Accounting/Financial Reporting

May 6, 2008
Corporates Get a New Access Point to SWIFT
Avatar and Axway bring SWIFT technology to the masses
Article found in Supply Chain Management/Trade, Globalization, Accounting/Financial Reporting, Tools
May 1, 2008
Rules of Engagement
By David Corrado
Decoding the 25,000 pages of FASB rulings is not a task for the faint of heart. But plans to distill the information into a single-source Web-based document should make the job a lot easier
Article found in Governance & Accounting, Accounting/Financial Reporting
Restatement Redux
While the number of corporate restatements soared in 2006, only a small percentage for fraud
Article found in Corporate Finance, Accounting/Financial Reporting
April 1, 2008
Mind the GAAP
By Dave Lindorff
As the SEC presses for accelerated acceptance of IFRS as a GAAP alternative, many financial executives fear a hasty move could be as problematic as the rush to adopt SOX . But not United Technologies
Article found in Accounting/Financial Reporting, Compliance, Tools & Technology
Time to Speak the Same Language
By Caroline Van Hasselt
If executives think the switch to IFRS will hurt, one surefire pain reliever would be conversion to XBRL
Article found in Tools & Technology, Accounting/Financial Reporting
March 1, 2008
Restating Restatements
With AS5, auditors will have to speak plain English on errors
Article found in Accounting/Financial Reporting, Corporate Finance
February 19, 2008
FASB strikes again!
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is considering requiring corporations to provide more details about pension plan allocations, including alternative investments. ...
Article found in Accounting/Financial Reporting, Retirement & Benefits
February 5, 2008
Taking the long-term view
Most CFOs want to abolish quarterly guidance pronouncements, according to a recent survey. That's not surprising since most companies can't even get their annual in-house forecasts right.
Article found in Treasury Management, Accounting/Financial Reporting
If only Société Générale had the new Oversight fraud monitor …
Oversight Systems Inc. is upgrading its continuous monitoring and auditing technology to make it even easier to spot innocent errors and premeditated fraud.
Article found in Risk Management, Accounting/Financial Reporting, Tools
February 1, 2008
Audit Busters
By Dave Lindorff
Not every management is throwing up its hands and assuming they will not see savings from AS5 this year. Alfa Corp. ...
Article found in Accounting/Financial Reporting, Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, Tools
GAO Says Four Accounting Firms is Enough
Even though the four largest accounting firms continue to audit almost all large public companies, concentration in the marketplace poses no immediate threat to fee competitiveness, the ...
Article found in Accounting/Financial Reporting
December 28, 2007
This CFO Never Sleeps
By John Labate, Pat Wechsler, Anne R. Field
Three CFOs from some of the largest and most high profile companies around—Citigroup, Home Depot and Intel—share their thoughts on how finance can help steer a company’s strategy through ...
Article found in Accounting/Financial Reporting, Treasury Management, Careers
Is the SEC Nervous?
The SEC postpones Sarbanes-Oxley implementation for small businesses another year, taking time out to again reevaluate Auditing Standard 5
Article found in Accounting/Financial Reporting
PCAOB Seems to Have Teeth
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board takes Deloitte & Touche to task for errors in Ligand Pharmaceuticals audit
Article found in Accounting/Financial Reporting
September 5, 2007
As the World Turns, So Do the Exchanges
By Beth Karlin
Market consolidation from Dubai to Denmark may mean more liquidity and less volatility
Article found in Governance & Accounting, Globalization, Accounting/Financial Reporting, Economy, Corporate Finance