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The Motley Fool June 30, 2004 Rich Smith |
Siebel Spills Secrets Inaugural Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) violator Siebel Systems, provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software, is in trouble with the SEC yet again.  |
CFO August 1, 2004 |
Loose Lips Siebel Systems is accused of another Red FD violation... More Fallout from Tax Shelters... CFOs on the Move...  |
eCFO April 2001 Randy Myers |
Put Up or Shut Up To comply with Regulation FD, corporate officers are starting to post company news on the Web. But Reg FD has so spooked some corporate officers that they've shied away from practically any informal contact with analysts...  |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2009 Jim Mueller |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Energizer and Fair Disclosure According to a Reuters report, Energizer Holdings held a conference call with a select group of sell-side analysts after reporting earnings, giving them information not released to the general public.  |
CFO April 1, 2005 |
Proper Recognition Guidance needed on recognizing revenue...Secret Rewards... A License to Print Money?... The Right to Whisper... Light Up and You're Fired!... The Danger of Deferrals... etc.  |
CFO July 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan |
Hungry for More Reg FD has changed the way companies serve up information, leading to plenty of tension between CFOs and analysts. As the pressure on sell-side researchers grows, many analysts have moved to the buy side.  |
CFO March 1, 2010 Sarah Johnson |
Nonplussed by Non-GAAP CFOs are dismayed and discouraged by the SEC's approach to non-GAAP reporting.  |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 |
Selective Disclosure, Explained The SEC instituted a "Fair Disclosure" rule that prohibited public companies from alerting analysts and major investors to important changes before disclosing that information to the general public. So what has happened since the rule went into effect?  |
CFO November 1, 2003 |
Reforming the Big Board Is it time for reform at the NYSE?... how body language can land a CFO in hot water... FirstEnergy's embarrassing reporting blunder... new pension disclosure rules... etc.  |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
Pop the Champagne! RegFD Turns 10 Regulation Fair Disclosure, or Reg FD blocked corporate managers from sharing material information only with select Wall Street analysts; they were now required to share it publicly.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2001 Anna Chason |
Regulation Fair Disclosure: Walking the High Wire Investor relations have been described as a fencing match conducted on a tightrope. In providing information to investors and analysts, corporate officers must carefully negotiate the "high wire" and provide full information while avoiding "selective disclosures"...  |
CFO May 1, 2007 Joseph McCafferty |
The Long View Corporate managers have long complained about the pressure to focus on the short term, but now, for the first time, critics and business groups are racing to their defense. The cure for the myopia? Stop giving quarterly earnings guidance.  |
CFO July 1, 2004 Alix Nyberg |
A Matter of Emphasis Regulation G was supposed to end the abuses of pro forma reporting. Has it succeeded?  |
CFO February 1, 2003 David Campbell |
Cozying Up to Analysts Many companies that turn to "fireside chats"' also risk running afoul of Reg FD.  |
CFO May 1, 2010 Sarah Johnson |
The SEC Has a Few Questions for You This is the envelope no CFO looks forward to opening, even if the inquiry proves to be fairly routine.  |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Peer inside the strange, mixed-up world of securities analysis.  |
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Amy Borrus |
The SEC: Cracking Down On Spin The Securities & Exchange Commission is going after executives for skimpy or misleading disclosures in annual reports.  |
CFO October 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan |
Who Owns Your Stock? For CFOs, who owns the company's stock is a critical question that doesn't always have an easy answer. How much impact investor secrecy has on the efficiency of the market is unclear.  |
CFO October 1, 2002 Kris Frieswick |
Investment Banking: More Bricks in the Wall Regulators are introducing new rules to ensure the objectivity of stock analysts, but what's good for investors could be bad for CFOs.  |
Information Today August 18, 2008 Marydee Ojala |
The End of the Corporate News Release? On July 30, 2008, the SEC (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission) staff recommended that the commission issue an interpretative release to provide additional guidance to companies wishing to use their websites as vehicles to provide information to investors.  |
HBS Working Knowledge January 16, 2012 Carmen Nobel |
Private Meetings Thwart Fair Disclosure Rules Despite a federal regulation prohibiting selective information disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors, executives at public firms still spend a great deal of time in private powwows with hedge fund managers.  |
CFO March 1, 2003 Joseph McCafferty |
Mum's the Word Several companies have decided to forgo quarterly earnings guindance, but a code of silence may not be for everyone.  |
CFO May 1, 2003 Joseph McCafferty |
On Closer Examination Reform of sell-side research is creating a variety of new headaches for corporations.  |
