While the threat of subprime mortgage litigation hovers over the financial services industry, potentially hitting insurers that provide directors & officers liability coverage, many companies are finding surprising softness when it comes to time to renew their D&O policies

Even companies that aren't forced to go to the markets (or their bankers) for new credit lines need to pay close attention to basic treasury management issues when markets are tough

RiskMetrics Group has as added new features to its CreditManager solution that it says helps quantify overall credit risks, in the first in a series of scheduled product enhancements that extend the boundaries of credit risk software.

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.

With the subprime market in disarray, fears mount over a possible investor stampede in the corporate loan market

In a matter of a few short years, Toyota Financial Services (TFS), this year's recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Award for Overall Excellence, has moved to the top ranks of financial management excellence. Under the leadership of CFO John Stillo and Treasurer Christopher Ballinger, TFS isn't shy about rethinking approaches to core finance functions and then setting off in new, unconventional directions in its constant quest to drive down costs and make more efficient use of its mounting asset base.

Toyota Financial Services is the 2006 gold AHA winner in credit risk management.

General Electric Co. is the 2006 silver AHA winner in credit risk management.

Paychex nc. is the 2006 bronze AHA winner in credit risk amanagement.

Giving the wheel to drivers with a map

With a heavy dollop of automation and tighter fraud policies, Sprint Nextel reversed a deteriorating credit picture

Companies seek out more academic models to supplement less than reliable credit ratings

Do some checking, or a shaky economy might force you into deals you will later regret