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  • Tech CFOs struggle to adapt to changing times
    The CFOs and finance directors of technology companies are struggling to find the right balance between strategist and controller in the post-boom world of mature markets, according to The McKinsey Quarterly, the online magazine published by management consultants McKinsey & Company.
    November 23, 2004
  • Kiodex joins forces with SunGard
    SunGard has announced that it has extended the company's reach with one more acquisition, of Kiodex, a software company that specialises in supplying systems to companies exposed to commodities risk.
    November 22, 2004
  • NAPF proposes tighter pension accounting standards for corporates
    The UK's National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has proposed that future salary expectations be removed from pension scheme accounting standards. At the same time, it has advocated a move away from AA-rated corporate bonds to discount future liabilities. In a paper released entitled Accounting for Pensions, the NAPF argues that since companies do not normally have an obligation to increase future salaries, the benefit obligation should therefore no longer reflect estimated future growth in salaries.
    November 19, 2004
  • Largest Latin American bond and first perpetual bond by “Pemex”
    The largest bond sale by a Latin American company has been completed by Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state-owned oil company. ?Pemex? raised $1.75 billion through the issue of Perpetual Bonds by a Delaware Statutory Trust as issuer with a guarantee provided by Pemex.
    November 18, 2004
  • UK corporate reporting rules softened
    The UK government has agreed to soften its requirements for corporates' mandatory operating and financial reviews (OFRs) after intense lobbying from the business community.
    November 17, 2004
  • Corporates predict lending fees and margins will level off
    The inaugural Corporate Finance loan markets survey, to be published in the December/January issue of CF, reveals that the majority of finance officers believe the fees and margins on their loans will level off over the next year, haven fallen sharply in 2004.
    November 17, 2004
  • Danger of IFRS for banking covenants
    There may be yet another impact of IFRS that financial directors are not paying enough attention to. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' business recovery team, the impact of IFRS from next year on European corporates' banking covenants is being widely ignored.
    November 17, 2004
  • Ninety per cent of CFOs say SOx costs outweigh benefits, says survey
    Nearly nine out of every 10 CFOs say the costs of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation are greater than the benefits, according to a study released this month by JD Power and Associates, a US based consultancy. The study also finds that many of those involved in the auditing process, from senior management to the audit committee, are feeling the pressure of increased requirements.
    November 16, 2004
  • Shortlist for CF's Deals of the Year 2004
    The nominations for CF's Deals of the Year 2004 have been submitted and the final shortlist has been forwarded to our judges:
    November 16, 2004
  • Internal controls SOx comes into force
    It may be a familiar story, but it's getting serious now. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which deals with internal controls, comes into force for US corporates tomorrow and an alarming majority are unprepared for the changes.
    November 15, 2004
  • E&Y highlights lack of UK corporate brokers
    The uniquely British institution of the corporate broker is under threat, threatening to leave CFOs and finance directors without an independent source of advice, according to Ernst & Young.
    November 15, 2004
  • Cash management tops the Treasury Operation survey by the ACT and Ernst & Young
    Cash and liquidity management is considered the highest responsibility of the corporate treasury, followed by funding and interest rate risk management, according to a recent survey carried out by the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) and Ernst & Young's financial services risk management practice. That's a change from 2003 results, when FX risk management was the top priority.
    November 12, 2004
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