With the Federal Reserve cutting rates 75 basis points Tuesday morning and the probability of more cuts to come, corporate treasuries are scrambling to make sure their cash portfolios are positioned for a potentially wild rate ride downhill. The prospects of significantly lower rates raise questions about whether companies need...
When it comes to financial reporting, some companies are going beyond the call of duty. In a study of 2006 financial statements from the 100 leading U.S. companies, the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) assembled dozens of examples of companies doing just that in the face of accounting rules that...
Visualizing risks and their relationships is a central function of enterprise risk management (ERM) systems. Helping to ease that task is Riskonnect, a Marietta, Ga.-based software company that has launched an ERM system, also called Riskonnect, that enables risks to be easily identified, assessed and mitigated. The product is intended...
Hess Corp., the $28.7 billion integrated oil and gas company, based in New York, promoted Sachin Mehra to vice president and treasurer. Mehra, 37, succeeds Robert J. Vogel, who is retiring after 18 years with Hess. Mehra came to the company last April as vice president and deputy treasurer. Prior...
Enterprise Engineering Inc. has unveiled XBRL-based software that helps companies share information within the enterprise and also with outside entities. Called EnterpriseFTX for XBRL, the product maps data stored in separate systems and formats and makes it usable for business reporting and analysis. Specifically, it maps and converts data from...
Visualizing risks and their relationships is a central function of enterprise risk management (ERM) systems. Helping to ease that task is Riskonnect, a Marietta, Ga.-based software company that has launched an ERM system, also called Riskonnect, that enables risks to be easily identified, assessed and mitigated. The product is intended...
Enterprise Engineering Inc. has unveiled XBRL-based software that helps companies share information within the enterprise and also with outside entities. Called EnterpriseFTX for XBRL, the product maps data stored in separate systems and formats and makes it usable for business reporting and analysis. Specifically, it maps and converts data from...
Visualizing risks and their relationships is a central function of enterprise risk management (ERM) systems. Helping to ease that task is Riskonnect, a Marietta, Ga.-based software company that has launched an ERM system, also called Riskonnect, that enables risks to be easily identified, assessed and mitigated. The product is intended...
After the House and Senate failed to agree on a few key provisions of the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007, Congress extended the existing 1996 law for one year until a compromise can be reached.
QUMAS Ltd. has introduced its GRC Suite, which provides risk management software integrated with document and business process management, interactive dashboards and advanced reporting capabilities for real-time governance. The product allows companies to model and assess their risk environment, actively manage documents and monitor processes in accordance with multiple compliance...
