Plan sponsors quietly harbor fears that they don't really understand the costs well enough to adequately explain them to participants, according to a recent survey by Chatham Partners
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
Although many companies will not face proxy votes related to the subprime credit crunch, experts suspect that senior managements and boards will be confronted by a much feistier group of investors
Despite the options that a deregulated market for electricity offers, many businesses overlook opportunities to manage the exposure and ultimately gain more control over costs
Sap offers a suite of solutions that GRC experts say is the closest thing to an all-in-one tool that links risk management to strategy, planning and even performance management
Now that Sarbanes-Oxley no longer strikes fear in the hearts of finance executives at big companies, they must face yet another auditing standard: FAS 161, which ups disclosure requirements for derivatives and hedge funds
Managed accounts may have been around for years, But they are apt to get a lot more attention now that they have been approved as an acceptable qualified default option for automatic enrollment
Is your treasury ready for a recession? consultant Jeffrey Wallace offers free advice on areas most likely to be affected by a slowdown and ways to prepare for, and possibly even avert, bad numbers
With pressures mounting on retirement plans from a growing population of old people and sweeping changes in accounting rules, finance executives in the 2008 Treasury & Risk Retirement Survey seem ready to consider more substantial overhauls to institutions, such as the 401(k)
