Treasury & Risk magazine October 2008
Cover Story
What's Your Green Strategy?
Driven by escalating energy prices and consumer demands for environmental awareness and social responsibility, more companies are undertaking the hugely ambitious task of greening their supply chains from start to finish worldwide.
Features
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Lockbox Lift-off
In the current uncertain economic conditions, treasuries want quicker availability on incoming payments and are optimizing processes just as recent technology innovations are helping to boost availability and re-launch lockbox services.
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Change Agents?
The biggest factor in play in the election may be how a likely Democratic U.S. House and Senate will impact policies that affect corporate America.
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Rising Stars in Rocky Times
Treasury & Risk's 2008 picks of corporate America's outstanding financial executives under the age of 40.
Surveys
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Keen Risk Antenna Key to Leadership
Treasury & Risk's 2008 Financial Leadership Survey
Washington Update
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Destination IFRS
The beginning of the end of GAAP could come as early as 2010.
News Briefs
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Anti-Risk Policies Pay Off
Private equity investors will pay a premium for fraud-conscious companies.
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The New Health Wave?
Onsite clinics and pharmacies get high marks from the few firms that have them.
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Companies Shun ERM Strategies
Most companies blame poor ERM strategy for the credit crisis but lack comprehensive strategies of their own.
Governance & Accounting
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Protesters Pen Comments On Amending FAS 5
Proposal to expand disclosure for corporate lawsuits could encourage them instead, letter writers say.
Retirement & Benefits
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Tapping Nest Eggs
401(k) hardship withdrawals and borrowing rise, leading to worries that workers will have even less funds for retirement.
Risk Management
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Caveat Whistleblowers
Loopholes and the latest ruling from the Department of Labor would leave those who would reveal wrongdoing twisting in the wind.
Tools & Technology
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Head of the Class
The University of California graduates from spreadsheets to a Web-based automated, integrated cash management system.
Treasury Management
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Winning Combo
Created by mergers, Infor builds an automated, integrated treasury operation using its own software products as a cornerstone.
Profile
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Drawing On a Global Background
Dixon Ticonderoga CFO Rezende embodies the spirit of the young up-and-comers profiled in this issue. While his company may be relatively small, his ambition is not.
People on the Move
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Keeping Track of Corporate Finance Executives
Don Civgin, Kathryn Mikells, Michael D. Newman, B. Craig Owens...
Editor's Desk
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Editor's Letter
It's late September and the financial world looks a lot like the Texas coast after Hurricane Ike: a shambles of its former self.













