Now that the Securities and Exchange Commission has officially encouraged corporations to file financial statements using intelligent “XBRL” formatting, you might think the “Next Big Thing” in financial reporting has arrived. You would be wrong. Despite prodding from information technology vendors and the SEC’s first tentative steps to embrace it, most chief financial officers still […]
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Closing The Books & Compliance: Spreadsheets A Problem
Is there a governance issue when a company takes a long time to close its books? We’re not talking about being so late that it must file for an extension. We mean, taking more time than it should if it simply implemented certain changes? Some experts believe the answer is yes. According to a recent […]
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Spreadsheet Of Compliance Providers And Clients
Downloadable Excel spreadsheet includes a list of recent “customer wins” by providers offering compliance-related products and services to U.S. public companies.
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Case Study: Internal Control Software At FMC Corp.
This “case study” is the latest in a series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards. These are not advertisements or marketing vehicles for the companies mentioned; Compliance Week’s editorial staff speaks with the public company that has deployed the technology, […]
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Case Study: Section 16 Filing System For Skadden Arps
This “case study” is the latest in a series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards. These are not advertisements or marketing vehicles for the companies mentioned; Compliance Week’s editorial staff speaks with the public company that has deployed the technology, […]
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Technology Case Studies
A series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards.
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Case Study: Ethics And Compliance Training At Alcoa
This “case study” is the latest in a series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards. These are not advertisements or marketing vehicles for the companies mentioned; Compliance Week’s editorial staff speaks with the public company that has deployed the technology, […]
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Case Study: Financial Reporting System At Viasys
This “case study” is the latest in a series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards. These are not advertisements or marketing vehicles for the companies mentioned; Compliance Week’s editorial staff speaks with the public company that has deployed the technology, […]
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Swingvote Takes On Proxy Voting Account Handler ADP
Come January, Swingvote—an Atlanta-based startup—plans to go head to head with ADP Investor Communications Services in the proxy voting service marketplace. Currently, the shareholder services group at $7.4 billion ADP holds a virtual monopoly for the distribution of proxy material. The development may be important to public companies, as it will impact costs associated with […]
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Where Are The Comment Letters? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Back in June, the SEC announced that it would make comment letters available to the public. Most of the letters, written by the Commission’s Corporation Finance and Investment Management divisions, provide public companies with comments on their disclosures, specifically noting where the filing could be improved or enhanced. The SEC’s plan was to release comment […]