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- NIRI Seattle Announces September 11 Chapter Meeting
- Trading Trends in a Volatile Economy SEATTLE -- The Seattle Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute NIRI is pleased to kick off its '08-'09 program season with esteemed economist, Frank M. Hatheway, who serves as Chief Economist with the Nasdaq Stock Market. Frank will review the significant...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- SEC moves forward on XBRL
- Several prominent business groups, including Financial Executives International FEI, may be of the opinion that the Securities & Exchange Commission SEC essentially stuck it to the corporate reporting community when it published its proposed rule that would force the Fortune 500 to start filing certain data with the SEC using...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Reducing complexity: FEI's Michael Cangemi envisions a future with simplified financial reporting and a single set of worldwide standards
- IT'S BEEN A TURBULENT FEW YEARS for the world's top financial executives. New financial reporting requirements and ever-changing accounting standards have made their jobs increasingly complex. That's not to mention the specter of globalization, converging U.S. and international standards, and an evolving concept of internal control. What's needed now isn't...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Regulation: a help or hindrance to business growth?(FEI@75)(financial reporting)
- It's more coincidence than cause and effect, but Financial Executives International and substantial financial regulation were born at just about the same time. Thus, they share a history of about 75 years. But the first inklings of regulation appeared a little earlier--during the...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- The trouble with SOX.
- Byline: Ramona Dzinkowski Aug 03, 2006 (INTHEBLACK - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is a source of controversy among US finance officers. In May 2006, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the US Securities & Exchange Commission organised...
- Research articles 2006-08-03
- Top 10 Reporting Challenges for 2005
- REGULATORY MINEFIELDCOMPANIES' FINANCIAL REPORTING BURDEN has grown decidedly heavier in the last couple of years, and upcoming FASB and sec initiatives will ensure that the trend continues. Financial Executives International FEI, based in Florham Park, N.J., has published a list of the critical financial reporting challenges companies can expect to...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- FEI and NIRI Issue Earnings Press Release Guidance; Encourage Inclusion of GAAP Financial Results
- Business Editors/Banking Writers MORRISTOWN, N.J. & VIENNA, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 26, 2001 Financial Executives International FEI and The National Investor Relations Institute NIRI today jointly issued best practices guidelines for company-issued earnings press releases addressing, in particular, the use of "pro forma" numbers. FEI and NIRI concluded that although...
- Research articles 2001-04-26
- Mid-level finance 'careers in motion'.(web services)(Financial Executives International)(Brief Article)
- FEI Career Services recently launched a new career center for junior and mid-level finance professionals. Diane Albergo, director of career services, says Careers in Motion was created to assist FEI members in finding candidates for their finance and FEI Career Services recently launched a new career...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- New: Finance Tools. (Member Services).(updated Finance Tools available on Financial Executives International's Web site)(Brief Article)
- In the recently updated Finance Tools section of FEI's Web site are new and helpful additions on these and other much-needed subjects: Audit Committee Charters and Request for Proposals RFPs for Auditor Services. In the recently updated Finance Tools section of FEI's Web ...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- Bob Shepler.(People)(Financial Executives International Committee on Finance and Information Technology)(Brief Article)
- Bob Shepler, Director, Federal Affairs, has taken on an additional role, that of ... Bob Shepler, Director, Federal Affairs, has taken on an additional role, that of staff liaison for FEI's Committee on Finance and Information Technology CFIT.
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Debt vs Saving
- According to literature U.S. corporations have issued more than $45 billion in "synthetic putable" debt since 1996. The driving force behind these popularity has been the twin combination of low interest rates and high-implied volatilities in the fixed-income option market. If rates go up, the debt issuer pockets the premium...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Making Mergers Work
- In 1999, Corporate Mergers in the United States alone totaled a staggering $3.44 trillion and despite the well-publicized, much-analyzed fact that many of these mergers - up to 70%, according to some estimates - failed to create value. thus it seems clear that the end is not yet in...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- One Hundred Seventh Congress of the United States of America - An Act
- This document presents detailed information along with the applicable and relevant Sections and Sub-Sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The primary motive of this act was to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws, and for other purposes.
- White papers 2002-01-23
- Rebuilding Investor Confidence,
- The article shares that Sarbanes-Oxley has been a very good piece of legislation. There is always the risk that regulations hastily drawn up in the heat of scandal announcements may overreach or may generate unplanned consequences. That does not seem to be the case with this law. It also discusses...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Circles of Influence
- The article brings in issue that the long arm of Sarbanes-Oxley touches the private as well as the public sector and that might not be so bad. It says, while the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was aimed at the governance of public companies in the wake of scandals surrounding Enron, WorldCom and...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Internal Audit: Active Ingredient in Reform Mix
- Shareholders expect audit committees to be independent and effective watchdogs over financial reporting for the corporate boards on which they serve. In turn, audit committee members look to senior management to set the right ethical tone, communicate accurate and timely information, identify risks and understand controls for good risk management....
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Today's Governance Codes: Demanding, Confusing and, Ultimately, How Effective?
- "This article discusses how a meaningful code of conduct can be established and how to create a framework for complying with Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, which requires a company's management to present an internal control assessment in the company's annual report. Sarbanes-Oxley will ensure that there will be fewer corporate...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- FASB Improves Accounting for Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity
- The Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB has issued Statement No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity. The Statement improves the accounting for certain financial instruments that, under previous guidance, issuers could account for as equity. The new Statement requires that those instruments be...
- White papers 2003-05-15
- FASB Adds Projects to Its Agenda on Employee Stock Options and Pensions
- Responding to requests from investors, financial analysts and other users of financial information, the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB have added to its agenda two projects that will seek to improve the accounting and disclosures relating to stock-based compensation and pension costs. The Board plans to start deliberating the key...
- White papers 2003-03-12
- Managing Risk: An Enterprise-Wide Approach
- As the Internet evolves, companies in all industries are rethinking the basics: business models, core strategies and target customer bases. These new developments create new issues related to risk and risk management. Managing risk on an integrated and enterprise-wide basis is a vital issue confronting executives, with the CFO a...
- White papers 2001-04-01
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