiree medical benefits to give a quick boost to their bottom lines. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
July 1, 2003
Bush's Big Gamble The President's $330 billion tax cut may win votes at election time, but it offers little help for businesses. Plus: E-mail as portrait painter, corporate exercises in utility, and the net tax debate. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
December 1, 2004
Getting Dumped Why Big Four auditors are dumping some small clients... Quiet periods could get a little noisier... The manufacturing sector gets a boost... Stock-option expensing goes back on the shelf... Questioning the accuracy of credit ratings... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
March 1, 2004
Making the List The SEC tries to tease apart the tangled connections between pension-investment consultants and money managers. Also: IRS aims to soup up audits; companies collecting antidumping tariffs; hotel fees irk business travelers; and more. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
May 1, 2004
Lori Calabro
Looking Under the Hood New attestation standards for internal controls put more power in the hands of auditors. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
October 1, 2004
Taxpayer Beware The IRS goes where the money is... More grim projections for the federal budget deficit... The SEC bulks up... The bottom line of giveaways... FASB's ambitious agenda... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
October 1, 2006
Don Durfee
Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess? mark for My Articles similar articles
Knowledge@Wharton
February 12, 2003
A "Perfect Storm" of Circumstances Batters Corporate Pension Plans Questions raised about accounting for pension funds have prompted some Wharton faculty and other experts to ask if rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, as well as the Internal Revenue Code itself, may have played a significant part in the strife. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
March 1, 2005
Targeting Executive Pay The SEC sets its sights on exec comp... Restatements soared in 2004... Will Blockbuster's gamble on eliminating late fees pay off?... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006
A New Abacus For Pensions The Financial Accounting Standards Board rules on post-retirement accounting are changing. Benefits could suffer. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
February 22, 2005
David M. Katz
The Domino Effect Ailing pension plans could overburden the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp and send premiums soaring. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO What Must Be Done? The experts weigh in on how to prevent future Enrons... mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2009
Dan Caplinger
Prepare for the Looming Pension Crisis Underfunded pensions could well be the last straw that moves the U.S. into a brand-new financial crisis light-years beyond what we've seen so far. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
November 1, 2002
Excuses, Excuses Plus CFOs on the Move and "Same Stuff, Different Day." mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
September 1, 2007
Mend the GAAP Simplifying Financial Reporting... Prosecuting CFOs... Finding Board Members... Gaining Proxy Access... Regulating Rating Agencies... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 29, 2006
David Henry
Shortfall At Exxon Arguably the mightiest U.S. corporation of them all, Exxon Mobil, has left its employee pension plans with the biggest funding deficit. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Levitt & Turner
How to Clean Up the Muni Bond Market Solutions to defaulting bonds, unfunded liabilities, and fraudulent investment information. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
March 15, 2006
David M. Katz
A Tough Act to Follow What CFOs really think about Sarbox -- and how they would fix it. Included are the results of an exclusive survey of finance executives on the topic. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
July 1, 2005
A Friend at the SEC? A kinder, gentler SEC?... Lose the Yardstick... Uncle Sam Wants Accountants... Autos Rattle the Junkyard... Playing Both Sides... You Must Be This Tall to Ride... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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?... mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
October 1, 2002
Reform: How the Corporate Landscape Is Changing Everyone from Congress to the journalist next door has a reform proposal to promote. This article assesses the likelihood of passage as well as the potential impact of several proposals. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
June 1, 2004
David M. Katz
Prescription Change The new medicare drug benefit feels good, but it doesn't really solve underlying issues. The legislation not only muddies the already murky waters of retiree-benefits accounting even further, it also fails to address the looming problem of underfunded retiree health plans. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Nanette Byrnes
Reform: Who's Making the Grade A performance review for CEOs, boards, analysts, and others mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 2009
Melanie Waddell
Retirement Planning: Congress to Tackle Pension Funding, Investment Advice Congressional action on two key areas of retirement planning -- defined benefit funding and investment advice -- are expected to come by year-end. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
July 1, 2007
Michelle Leder
Drowning in Data The new compensation disclosure rules deliver plenty of information. Too bad much of it doesn't make sense. Clearly, CFOs have more responsibilities than ever before, the annual proxy statement being just one. mark for My Articles similar articles