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How to Use Financial Analytics to Unlock Profitability
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Events & Research
Networking, education, and information for finance executives.
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The Performance CFO, Milan
Milan Jul 09, 2009
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CFO Rising West 2009
Las Vegas, NV Sep 21 - Sep 23, 2009
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Today in Finance July 2, 2009
Revenue Recognition: Will a Single Model Fly?
Elements unique to long-term contracts pose a challenge for FASB and IASB in their bid to create one standard covering all customer relationships.
- Twice the Time and Effort for a Revolver
- CFOs on the Move: Week Ending July 3
- Banks Take Aim at Revolvers
- Will Whopping Goodwill Hits Hurt Deals?
- Treasurers Cling to Safety
- ICE Energy's David Schwarzbach
- Citigroup Ready for a "Tax Poison Pill"
- Speed Bumps for Early XBRL Filers, Users
- AIG Sells Shares to the Fed
See What You Missed
Build a "fortress balance sheet." Maintain good credit ratings. Don't wait until 2012 to renew your five-year revolver. That was some of the advice from speakers at the recent CFO Core Concerns conference June. Didn't make the show? Don't worry: Our editors were there to record some of the sessions you missed.
Our next conference is CFO Rising West, September 21-23 in Las Vegas. For more information, click here.
Features
The Fair-Value Deadbeat Debate Returns
On hiatus while other fair-value questions were debated, the hotly-contested issue of why companies can book a gain when their credit rating sinks has returned to center stage. June 25, 2009
Study: Free-Cash Rise May Signal Start of Economic Turn
But without revenue strength, cost cutting and tough debt collection can only go so far. June 23, 2009
International Standard Setters Have Their Say on MD&A
Although the IASB's first proposed guidance on management commentary purports to set up best practices, some board members think it's superfluous. June 23, 2009
Pension Woes May Have Led to 401(k) Cuts, Study Finds
Faced with unexpected asset losses and liability growth in their traditional pensions, many employers have suspended matches to their employees' defined-contribution accounts. June 16, 2009
New Rule Cites Lawsuit and Bankruptcy Disclosures
FAS 165 calls on companies to recognize "subsequent events" in their financial results related to litigation settlements and a customer's bankruptcy filings. June 15, 2009
Leadership in Finance: MF Global's Randy MacDonald
The CFO talks about his rocky first year as CFO of the options brokerage. June 15, 2009
Changes on the Way for Target Date Funds?
Regulators are eyeing the popular retirement plan options, which recorded surprisingly poor results last year. June 24, 2009
Another Fair Value Rule Tweak Is in the Works
This time, FASB is hoping to clarify the rules on valuing "alternative" investment vehicles. June 22, 2009
For Good Cash Forecasts, Use the 80/20 Rule
When it comes to forecasting, striving for perfection can be a fool's errand. June 18, 2009
A Fortress Balance Sheet
Two seasoned treasurers say what's on their minds — and making balance sheets shock-proof is just one notion. June 18, 2009
Will the New FASB Code Change Accounting?
Less than three weeks away from the July 1 launch of the codification system, there are still many unknowns. June 17, 2009
The Quest for Capital
CFOs are putting on their negotiating hats as they face pressure from customers for more lenient payment terms, as well as from their increasingly intolerant banks. June 16, 2009
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