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- 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
- Nothing But The Truth
- Three companies: one struggling after a bad quarter, one redirecting business to rebuild confidence after an accounting misstep and one dot-com trying to get on the map. But when they talk to investors, in essence they tell the same tale. If one is not paying attention then, securities analysts are...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Mr.or Ms.CFO: You're On! - Role in Corporate Communication
- Multi-media dissemination of information now plays a major role in the life of every person and every business, with the business media the hottest-growing segment. Dealing with the business media is the responsibility of every senior executive, to ensure that messages about the organization are conveyed in the form and...
- White papers 2001-09-01
- Electronic Resistance
- The Internet offers unique and powerful investor-relations advantages. So why aren't more companies making the most of them? This concept is focused in the article. Though many companies are enhancing their web-enabled investor-relations capabilities, the Internet remains a largely underutilized IR tool. While the web offers IR professionals obvious advantages...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Attention Must Be Paid : Investor Relation Story
- The statement discussed in the article is "Be persistent in seeking notice if you think your company is being ignored." The challenge for many investor relations officers is to get investor and analyst attention. Reality is that most companies simply aren't well known or even a little known by the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Parlez-vous Investor Relations?
- "Pay attention to some differences between investors in the U.S. and Europe, and you can put on a jolly good IR show." This article is about the investors relations practice in U.S. and European Economy. As markets globalize and technology compresses time and distance, variations in allocation patterns between...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Leverage Competencies : What You Need To Lead
- As a financial executive, one has to see - up close and personal - the powerful tidal wave of change sweeping the corporate finance function. No one has to tell that finance has come a long way from its bean-counter days. But as one strives to reach beyond the confines...
- White papers 2000-12-01
- FASB Business Combinations and Intangible Assets Project Analysis
- A Yet there are often compelling reasons for privately held businesses to obtain them, too. Armed with a fairness opinion, a company's senior management and board of directors can make better- informed decisions about a change-of-control transaction and avoid possible turmoil down the road. The boards of private companies are...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: From Project To Practice
- From the executive summary: ‘Most companies today are conducting substantial, even massive, projects around Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 requirements. There is a growing need, however, to transform that initial project effort into sustainable practice as companies realize that the ‘deadline' is not the finish line. The transition from a compliance project...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Sarbanes-Oxley 404: A Compliance Game Plan
- From the executive summary: ‘For public company finance executives, compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires disciplined project management and a thorough consideration of the appropriate roles to be played by management and its advisors and auditors.' The paper examines the provisions of Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act....
- White papers 2003-06-01
- The Clock Ticks On Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
- From the executive summary: ‘Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 mandates an annual evaluation of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting, and requires management to assess and vouch for the effectiveness of these controls. In addition, Sarbanes-Oxley requires a company's independent auditor to complete a separate report that attests to management's assessment...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Implementing Sarbanes-Oxley: Early Feedback
- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 contains provision regarding inclusion of procedures for financial reporting in the internal control report of the company. The Act provides a framework for enhancing the quality of financial information by streamlining the auditing process. This way the Act seeks to reform the auditing practices. The...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Myths And Realities Of Sarbanes-Oxley
- Recent corporate scandals necessitated the formulation and passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The same seeks to redefine and streamline corporate accounting practices and Corporate Governance frameworks in organizations. However, some myths prevail regarding a particular Section of the Act. The paper examines the same.
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Offshoring' Drive For Savings Accelerates
- From the executive summary: ‘Multishoring essentially means outsourcing work to more than one offshore location, and it is accelerating at the largest multinationals. It is not just technology functions like software development that are being sent overseas, moreover, but a whole raft of business processes like customer service and financial...
- White papers 2003-09-01
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