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CFO
November 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Facing the Bear: The 2002 Compensation Survey With stock options under scrutiny, companies are once again seeking the elusive link between pay and performance.   |
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For Good Measure A raft of proposals for audit reform... Providence takes aim at poison pills... where the bankruptcies are... all aboard the junk-bond bandwagon... etc. |
| CFO |
Pitt On The Spot Plus, trade-show taxes... split-dollar life insurance... our quarterly Global Confidence Survey... |
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
July 1, 2007
Scott Leibs |
Five Years and Accounting This story is Part 1 in a three-part series on how corporate finance has changed since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed. |
CFO
October 1, 2002 |
Legal Unease A good board member is hard to find... the high price of audit reform... Congress takes aim at deferred compensation... etc. |
CFO
June 1, 2009
Russ Banham |
Fray on Pay The battle over executive compensation and what it means for you. |
CFO
July 1, 2004 |
Double Standards? How controlled companies avoid independence rules... Name Game... Congress Weighs In -- Again... The Tortinator... etc. |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess? |
CFO
November 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Up With finance talent in high demand, companies are boosting compensation -- and making some demands of their own. |
CFO
August 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before. |
CFO
May 1, 2007 |
Critical Masses The Anti-Sarbox Chorus Gets Louder... Shareholder Proposals Target Board Governance... Nations Move to Unite Their Tax Policies... Consumer-Driven Health Plans Catch on with Companies, But Not Workers... etc. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
CFO Staff |
Washington Weighs In Plus, VCs begin to test the waters; the New York Board of Trade, one year later; the ease of employee pay-cards; the Global Confidence Survey; and more. |
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
July 1, 2007
Michelle Leder |
Drowning in Data The new compensation disclosure rules deliver plenty of information. Too bad much of it doesn't make sense. Clearly, CFOs have more responsibilities than ever before, the annual proxy statement being just one. |
U.S. Banker
November 2005 |
Executive Compensation & The Boardroom Dilemma Investors shouldn't have to sift through every number on a proxy statement to determine total executive compensation. Now the SEC wants all payouts and perks -- including costs for corporate jets and housing -- out in plainer view. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Nanette Byrnes |
Reform: Who's Making the Grade A performance review for CEOs, boards, analysts, and others |
CFO
October 1, 2010
Russ Banham |
A Matter of Perception CFO compensation is up and down. That should make shareholders and finance chiefs happy, which is no easy feat. |
CFO
January 30, 2004 |
Is 10 Years Enough? Did Former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow get all he deserved? Also: why equity research is moving to India; the effect of Medicare reform on retiree benefits; Citigroup in the hot seat, again; the tax-friendly status of online commerce may be in jeopardy; more. |
CFO
February 1, 2003
Tim Reason |
Questions of Value Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up. |
CFO
August 1, 2005 |
Behind Shadow Accounts Shining a Light on Shadow Retirement Accounts... Congress Takes Aim at Underfunded Pensions... What States Are Doing to Alleviate the Health-Care Burden... Going Public in Canada... Out-of-Town Shareholder Meetings... etc. |
CFO
March 1, 2005 |
Targeting Executive Pay The SEC sets its sights on exec comp... Restatements soared in 2004... Will Blockbuster's gamble on eliminating late fees pay off?... etc. |
CFO
February 1, 2006 |
So Long Footnoted Liabilities Pensions and other retiree benefits are graduating to the balance sheet... How far should a company go to protect its compensation information?... Choosing your auditor wisely may help protect your stock price... etc. |
CFO
September 1, 2003 |
Windows into Valuation Microsoft weighs in on the debate over expensing stock options; the battle for shareholder proxy access heats up; health-care costs are still soaring; a conversation with FEI's Colleen Sayther; GM's record bond deal; and more. |
CFO
May 8, 2006 |
Delayed Reactions Sarbanes-Oxley is Still Wreaking Havoc on Corporate Reporting... A Hotter Shade of Pink... Pensions Spark Credit Ratings Debate... What Board Members Want from the CFO... etc. |
CFO
April 1, 2003
Schneider & Reason |
Questionable Yield The White House wants dividends to be tax-free. But will companies pay out? |
