While the number of corporate restatements soared in 2006, only a small percentage for fraud

U.S. companies are prepared to settle for lower investment returns in exchange for reduced risk on short-term investments, according to a recent survey of 293 global CFOs, treasurers and assistant treasurers by Greenwich Associates

Treasurers are swearing off exotic investment options for plain old vanilla

Managed accounts may have been around for years, But they are apt to get a lot more attention now that they have been approved as an acceptable qualified default option for automatic enrollment

CFO turnover reached new heights early this year, in sharp contrast to relatively stable rates for most of 2007. Resignations and retirements were up 15% in January and February from a year earlier, according to data compiled by Liberum Research. Some 110 CFOs resigned or retired in the first two months of this year, up from a total of 95 in 2007.

A majority of CFOs (53%) at leading technology companies expect costs related to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to stabilize this year, and they acknowledge that the once loathed Section 404 controls requirements have actually led to improved financial reporting processes (65%), according to BDO Seidman’s 2008 Technology Outlook Survey. Just over a third (35%) said 404 curtailed innovation.

Office Depot Inc., the $15 million office supply chain based in Delray Beach, Fla., announced the departure of executive vice president and CFO Patricia A. McKay.

China’s regulators like to play it safe when it comes protecting the renminbi--often at the expense of the dollar

Sure there are problems, but not if you stay on top of the risks

First, it was FAS 133 and now it is fair valuation rules. But despite this raft of regulation making derivatives usage even dicier than it was already, companies do not seem to be throwing in the towel.

With AS5, auditors will have to speak plain English on errors

Finding a scapegoat is easy. Taking responsibility is the hard part.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s $275 million write-down on auction-rate securities partially collateralized by subprime mortgages was more than just the biggest loss by a nonfinancial company related to subprime investments: It has become the stimulus to reopen the debate on whether corporate treasuries should operate as a cost center or, on the other end of the spectrum, a profit center--or somewhere in between.

Even though finance executives from midsize companies rank an economic slowdown as their biggest fear. more than one-third of those responding to Treasury & Risk's 2008 Middle Market Survey plan expand their staffs over the next 12 months.

AVIS BUDGET GROUP

IRON MOUNTAIN INC.

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.

Market consolidation from Dubai to Denmark may mean more liquidity and less volatility

Martin Mannion of Summit partners talks about the potential role for private equity as outside advisors with skin in the game

Schlumberger CFO Simon Ayat makes the case that a global company should be a blend of centralized and decentralized activities