Governance/Regulation & Compliance

If investors can't depend on credit ratings, then why have them?

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

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

The stakes just got higher for financial executives ensnared in the options backdating investigation. Former SafeNet CFO Carole Argo was sentenced to six months in prison and fined $1 million.

When it comes to executive pay, it is beginning to seem like no amount of rules or regulations will be enough to prevent determined senior executives from paying themselves more than enough

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is considering requiring corporations to provide more details about pension plan allocations, including alternative investments. FASB says it is responding to shareholder demands for more transparency so they can better gauge portfolio risks.