The globalization of business sourcing and outsourcing has raised the bar when it comes to supply chain risks. Nearly 75% of 110 risk managers surveyed by Marsh Inc. reported higher supply chain risk levels since 2005, while 71% reported increased costs as a result of unexpected disruptions during those years
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has approved two proposals designed to clarify possible conflicts of interest between a public auditing firm and a potential client by increasing transparency
The globalization of business sourcing and outsourcing has raised the bar when it comes to supply chain risks. Nearly 75% of 110 risk managers surveyed by Marsh Inc. reported higher supply chain risk levels since 2005, while 71% reported increased costs as a result of unexpected disruptions during those years
Oversight Systems Inc. introduced version 4.5 of its Web-based continuous monitoring and auditing software, featuring important enhancements to its Workbench application for managing control exceptions
Alliance One International Inc., the $2 billion leaf tobacco merchant with headquarters in Morrisville, N.C., has appointed Robert A. Sheets as executive vice president and CFO
U.S. companies are prepared to settle for lower investment returns in exchange for reduced risk on short-term investments, according to a recent survey of 293 global CFOs, treasurers and assistant treasurers by Greenwich Associates
American Commercial Lines Inc., the $1.1 billion marine transportation and service company headquartered in Jeffersonville, Ind., appointed Thomas R. Pilholski senior vice president and CFO. Pilholski, 52, takes over for Christopher A. Black
Reval.com Inc. has launched Version 8.0 of HedgeRx, its web-based derivatives hedging and risk management application, including upgrades to the FAS 157 module
Just one week after a UBS Global Asset Management survey indicated that U.S. pension funding ratios fell an average 11% in the first quarter and 24% in the past nine months, a Mercer survey found that changes in the value of the assets and liabilities of S&P 1500 companies' pension...
