Articles: January 2008 - December 2008
January 2008 - June 2008
Finding a Footing in the Boardroom - December 2007
Boards concentrate more on strategy and growth, increasing their number of independents, and working slightly fewer hours.
The Emergence of Convergence - January 1, 2008
John Goff, CFO Magazine
The effort to combine governance, risk, and compliance into a single software platform marches on.
Subprime Crisis Forges a New Disclosure-Audit Committee Dynamic - January 2008
The subprime mortgage crisis could create a closer relationship between the audit committee and management's disclosure committee.
FEI CEO's 2008 Top Challenges for Financial Executives
January/February - 2008
Leveraging IT Controls to Improve IT Operating Performance - June 2008
Properly implemented IT controls improve performance.
July 2008 - December 2008
Beyond the Credit Crisis: The Impact and Lessons Learnt for Investment Managers - July 2008
This report, produced by KPMG International in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit, examines in detail for the first time how the fund flows, returns and reputations of investiment managers have been impacted by the credit crisis and the economic conditions of the past 12 months.
The Audit Committee Journey 2008: charting gains, gaps and oversight priorities - July 2008
This report by KPMG, LLP describes insights from audit committee members of public companies regarding audit committee priorities and processes.
KPMG's FlashPoint on Healthcare Reform - July 11, 2008
The latest edition of Healthcare Reform FlashPoint focuses on the views of the industry, other organizations and various individuals as to what the reform priorities should be, and what steps are required.
It also looks at the results of polls on what the public thinks about the need for chage in the healthcare system, as well as continued reform actions by state governments across the country, including some lessons learned in California that may be relevant to the national reform.
ERM Is the Top Concern of CFOs and Audit Committees
August 27, 2008
Chief financial officers and audit committee members see enterprise risk management as their biggest future challenge.
Check It Out: Keeping System Access in Balance - September 22, 2008
BUSINESS FINANCE MAGAZINE - Access to financial systems frequently marks an area of vulnerability in S-O compliance and antifraud efforts. "Super users" are helping to balance operational needs and risk management imperatives.
Ethics and Compliance: Are We There Yet? - September 2008
Five-plus years after S-O, companies face ever-increasing compliance demands and a changing risk landscape.
ACI Alert: Considerations Related to the Current Financial Crisis - October 2008
The current turmoil in the financial markets presents all audit committees with the critical challenge of understanding how the financial crisis affects their company's risk profile.
Credit Crisis Renews ERM Focus - October 2008
As market conditions worsen, financial company executives are paying closer attention to enterprisewide risk.
Boards Boning Up on Risk - October 1, 2008
In the midst of a shaky financial climate and the tighter regulations likely as a result, it should come as no surprise that risk assessment is getting more attention from boards.
Candid and Open Discussions - October 1, 2008
Managing conflict and creating consensus are two key duties for directors.
Risk-Based Strategic Analysis Critical to Long-Term Success
October 14, 2008
In the midst of the financial sector meltdown, directors and executives are asking innumerable questions. One, in particular, seems central: “In our quest for pay for performance, have we—boards, executives, and shareowners alike—created pressure points that influence risk-taking behaviors in unintended ways?”
CEOs and Market Woes - December 1, 2008
From Wall Street to Detroit, chief executives are losing their bonuses, agreeing to work for a dollar a year and in many cases losing their jobs.
Financial Crisis: Implications for Oversight - December 1, 2008
You’d be hard-pressed to find “oversight of financial turmoil” in any audit committee’s charter—but it’s certainly a top item on every audit committee’s agenda today.
December 5, 2008
Survey: Internal auditors urge added oversight, transparency in response to financial crisis.
Security Predictions: Top Three Trends Affecting Enterprise Risk Management - December 8, 2008
In this new global reality of companies rushing to exploit the opportunities of service-oriented architectures (SOAs), clouds and other distributed models of computing, determined outsiders and insiders may seek to exploit vulnerabilities.