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From GAAP to Global Accounting in Seven Months
Pushed by a business imperative to switch to IFRS, a Morgan Stanley unit finds the devil in the non-accounting details. May 14, 2008
How Long Should It Take to Restate?
Too often, companies needlessly keep investors in the dark while fixing their financials, an SEC advisory group says while offering solutions. April 9, 2008
Perfomance-Pay Disclosure: Is the Honeymoon Over?
In the second year of the Compensation Disclosure & Analysis requirements for proxies, more companies are complying. But what will happen to those that don't? April 9, 2008
Barney Frank: Create a "Risk" Post
In Boston, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says that regulation needs to catch up with financial innovation and trends in securitization. March 20, 2008
SEC: Ready to Pounce on Pension Fraud
The SEC is making an example of an insider-trading scheme at an Alabama state pension fund. March 7, 2008
SEC Told to Mandate XBRL
The commission's committee for simplifying financial reporting pushes hard for interactive technology, in a document sent to Chairman Cox. February 11, 2008
Does Mass. Law Force Sarbox on Nonprofits?
A Massachusetts health-care workers' union claims that a state law requires nonprofit organizations to adhere to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions. February 8, 2008
Grant Thornton: U.K. Companies Slack on Filings
IFRS and a lack of intellectual capital are to blame, according to the auditor. February 5, 2008
Paying More for 404
A recent study on the costs of Section 404 compliance for small companies was woefully understated, observers agree. January 29, 2008
Sarbox Stings Small Biz, but How Much?
RAND Corp. study shows "empirical evidence" of steeper relative costs, stock impact, and flight from public markets after 404, but calls the findings "qualified." January 29, 2008