Corporate Finance

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  Building a Better Shared Service Center

  By Susan Kelly  |  June 10, 2013

  Many company executives are dissatisfied with the performance of shared service centers, a survey shows.

• Challenges in Capital Management

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  June 7, 2013

  Recent poll indicates that economic uncertainty and capital deployment are companies' primary challenges in capital management.

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  How Can You Prepare for Hurricanes?

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  June 6, 2013

  Al Tobin, of Aon Risk Solutions, says one of the most important lessons learned from Sandy is the most basic: Read your policy!

• Disclosure in the Cloud

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 29, 2013

  New version of Cognos tool makes audit-trail reporting of financial performance information available in the cloud.

• How Strategic Are CFOs?

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 28, 2013

  New survey shows that CFOs spend most of their time on the day-to-day needs of the business, but they expect their strategic influence to grow.

• Finance Salaries Rise, Especially at the Top

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 24, 2013

  AFP survey shows salaries are rising for all finance professionals, but they're rising fastest for those at the executive level.

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  Treasurers Need to Get out More

  By Meg Waters  |  May 22, 2013

  When treasury and finance professionals have an insular world view, they may be setting their companies up for unpleasant surprises.

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  FATCA's Impact on Finance

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 17, 2013

  When FATCA takes effect early next year, some private companies will face invasive disclosure processes every time they start working with a new bank.

• Internal Controls in 2013

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 16, 2013

  Updated COSO Framework provides clear principles for determining whether controls are functioning properly in the finance function and beyond.

• Kroll Says S&P, Moody’s Again Putting Profits Ahead of Accuracy

  By Dave Michaels and Matt Robinson, Bloomberg  |  May 14, 2013

  Founder of rating company criticizes other credit raters at SEC roundtable.