Congress passed the 2006 Credit Rating Agency Reform Act, granting the SEC supervision over the large rating firms for the first time, two years ago, but competition inside the ratings industry is still largely absent.
J. Michael Stanley, Managing Director, Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., speaks to Retail Traffic editor in chief David Bodamer about a recent surge in factoring activities within the retail sector.
While innovation and the finance function don't necessarily get associated with one another, finance's ability to provide dispassionate views into internal and external information is very helpful in creating awareness about innovation (or the lack thereof) that is occurring.
Most of the attention regarding International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has focused on the possible implementation schedule for public companies. Sometimes overlooked is the potential use of IFRS within private companies.
Not hearing much talk about corporate innovation these days, eh? Most of the talk is about retrenchment and fortifying and strengthening the core, given our economic malaise. Here's where finance can help.
Josh Kopelman put up a great quick website promoting the idea that technical talent (meaning those who know computer stuff) may want to consider a start-up. For those who aren’t familiar with Kopelman, he is best known for starting Half.com and selling it to eBay for $350 million.
“I wouldn’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member,” is the legendary Groucho Marx punch line that seems to best sum up the mind-set of CFOs when it comes to the Big Three rating agencies.
Around $100 billion — that’s how much the U.S. treasury loses each year as a result of corporations’ addiction to offshore tax havens, according to Senator Carl Levin (D-MI).
They're in survival mode and focused on basics. Forget exotic derivative strategies; such mundane tasks as boosting AP efficiency are what is helping to keep treasurers sane.
Steve Player talks with Patricia Cochran, CFO of vision benefits provider Vision Service Plan, about the firm’s 50 years of growth and how deep insights from its activity-based costing program are transforming its planning, reporting, and performance management.
The notion that someday soon finance executives will be required to use XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) to transmit certain regulatory filings for their companies is somewhat unnerving for those unfamiliar with available XBRL technologies. Here's a look at some of the technologies that can help you to XBRL-enable your financial statements.
BUDGETING & REPORTING: Blogger and columnist Steve Player supplies the Business Finance community with reporting and commentary examining the evolution of the budgeting and reporting function. Steve is the North American Program Director, Beyond Budgeting Round Table.
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TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT: Blogger and contributing writer Karen Kroll supplies the Business Finance community with reporting and commentary examining cash management and treasury-related topics. Karen earned a BS in Business Administration from Valparaiso University and an MBA in finance from the University of Washington.
GOVERNANCE, RISK & COMPLIANCE: Blogger and contributing writer Eric Krell supplies the Business Finance community in-depth articles and commentary examining governance, risk, and compliance. He also writes for many other business-trade and consumer magazines. Eric loves his home base of Austin, Texas, as well as reader feedback.
