Regulatory Issues

• PCAOB: Experts Only for Final Audit Reviews

  But some finance executives fear the new rule could generate time-consuming, costly work. July 28, 2009

• Health Reform Would Tie Employers' Hands, Lobbyists Say

  Corporate executives will have far less leeway in designing their company's benefits because the federal government would be dictating more about how plans should be structured, according to Ernst & Young lobbyists. July 27, 2009

• How to Avoid Bank Bailouts

  CFOs and treasurers who do business with the biggest banks, insurers, and hedge funds may find it comforting if sputtering ones are red-flagged. July 24, 2009

• Downgraded

  Rating firms could lose their special status. July 24, 2009

• Companies Exasperate SEC Accounting Chief

  He chides them for citing accounting standards that "few people understand" in their financials and for their puzzling apathy on IFRS. July 17, 2009

• Taking a Scalpel to Costs

  Hospital operators brace themselves for health-care reform. July 17, 2009

• Donaldson, Levitt Back FASB Off-balance-sheet Rules

  The two former SEC chairmen are also calling for the Obama administration to slow the pace of regulatory changes to the U.S. banking system. July 16, 2009

• Clearing the Air on Carbon Disclosures

  The proposed cap-and-trade system for CO₂ will likely spark a call for more financial statement disclosures. July 8, 2009

• Protect Money Funds, Hurt Commercial Paper?

  SEC proposals to safeguard money-market mutual funds could hamper investment in short-term corporate debt, treasurers say. July 7, 2009

• The Carbon Effect on Earnings, M&A

  Proposed energy legislation will have direct and indirect consequences on the revenues, profits, and M&A transactions of heavy CO₂ emitters. July 6, 2009

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