Treasury & Risk: June 2008

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Features

Time to Bail on ERM? It was supposed to steer companies clear of such dangers as the subprime mortgage fiasco, but didn’t. At least part of the blame may be due to a lack of strategic focus

Surveys

2008 Enterprise Risk Management Survey There's still room for improvement in ERM practices, according to the Treasury & Risk survey

For Your Information (FYI)

News Briefs

What to Cut in a Downturn Increasing losses can be offset by trimming general and administrative spending

Washington Update

The XBRL Clock Starts Ticking Now While regulators have set a timetable for XBRL implementation, many questions remain unanswered

Q&A

Gaining Real Ground To Michael Rotchford, the corporate real estate market is stabilizing and, despite some renewed hesitation, transactions for the fastest growing sectors are moving forward

Departments

Treasury Management

When Vendors Cooperate, Customers Win Treasury managers can expect to see more joint work from vendors, as some of the more cost-conscious banks roll out more white-labeled technology

Risk Management

Making Brokerage Dollars Go Farther More and more companies are switching to fee-based brokerage services—and saving money—but many still don’t take advantage of other, often free, services

Governance & Accounting

Getting a Seat at the Table The Private Company Financial Reporting Committee is giving a new voice to companies that have not always been well represented

Tools & Technology

Leave it to This Box to Tackle E-mail Worries A scalable e-mail appliance by Jatheon Technologies offers e-mail storage, audit and retrieval capabilities in one easy-to-use package

Retirement & Benefits

Looking Behind the Numbers Three separate initiatives are winding their way through Congress, the Department of Labor and FASB, calling for more detailed information from pension plan sponsors

Careers

Profile

Cruise Control Susan Kreh enjoys the challenge of bringing more standardization to Johnson Controls’ far-flung finance team in a time of rapidly changing accounting standards

Careers Boeing appointed David Dohnalek, currently vice president of financial planning and analysis, as the company’s new vice president of finance and corporate treasurer

Opinion

Editor's Desk

Where Did ERM Go Wrong?

Final Word

ERP Time Bombs Most treasuries have no knowledge of how well their company’s general ledger or ERP system actually accounts for FX transactions