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Real Estate Portfolio Mar/Apr 2002 Ray Milnes	Audit Committees -- A Perspective on Utilizing Internal Audit Resources A brisk current of regulatory change is sweeping through America's corporate boardrooms aimed at strengthening the independence and effectiveness of corporate audit committees, including those of REITs and other publicly traded real estate companies...
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CFO January 1, 2009 Kate Plourd	Rethinking Risk Companies have never been more motivated to revisit risk management, but improvements will come slowly.
CFO November 1, 2011 Sarah Johnson	Very Big, Yet Hard to See More companies are incorporating strategic risk management into their broader risk programs.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2011 Naomi Snyder	A New Mandate for Risk Management The financial crisis revealed serious risk management deficiencies throughout the banking industry, and now the feds are forcing boards to accept direct responsibility for the risks their institutions take.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Charles Keenan	Front-burner Issues for the Audit Committee The audit committee's roles and responsibilities continue to broaden as evolving regulation and increasing demands for risk oversight turn up the heat on bank boards.
CFO January 30, 2004 Scott Leibs	New Terrain Post-Enron reforms have made dramatic alterations to the landscape of corporate governance. Boards, their committees, and internal auditors now have greater responsibilities and powers. How will these reforms change the CFO's job?
CFO November 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game.
CFO April 15, 2012 Alix Stuart	How to Direct a Risk Team CFOs are playing a bigger role in risk management. To succeed, they have to assemble and lead the right cast and crew.
OCC Bulletin May 10, 2004	Risk Management of New, Expanded, or Modified Bank Products and Services The risk management principles in this bulletin outline the expectations of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and apply to the introduction of traditional and non-traditional bank products and services, as well as modifications to existing products and services.
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 Kenneth L. Glascock	Internal Audit: Boosting Your ROI A high-performance audit function can help the bank and board achieve its risk-adjusted goals.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	This Plate Runneth Over Audit committee members are taking hits from all sides these days.
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2003 James B. Wright	Governing REIT Compensation As recent well-publicized REIT proxy/management battles have demonstrated, REIT governance issues are no longer under the radar. In time, shareholder concerns (and any REIT vulnerabilities) relative to independent compensation decisions will also receive scrutiny.
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 September 1, 2002 David M. Katz	The Insiders Do internal auditors have a bigger role to play in ensuring the integrity of financial reports?
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.
HBS Working Knowledge October 24, 2005 Nolan & McFarlan	Building an IT Governance Committee A company that decides it needs board-level IT oversight must do three things: Select the appropriate members and the chairman, determine the group's relationship to the audit committee, and prepare the charter.
IndustryWeek March 17, 2010 Jill Jusko	Riskier Business Today's uncertain economic climate is driving greater focus on risk management.
Bank Technology News August 2009 John Adams	The New Generals CROs are being charged with a broader swath of IT-related risk management.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010	Risk Management Tops Audit Committee's Stress List Highlights of the latest quarterly research in conjunction with Grant Thornton LLP.
CFO July 1, 2003 Kris Frieswick	How Audits Must Change Auditors face more pressure to find fraud.
CFO June 15, 2012 Sarah Johnson	Do Your Internal Auditors Have the Right Skills? Companies are putting a premium on critical thinking and data-mining expertise.
Financial Planning January 1, 2005 Abigail La Croix	5 Questions Michael R. Young, a litigation attorney and partner at New York law firm Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, shares his perspective on financial reporting and the securities industry, with particular emphasis on accounting irregularities.
Knowledge@Wharton June 18, 2003	Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 John Reeves	Let's Fix Risk Committees Should we require corporate boards to establish risk committees?
CFO May 1, 2007 Alix Nyberg Stuart	Board Battles Even as conflicts between CEOs and directors erupt, finance chiefs can wield influence on both sides.
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2002 Kenneth L. Betts	Avoiding Enron: Counseling the Audit Committee In general, the role of the audit committee is to review the financial operations and statements of a company and to affirm the integrity and accuracy of the preparation and dissemination of that information. Now audit committees need closer observation, support and liability protection.
Insurance & Technology August 20, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	ERM Strategies Enable Insurers' to Play Stronger Offense as Well as Defense As insurers adopt genuine enterprise risk management culture, methodology and technology capabilities, they position themselves to price with greater precision and meet rapidly evolving compliance requirements.
Insurance & Technology April 2, 2004 Julie Gallagher	Successful ERM Eludes Carriers Technology challenges widen the gap between successful enterprise risk management planning and execution.
CFO October 1, 2003 Lori Calabro	Above Board Regulators and shareholders want compensation committees to explain why CEOs make so much.
CFO April 1, 2011 Robert Pozen	A Three-Step Plan for CFOs How to help your audit committee work more effectively.
Bank Technology News July 2010 Todd Cooper	Risk Culture's Driven by IT Investing in sound risk management practices and a technology offering to support them leads financial service organizations to a healthier bottom line, a solid reputation and a strong competitive position in the marketplace.
CFO November 17, 2003 John Verity	Risk Management Although the term itself risks overuse and confusion, "risk managment" may provide a way to improve internal controls.
CFO April 1, 2010 Tim Reason	Auditing Your Auditor After nearly a decade of turmoil, companies have gained the advantage in negotiating with their auditors.
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CFO January 1, 2005 Roy Harris	Across the Board Spurred by regulatory change, directors and CFOs forge a new relationship.
Insurance & Technology March 2, 2006 Anthony O'Donnell	Greater Expectations In an era of fluctuating markets, terrorist attacks, tsunamis and back-to-back record Atlantic hurricane seasons, excellence in risk management is an increasingly important quality of insurance companies.
Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2002 William D. Sanders	Working Toward Improved Disclosure Every publicly traded real estate company shares the responsibility to provide clear, transparent financial information to investors...
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Paula Dwyer	A Talk with William McDonough The new accounting oversight board's chairman says the profession should see the PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) as "its mentor-cum-ally."
CFO March 15, 2006 Helen Shaw	The Trouble with COSO Critics say the Treadway Commission's controls framework is outdated, onerous, and overly complicated -- especially for mid-level financial managers. But is there an alternative?
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 Eugene A. Ludwig	Discerning the New Financial Services Landscape The former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and vice chairman of Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, offers his views on what is likely to come out of upcoming reform legislation as well as areas that are far from clear.
Bank Technology News July 2010 Michael Sisk	Mastering a Mountain of Risk Seeing the unseeable may be impossible, but risk experts contend it is possible to install technology that can sense when risks are getting out of kilter and empower managers to back away from those risks quickly.
CFO March 1, 2008 Vincent Ryan	No Cakewalk S&P takes its shot at analyzing companies' ERM practices. Lots of luck, some say.
CFO August 1, 2004 Don Durfee	Watch Your Back A number of companies think they have found a way to create better-examined plans -- by formally linking risk management and strategic planning, something risk managers have long advocated.
Bank Systems & Technology February 19, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	ERM Push Among Banks Intensifies One theme commonly expressed among experts is that an infrastructure that gives banks a broader view of risk could have helped avoid much of the calamity of 2008. Has enterprise risk management's time finally come?
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Nanette Byrnes	The Comeback Of Consulting It's once more a huge business for Big Four auditors like Deloitte & Touche, thanks partly to Sarbanes-Oxley rules.
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CFO May 1, 2003 Alix Nyberg	Two Masters? Facing a Stronger Board: Welcome to life under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, where many finance chiefs find new authority figures placed on boards that may have once been the personal fiefdom of the CEO.