CFO May 1, 2005 Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science.  |
CFO June 16, 2003 Laton McCartney |
Nothing to Hide Eager to be more transparent, companies are using a range of technologies to communicate with shareholders.  |
CFO March 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick |
Bar Hopping Already considered one of the most severe civil penalties for securities violations, officer and director (O/D) bars have been embraced by the Securities and Exchange Commission with a new zeal.  |
CFO April 1, 2005 Tim Reason |
The Limits of Mercy The cost of cooperating with the SEC is high. The cost of not cooperating is even higher. Faced with financial penalties, career-ending bans, and possible criminal prosecution, more individuals are choosing to fight the SEC.  |
CFO February 1, 2008 Kate Plourd |
What's in Your Wallet? The CD&A gives investors a better view of executive pay. It could also give CFOs a raise.  |
CFO June 1, 2010 Alix Stuart |
Google Shakes Up Investor Relations The tech firm tells investors to rely more heavily on its Website -- and its CFO.  |
CFO October 1, 2003 Craig Schneider |
The Attorney's Dilemma Will the SEC's new and proposed rules to turn lawyers into whistle-blowers strain relations between finance executives and corporate counsel?  |
CFO October 1, 2002 Alix Nyberg |
Regulation: Pitt and the Pendulum The kinder, gentler SEC Pitt envisioned vanished faster than you can say Arthur Andersen. Can he run a tougher, meaner agency?  |
CFO July 1, 2002 |
Take Me To Your Ledger Plus, good news for a hybrid tax shelter... why Americans don't invest abroad... NYSE wins a battle on Nasdaq's own turf... etc.  |
InternetNews April 8, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Former CA Execs Facing Up To Fraud Charges Former Computer Associates CFO Ira Zar and two others expected to plead guilty in court Thursday.  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Why I Won't Be Selling Apple The end doesn't justify the means, but it also doesn't justify a sale.  |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Amy Borrus |
Wall Street's Dirty Rotten Little Scoundrels The SEC has a new plan to turn up the heat on small-time Wall Street fraudsters.  |
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Thomas O. Gorman |
SEC v. Bank of America: Where to Go From Here? The SEC thought it had completed an investigation, brought an enforcement action and then settled it.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Reason & Stuart |
Crackdown Alert After a GAO report documents a slowdown in the SEC's case generation and penalty volume under former chairman Christopher Cox, the regulator's new leaders talk tough.  |
BusinessWeek June 19, 2006 Catherine Yang |
The Fed: No More Hints Or Whispers Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke's straight style forces Wall Street to think for itself.  |
Financial Advisor January 2004 Jay Gould |
Washed Up On The Banks Of Denial The SEC has changed its policies regarding anti-fraud consent injunctions. How should investment advisors react?  |
CFO January 10, 2007 |
In Whose Best Interest? How Accounting Firms Would Change Their Industry... Why Performance Scorecards Still Fail... The Uninspired American Employee... M&A and Option Backdating... The CFO as Investor-Relations Professional... etc.  |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Karen Donovan |
Under Siege Executives of broker/dealer firms are not exaggerating when they say it seems like regulators are locked into a competitive battle to collect the most pelts on Wall Street.  |
CFO March 1, 2003 Tim Reason |
Two Weeks in January 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.  |
CIO January 1, 2002 Ben Worthen |
How to Talk to Wall Street Advice to CIOs that talk to stock analysts.  |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You: Part 2 By giving the investing public access to information, and serving as a regulator with the power to take action to correct problems, the SEC works hard to protect investors.  |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
From Consolidation to Regulation FD: Financial Services Face a Major Upheaval Consolidation. Regulation FD. Conflicts of interest. Global competition. In discussing the state of the financial services industry, it's hard not to reference the events of Sept. 11. Yet even before that day, the industry was facing significant change on a number of fronts...  |
CFO March 15, 2006 Julia Homer |
Going Public Perhaps nothing symbolizes the complete emergence of the CFO as a public figure more than the SEC's decision to require disclosure of CFO compensation in proxy statements.  |
CFO August 1, 2002 |
TGIM A funny name for the erstwhile PwC Consulting... WorldCom gets caught in a storm... executives are asked to swear; securities suits target nontechs... etc.  |
CFO September 1, 2003 Alix Nyberg |
Sticker Shock When Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, it didn't worry about how much it would cost companies. Today, CFOs are totting up the compliance bill -- and they don't like what they see.  |
Wall Street & Technology June 29, 2005 Maria Santos |
Thomsen Replaces Cutler at SEC Enforcement Head The SEC named Linda Chatman Thomsen director of the division of enforcement. Thomsen joined the SEC in 1995 and has served as the enforcement division's deputy director since 2002.  |
CFO October 1, 2006 Lori Calabro |
Lee Ainslie: Not Hedging a Bit An interview with Maverick Capital's Lee Ainslie III on why CFOs, investors, and regulators should not be scared of hedge funds.  |