Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Activity
2004 CFO Compensation Survey
With stock options tainted, pay packages grow more diverse — and smaller.
Content: Career Information | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Benefits / Comp.
Euro Clash
Removing tariffs is easy. Breaking down social barriers to trade is hard.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: International, Trade | Industry: International Trade
Good to Rate
The rating agencies are under review for their failure to downgrade Enron more promptly. The only trouble is, proposed reforms might make things worse.
See related NYU STERNbusiness article by Lawrence J. White, “The Bond-Rating Game” at:
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, Industry Specific | Industry: Finance / Banking
Goodwill to All Pieces
Are companies properly valuing and assigning acquired intangibles to business units?
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
The Holes in Black-Scholes
Valuing stock-option grants with Black-Scholes may cause some confusion on the income statement.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Questions of Value
Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Did the SEC Gut Sarbanes-Oxley?
The SEC put much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act into effect by passing a slew of new rules. Here’s what was proposed and what was disposed.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Finance
Partial Clearing
Budgeting software isn’t the key to corporate finance reform, but it can help CFOs manage expectations in a sinking economy.
This buyer’s guide will explain how some CFOs cope under the added stress of Sarbanes, in addition to provide a list of vendors for 2002 B&P software.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, IT / Technology / E-Business
Align the Books
The gap between the numbers reported to shareholders and to the taxman is growing. Critics contend it’s time to explain why.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Reporting: See-Through Finance
The market’s distaste for complex financing could raise your company’s cost of capital, even if you comply with new reporting rules.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
We Can Work It Out: The 2002 Working Capital Survey
The 2002 Working Capital Survey (sixth annual conducted jointly with REL Consultancy Group) reveals ways to reduce working capital without punishing customers or suppliers. But the alternatives aren’t totally pain-free.
Editor’s Note: I find the 2002 Working Capital Survey Charts (last page) a very useful benchmark/CI tool.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Competitive Intelligence, Finance
On the Same Page
U.S. and international standard setters are coordinating their efforts to craft a common language for business.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, International
Federal Offenses
We the people of the United States have a hard time keeping our finances in order. Our corporations may practice the world’s most rigorous financial reporting (some recent debacles notwithstanding), but our government does not. Agencies with such lofty responsibilities as establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, and providing for the common defense have a hard time even producing a financial statement. Those that do produce … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance | Industry: Government