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Journal Defies Odds by Maintaining Paywall: Almost alone in its field, the Wall Street Journal has been able to maintain its online paid subscription model when virtually every other news site has abandoned the paid-content approach. When he first took over the Journal last year, Rupert Murdoch said he would scrap the subscription...; Tags: Financial Planning, David Weir, subscription model; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Canada Develops Sarbanes-Like Reporting Requirements: The paper depicts that Canadian companies are following their American counterparts into the world of detailed reporting on internal control over financial reporting. It informs that the Canadian Securities Administrators CSA ended the comment period on Proposed Multilateral Instrument 52-111 Reporting on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. This is Canada's...; Tags: Financial Planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, Protiviti, internal control, financial reporting, Canada, Section 404, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act; White papers
Models for Finance: Business Reference Models for Audit and Finance: Proforma created audit and finance models in response to demands for a more effective way to document financial processes and internal controls. Proforma collaborated with audit and financial reporting experts to develop a series of pre-built best practice financial process and control models housed within ProVision, the premier visual process...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial Planning, financial reporting, internal control, audit, financial, finance, best practice, payroll, modeling; White papers
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance for Regional Telecommunication and Technology Company: Protiviti assisted the company with its Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts. The project scope includes performing an Entity Level Controls Review, identifying key financial reporting elements, prioritizing business processes, and documenting high-risk processes and their associated risks and controls. In addition, it assisted them in documenting their chosen 'pilot' process, External Reporting....; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Financial Planning, Regulations, Protiviti, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, financial, business process, telecommunications; Case studies
Internal Audit Directors Sign-Off SOA Sub-certifications: The paper depicts that when the first round of Sarbanes-Oxley filings occurred in 2004, CEOs and CFOs are understandably focused on attaining the highest degree of confidence in financial reporting documentation. At many organizations, management's concern over signing on the dotted line resulted in a de facto extension of that...; Tags: Financial Planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Protiviti, financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, financial; White papers

Task Force Recommends Pursuing Changes in GAAP for Private Companies: After conducting extensive research to ensure the opinions of all constituents were heard, the Private Company Financial Reporting Task Force has unanimously recommended that a process be established to evaluate potential changes to generally accepted accounting principles to improve the usefulness of financial reporting for private companies. Specifically, the task...; Tags: AICPA, GAAP, constituent, financial reporting, financial, accounting; White papers
GAAP for Private Companies: The Private Company Task Force conducted extensive research on the issue of private company financial reporting. This paper briefs about the task force's findings and conclusions. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP for private companies should be developed based on concepts and accounting that are appropriate for the distinctly different needs...; Tags: AICPA, GAAP, accounting, financial reporting, financial; White papers
Sarbanes-Oxley and Private Companies: Operating in a New Environment: Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA calls for extensive changes in financial reporting and disclosure systems, and restricts how public companies and their auditors work together. Many private organizations already have implemented some of these requirements in their financial reporting and in their dealings with their lenders, stakeholders and auditors. This article provides...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Financial Planning, Regulations, Protiviti, financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, financial, SOA, environment; White papers
The Latest Trends in North American Cash Management: Fragmentation is a key driver of corporate inefficiency. This has long been the case in the movement of paper checks and related remittance documents within the U.S. payments system, and the flow of goods, trade-related documents and funds within the broader global supply chain. As corporate treasurers pursue end-to-end automation...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Financial Planning, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., financial reporting, supply chain, payment, working capital, financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, compliance; White papers
Best Practices in Selecting Performance Management Solution: A new generation of sophisticated, web-based database applications is changing the way companies look at planning and financial reporting. A new generation of sophisticated, web-based database applications is changing the way companies look at planning and financial reporting. These Corporate Performance Management CPM applications combine a wide variety of financial...; Tags: Financial Planning, Business intelligence, Financial accounting, financial reporting, corporate performance management, financial, performance management, data source, database, best practice, Web, performance; White papers
