IPOs Down -- And Out?

December 29, 2008

Global IPO activity fell off a cliff this year. The U.S. markets may be headed for long-term decline.

Rethinking Executive Comp for Tough Times

December 22, 2008

The financial crisis has thrust pay packages under the microscope and undermined the status quo, pulling CFOs deeper into compensation discussions.

CMO/CFO Study 2008

December 19, 2008

Register to download the results of this survey of chief marketing officers and chief financial officers conducted exclusively for Business Finance and Chief Marketer.

Madoff's Fraud Is the Icing on the Economic Dung Cake

Bernard Madoff, who made off with billions of dollars via a Ponzi scheme, is the latest addition to the economic rogues' gallery

How to Engage Regulators

Valuable insights on GRC strategy from a new McKinsey & Co. report.

Cut! GRC Influencers Embrace Film

More information – and a new documentary – on David Walker’s campaign.

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Helping CFOs Apply Brand Measures

December 18, 2008

Mich Bergesen of Landor Associates helps us identify those branding metrics CFOs need to understand better.

The Risk of a Bailout Squared

Former U.S. Comptroller General discusses the biggest bailout risk of all.

Once Upon a Time in CDS Land

December 17, 2008

How exactly do you determine whether a bank is too big to fail? Or what are the metrics that can be used to determine when a bank meets certain criteria? Is it market capitalization? Is it credit default swaps? Is it share price?

Top 10 Business Risks for 2009

December 17, 2008

Ernst & Young maps the changing contours of the risk management landscape. Radical greening, anyone?

Hark the Herald Accounting Changes

One of the few certainties for CFOs about the new year is that they'll see continued efforts toward significant accounting changes that surfaced in 2008, as companies move toward adoption of international financial reporting standards (IFRS).

Beyond the Panic: Banking Relationships and the New World Order

December 16, 2008

At the recent Business Finance Treasury and Cash Management Round Table there was no escaping the worsening economic crisis.

The New Brood of Best-of-Breed

Today's Best-of-Breed software market offers more to dazzle CFOs than ever before. The pace of innovation is fierce, slackening only when vendors pause to digest their gains after the waves of consolidation that periodically sweep over each sector.

Private Equity Hunkers Down

December 15, 2008

Not so long ago PE firms were awash in money and short of places to park it. My how times have changed.

The IBM-Cognos Mind Meld

December 14, 2008

Big Blue's latest Cognos blueprint blends the performance management software with domain knowledge and best practices from its global business services operation.

The Under-the-Radar Route to Growth

December 12, 2008

Many opportunities for revenue growth go unrecognized and unexploited, argues Jeanne M. Liedtka, professor of business administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and former director of The Batten Institute, in this interview with Business Finance.

Risk Management is Not Seasonal

A rant against recession-marketing

The Best Articles of 2008

As the new year begins we take a look back at which articles received the most views from you our online readers. Without further ado, the list:

  1. The New Brood of Best-of-Breed

  2. July 1, 2008

2009's Top Challenges for Financial Executives

According to Financial Executive International's new list of CEOs' top challenges for CFOs next year, the global economic crisis will be top of mind as companies continue to assess the impact of the situation on their businesses.

What Is Wrong With TARP?

Two new reports deliver critical evaluations of TARP.

Energy Wise

December 9, 2008

Steve Player speaks with Joe Householder, SVP, controller, and chief accounting officer of Sempra Energy.

Independent Contractor Case Is Cautionary Tale

Companies that rely heavily on independent contractors to perform ongoing responsibilities to attain cost savings could find themselves on the wrong side of a costly lawsuit if a court decides that the workers are de facto employees.

PCAOB Finds Deficiencies Galore

December 8, 2008

The accounting regulator faults audit firms for lack of professional skepticism.

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