Corporate Finance

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  Better Benchmarking Equals Better Performance

  By Susan Kelly  |  May 14, 2013

  Technology makes it easier for companies to assess processes, progress; Hackett Group dashboard can pull data from ERP systems.

• Effective Liquidity Management Drives Results

  By Citi  |  May 13, 2013

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  All Eyes on Cash

  By Susan Kelly  |  May 13, 2013

  The push to improve cash-flow forecasts continues as companies gain visibility and push out their time frames.

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  Cash Keeps Building at U.S. Companies

  By Susan Kelly  |  May 13, 2013

  Dividends and buybacks aren’t making a dent in corporate cash, but an M&A wave might do the trick.

• Accurate Forecasting: It’s the Discipline that Matters

  By Bank of America Merrill Lynch  |  May 13, 2013

• Simplified GAAP for Private Companies

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 9, 2013

  Proposed alternatives to GAAP include simpler approaches to accounting for some interest rate swaps.

• ERP Only in the Cloud?

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 7, 2013

  SAP launches cloud-based versions of its ERP, CRM, and data warehouse software—which may make client-server implementations obsolete.

• Corporate Cash Balances Still Growing, but Slowly

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 7, 2013

  AFP survey shows lowest year-over-year growth ever in corporate cash balances.

• Congress Pressures Swaps Regulators to Curb Dodd-Frank

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 7, 2013

  House Financial Services Committee to vote today on measures to ease derivatives requirements.

• Business Loans Lead Credit Thaw, Fed Says

  By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg  |  May 6, 2013

  Survey shows pickup in demand for commercial loans.