Wake-Up Call - Banks Now Actively Seeking Solutions to Basel II Compliance: After a period of hesitancy, banks are coming to grips with the broad implications of the Basel II Accord, the most radical set of banking regulations since the original Accord of 1988. Organizations that became Basel II-compliant early gained real competitive advantages through superior capital efficiency, data and risk management...; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial services, Strategy, Accenture Ltd., Basel II, risk management, bank, financial reporting, decision-making, competitive advantage, banking, brand, financial; White papers
IT Systems and SOX Compliance: IT plays a critical role in the operations of an organization. It is difficult to imagine a successful organization existing in the 21st century without some level of reliance on IT systems. In today's environment, financial reporting processes are driven by IT systems. Such systems are deeply embedded in initiating,...; Tags: Financial Planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Financial accounting, MetricStream Inc., financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX compliance, financial, information technology, compliance, environment; White papers
The Impact of the newly emerging field of Financial Data Quality Management (FDQM) on Group Reporting and Performance Management Processes: Data quality management could be regarded as the less glamorous end of the Reporting Supply Chain RSC. After all, most of the attention and interest are lavished on the latest portal, reporting tool or dashboard. Yet, mismanagement or neglect of underlying balance information or interfaces can place the...; Tags: Business intelligence, Financial Planning, Financial accounting, Hyperion Solutions Corp., financial reporting, performance management, data quality, reporting tool, financial, budgeting, dashboard, forecasting, analytics, performance, portal; White papers
Internal Audit's Role in Identification and Investigation of Frauds and Other Financial Reporting Irregularities: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which Congress passed and President Bush signed last year, is one result of the public backlash against the rash of corporate scandals that have been coming to light. The act includes a variety of measures to improve corporate governance; including new reporting requirements to restore trust in...; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial accounting, Protiviti, financial reporting, irregularity, fraud, financial, corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, audit; White papers
Sarbanes-Oxley and BPM: Selecting Software That Will Enhance Compliance: Since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act became law in 2002, companies have been scrambling to update their financial reporting processes. Forward-looking businesses have turned to BPM systems to facilitate ongoing compliance. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX went into effect in July 2002; since then, it has had a far-reaching and complex impact on...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Financial Planning, Business process automation, Operational planning, Montgomery Research Inc., financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, BPM, International Accounting Standard, compliance, financial, software; White papers
Understanding Financial Reporting: Financial reporting, done annually by private enterprises and quarterly by public companies, offers essential information about the financial health of an organization. Interested parties often use this information to support investing and financing decisions. Companies prepare their reports in an agreed format, including a balance sheet, income statement, cash flow...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial statements, Financial Planning, BNET Editorial, financial reporting, financial statement, annual, SEC, financial, MD&A, financing, Cash Flow Statement, accrual, agreement, GAAP, annual reports, shareholder, income statement, income, appraisal; Articles 2007-09-28
Identifying Capital and Operating Leases: Payments for leased corporate assets must be accounted for in financial statements, to accurately reflectthe company's financial obligations. There are two accounting methods, one for each type of lease: “operating” or “capital.”The FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board has developed objective criteria to help managers identify the type of lease based...; Tags: Asset management, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, BNET Editorial, lease, lessor, Financial Accounting Standards Board, asset, payment, interest rate, leasing, financial reporting, balance sheet, financial, insurance, accounting; Articles 2007-08-13
A Sociology Of The Translation Of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems To Financial Reporting: A corporation operating in the market for energy by-products collapsed because of off-balance financial speculations accommodated by use of Special Purpose Entities SPE. After the disclosure of these frauds, that company, called Enron, previously "Market high-flier", declared itself bankrupt, thus dissipating the retirement funds of individual employees. The object of...; Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Financial Planning, University of Trento, financial reporting, ERP, accounting, financial, software; White papers 2007-01-23
What We've Got Here Is a Failure to Communicate: How Traditional Financial Reporting Contributes to Misunderstanding of Title Insurance Loss Activity: This paper focuses on a specific financial reporting practice that has contributed to the Title insurance industry's failure to communicate the unique characteristics associated with its loss containment activities. The author believes that communication can be enhanced if both parties, the Title industry and its regulators, address and acknowledge the...; Tags: Real estate, Financial Planning, title insurance, financial reporting, financial, industry; White papers 2006-11-01
Conduct Your Own SWOT Analysis: Tags: Strategy, Financial Accounting Standards Board, accounting, capital market, financial, financial accounting, financial reporting, financial statement, standards; Articles 2007-02-05