In June 2004, CFO Research Services (a unit of CFO Publishing Corp.) launched a research program to explore senior finance executives' efforts to manage G&A costs and boost performance. In particular, the author sought to uncover and document a unique perspective on process improvement, shared services, and outsourcing among senior...
Chief Financial Officers' CFO responsibilities and key relationships are being recast as Sarbanes-Oxley takes hold. This paper talks about a new Business Finance survey that paints a disturbing portrait of the ethical challenges many finance executives face. Breaking the silence about pressure from Chief Executive Officers CEO may be the...
Researches show that mostly finance executives are involved in corporate frauds. The reason being that they have an easy access to a company’s finances. Thus, it is the onus of organizations to keep a check on the working of its finance executives. Companies should keep an eye on the fraudulent...
It is possible for an entire auditing firm to be guilty of a crime in connection with an auditing engagement while the client for whom the audit was performed is not guilty of anything. The answer to this question brings to the surface some of the underlying legal currents in...
Sept.11 transformed the insurance renewal process from a sprint into a marathon. Underwriters want detailed information and expect face-to-face meetings with senior finance executives. As companies are being forced to take on more risk, smart CFOs are toning up loss prevention, loss mitigation and claims management operations. Maintaining adequate insurance...
The article describes the fact that automation and outsourcing of cash management continues to advance. As a result finance executives will play less of a hands-on role and deal only with exceptions. Cash management was a shooting star that dazzled finance executives in the 1970s but began to fade by...
By Tim Hrenchir and Mike Hall THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A budget cut mandated by the Topeka City Council might force the Topeka Performing Arts Center to close. The council eliminated a proposed $300,000 subsidy to support TPAC before approving the city's 2009...
By Tim Hrenchir and Mike Hall THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A budget cut mandated by the Topeka City Council might force the Topeka Performing Arts Center to close. The council eliminated a proposed $300,000 subsidy to support TPAC before approving the city's 2009...
PIMCO, a leading global investmentmanagement firm, announced today that it has hired Brigitte Posch asExecutive Vice President and Portfolio Manager in its emerging marketsgroup. Ms. Posch joins PIMCO from Deutsche Bank in New York, where she was aManaging Director and Head of LatAm Securitization and Trading. Shepreviously worked at AMBAC,...
VP of Finance David Garin to Discuss Amiworld's Expansion Plans, Guidance for the Balance of 2008 and High Growth Initiatives NEW YORK -- Amiworld, Inc. (OTCBB: AMWO), an international energy company engaged in the production and distribution of diversified fuel products and services with a focus on emerging...
ALLIANCE & Leicesters four executive directors are in line for payments of up to 125 per cent of their salaries if they stay in their jobs for just over a year after the bank is bought by Banco Santander of Spain. Santander will pay David Bennett, A&Ls chief executive, and...
Mayor C. Ray Nagin and other officials today will hold a ribbon cutting for the completion of Wisdom Manor, a 33-unit, affordable, independent-living facility for the elderly at 8900 Quince St. The event is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Nagin will be...
Corporate Finance Veteran Joins Largest U.S. Publicly Traded Personal Lines Insurer NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Allstate (NYSE:ALL) today announced it has selected Don Civgin, 47, as its senior vice president and chief financial officer. As CFO, Civgin will be responsible for aligning Allstate's finance and capital structures to the...
Brian D. Conn Brings Over Twenty Years of Corporate Finance Experience SAN DIEGO -- MicroIslet Inc. (OTCBB: MIIS, http://www.microislet.com), a biotechnology company engaged in the development and commercialization of cell therapies for diabetes, has appointed Brian D. Conn to the positions of Vice President Corporate Finance and Chief...
Global Entertainment Acquisition Corp.(PINKSHEETS: GEAC), founded by iconic producer Maurice Smith, announcedtoday that it has negotiated a deal to executive produce and co-finance thethriller "Carjacked" with Golden Globe nominee Dan Grodnik and AcademyAward Winning Producer Albert S. Ruddy. The announcement culminates severalweeks of negotiations with veteran filmmaker Grodnik, who recently...
EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- MedeFinance Mede, the leading healthcare performance analytics company, today announced the recent addition of Scott Paddock as senior vice president, Payer Solutions. Paddock will lead the revenue expansion and execution of the U.S. Payer Market, reporting to CEO Mike Gallagher. Paddock joins Mede with over...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Qantas Airways Limited announced on 19 August that Peter Gregg will step down as chief financial officer and as a member of the airline's board on 30 September. He will be succeeded as CFO by Colin Storrie who is currently...
Glitnir, the leadingprovider of financing and advisory services to the global seafood industry,advised Seattle-based American Seafoods Group ("ASG") on the acquisition ofthe Alaskan Pollock assets of Yardarm Knot, Inc. Both ASG and Yardarm Knotoperate in the U.S. Bering Sea. The acquisition of these assets by ASG will enable it...
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Life Science Intelligence LSI announced this month that another new group of 31 mostly privately-held medtech companies has recently been added to the EMT Emerging Medical Technologies[R] Database: www.emergingmedicaltechnologies.com. According to LSI, this latest round of companies is collectively seeking $240M ($0.1M Seed, $31M...
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- M-Factor, Inc., the premier provider of dynamic revenue and profit optimization solutions for consumer goods companies, announced that Bruce Pagliuca has been appointed as the new Senior Vice President of Operations. In his new role he will oversee the company's customer related activities including advisory consulting,...
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