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. |
CFO
August 1, 2004 |
Tax Reform Hold Up Congress battles over new corporate tax reform... Opinions on Offshoring... Safety Net or Deal Breaker?... Charitable Misgivings... California Dreamin'?... Tax Reform Hold Up... etc. |
CFO
March 1, 2005 |
Paradigm Shifts The 20 events that most altered the practice of corporate finance since CFO magazine first began reporting on it in 1985. |
CFO
December 1, 2003 |
Dividends Bounce Back A record number of companies, including Microsoft, Best Buy, and RadioShack, issue dividends... FASB hands out a FIN 46 reprieve... bank-tying practices leave the GAO in a knot... tax attorneys exit the Big Four in droves... and more. |
CFO
December 1, 2002
CFO Staff |
Is This The End? When is a recession over? When these folks say it is... Why some large companies are enamored of reverse stock splits... Stock-option hedging could soon be extinct... FASB's possible move to principles-based accounting... etc. |
CFO
March 1, 2004 |
Making the List The SEC tries to tease apart the tangled connections between pension-investment consultants and money managers. Also: IRS aims to soup up audits; companies collecting antidumping tariffs; hotel fees irk business travelers; and more. |
CFO
April 1, 2006 |
States to Employers: Pay Up States press companies to provide employee health-care coverage... Taking Stock of SARs... Double the Fun... Total U.S. Tort Costs Continue to Climb... Pricier Premiums... Insuring the Books... Need More Time to File Taxes?... etc. |
CFO
October 1, 2004
Tim Reason |
Changing Fortunes: The 2004 Compensation Survey To be sure, stock options are not going away. But with those options tainted, pay packages grow more diverse -- and smaller. |
CFO
September 1, 2005
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Can You Spot the Finance Expert? Two years after the SEC started requiring finance experts on audit committees, it's still not clear who qualifies, or whether it really makes a difference. |
CFO
October 1, 2003
Lori Calabro |
Above Board Regulators and shareholders want compensation committees to explain why CEOs make so much. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
David M. Katz |
Fair-Value Revolution Historical cost accounting is fading as Corporate America marches into a new era. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009
John R. Engen |
Navigating Compensation Risk Reform and regulation are changing the executive pay landscape and directors are finding the once-solid concept of pay for performance beginning to crack under pressure. |
CFO
June 1, 2003 |
The Plan of Plan B's Do plan B accounting firms present a real threat to the Big Four?... Master of Science in Financial Engineering program at Kent State University began trading derivatives on a simulated trading floor... Gov fails audit... Directors getting paid more... etc. |
CFO
November 1, 2009
Russ Banham |
Losing Altitude CFO pay in 2008 fell for the first time in years as the recession dragged down corporate performance. |
CFO
May 1, 2003
Arthur Levitt |
You Are the Guardians Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt offers some pointed advice on how to restore confidence in corporate accounting. |
CFO
March 1, 2007 |
Standard vs. Practices The move to principles-based accounting raises concerns... Going for the Records... Six Stigma?... So Much for that Post-Enron Glow... Private Equity Attracts Public Scrutiny... Healthy Debates... etc. |
| CFO |
Full Disclosure Edmund Jenkins reflects on his leadership of FASB through difficult times... |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
CFO
April 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Devil in the Details Executives' contracts are attracting a tremendous amount of scrutiny in today's regulatory environment. |
| CFO |
Bad Sign Fraud comes in all sizes... Plus, companies beat lawmakers to the punch by revamping 401(k) policies; net present value for dummies, a return to normalcy and cash flow; and more... |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
No More Mr. Nice Guy A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea. |
CFO
June 1, 2004 |
Break Up the Big Four? It may be time to break up the largest accounting firms... Calpers steps up its shareholder activism... Commercial banks provide a viable alternative to IPO underwriting... New rules for overtime pay... etc. |
CFO
June 1, 2005 |
Gillette Deal Gets Nicked Why the finance chief's job is becoming a revolving door... Is outsourcing on the outs?... What's buried in the new bankruptcy bill... The battle over Gillette's sale to Proctor & Gamble... The latest stock-option valuation models... etc. |
CFO
January 1, 2003
Joseph McCafferty |
Funding Fun House Critics say current accounting lets companies distort the picture they present of pension plan performance. |
