September 2006

Few finance executives think of p-cards when it comes to centralizing accounts/payable, but a handful of the big banks have developed programs that are making finance departments and treasuries take a second look

The editors of Treasury & Risk-Pat Wechsler, John Labate, Robert Rosenberg, Richard Gamble and Russ Banham-have collaborated to identify the ideas and trends that will play an important part in defining state-of-the-art finance in the future

Treasury & Risk Management is marking its 15th year of serving the finance community. This September, I also finish my fifth year as its editor. ...

In the latest change to Sarbanes-oxley, newly public companies could get an extra year to comply with section 404 requirements, but It might not be enough to keep ipos from drifting overseas

PCAOB Chairman Mark W. Olson talks to Treasury & Risk Editorial Director Pat Wechsler about his priorities for his new job

After settling down post-9/11, the property insurance market has been roiled by the onslaught of hurricanes in 2005. Unfortunately, thanks to global warming, we may have a lot more pain ahead.

Substituting the S&P 500's rate of growth for medical inflation could make retiree healthcare palatable to shareholders

The pension protection Act may have helped defined contribution plans more than defined benefit by giving a thumbs-up to automatic enrollment--an easy, but valuable, enhancement to a 401(k) plan

Wasn't Sarbanes-Oxley supposed to cut down on financial restatements? Well, according to the Government Accounting Office, things have rarely been so bad. Between July 2002--when ...

For now, BPM vendors may be talking about the virtues of having a marketing machine like Microsoft in their niche. Will they still be singing the same song if prices drop and several of them disappear?

WHY CEOs ARE WORTH ITEnron Corp. and WorldCom Inc. aside, there are few corporate governance issues that resonate as powerfully with the investing public and ...

Citigroup is about to unveil a state-of-the-art Digital identity management system that will secure transactions between treasuries and banks and could one day extend to supply chain partners

Douglas A. Dachille is a founder and CEO of First Principles Capital Management LLC, an institutional asset management firm located in New York City. Immediately ...

o Before entering banking, Dallavecchia served as a lieutenant in the Italian army's Brigata Alpina Cadoreo Dallavecchia once taught econometrics at the University of Venice ...

Mark W. Olson comes to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from the Federal Reserve, like his predecessor, William McDonough. He brings an insider's view ...