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- FASB Proposes End to Shortcut Many Treasurers Use to Reduce Earnings Volatility
At a meeting last week FASB reaffirmed its postion to move toward a "bifurcation by risk" model to evaluate hedge effectiveness....
March 17, 2010
- Is Your Company Vigilant in the Fight Against Corporate Fraud?
According to research conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, fraud costs U.S. organizations losses estimated at 7 percent of annual revenues. Yet external auditors only detect approximately 9 percent of all fraud cases....
March 17, 2010
- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Releases Financial Regulatory Reform Bill
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd unveiled a new bill to systematically reform the financial regulatory structure of U.S. capital markets....
March 16, 2010
- AFP EconWatch -- March 15, 2010
Despite a wild month of weather and shaky consumer confidence, February was good to retailers. The Census Bureau's report on retail sales follows a similar positive report from chain stores released during the previous week. Yet, despite the strong month, the retail sales pace was slower than that of the peak experienced during late 2007 as the labor market has not benefited from the recent rebound in the economy....
March 15, 2010
- Taming Commodity Risk, A Two-tier Hedging Strategy
Companies hedging commodity risk traditionally relied on procurement strategies such as fixed price contracts, escalation clauses and inventory stockpiling to minimize the risk of price escalation, but procurement measures alone often are not enough...
March 12, 2010
- Should End Users Worry About Centralized Derivatives Clearing?
Researchers with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland analyze the impact of proposed centralized clearing for derivatives...
March 11, 2010
- Global Treasurer: Managing Risk in a Weak Dollar Environment
At the most basic level, a weaker dollar means higher translated earnings for companies that are long foreign currencies. ...
March 10, 2010
- CFOs, Treasurers to Discuss 'New Normal' Financial Environment
Chief financial officers and treasurers will convene in Washington in May to discuss how to operate in the "new normal" financial environment....
March 9, 2010
- Lean Machine: Applying Manufacturing Principles to Treasury and Finance
Manufacturing companies are well positioned to tackle foreign exchange risk and related costs. That's because they have developed processes and disciplines that they can leverage to achieve greater visibility into their foreign currency exposure, and to make better, faster decisions...
March 9, 2010
- What Every Corporate Debt Manager Should Know
Debt markets are not complicated. In fact, one expert says they are getting simpler with time....
March 8, 2010
- AFP EconWatch -- March 8, 2010
The severe winter weather that affected much of the U.S. last month was historic in both meteorological terms and the impact it had on millions of Americans. The storms also appear to have helped make last month the 25th month in the past 26 in which the economy failed to produce jobs on a net basis....
March 8, 2010
- March 2010 AFP Risk Newsletter
In the March issue of Risk, we will turn the pages on a Greek tragedy, mitigate counterparty credit risk, and do the disco with the Fed. As if that's not exciting enough, this month's peer to peer section looks at escheatment while another corporate treasury professional explains the career benefits of earning your Certified Treasury Professional designation....
March 3, 2010
- AFP EconWatch -- March 1, 2010
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeated the Fed's intention to maintain interest rates at historic low levels even as the U.S. economy expanded during the end of 2009 at pace faster than previously had been estimated....
March 1, 2010
- AFP Comments to the FDIC on Risk Based Assessments
The Association for Financial Professionals comments on way the FDIC's risk-based deposit insurance assessment system could be changed to account for the risks posed by certain employee compensation programs....
February 18, 2010
- New IT Security Threat: Ex-Workers
Vengeful ex-employees are becoming major concerns for senior IT professionals, according to a recent survey...
February 15, 2010
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