You speak IFRS?

If your head is still spinning from SOX, get ready for an even bigger headache from IFRS. I think I see the point in harmonizing accounting languages but I mean if you really want to do the whole investing community a huge favor, start by making sure that all foreign public markets (where Americans do a [...]

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“Desperate” Housewives

Even if you’re not a CFO at work, you better be one at home. That’s right…CFO of your household. This means looking for the best banking rates, managing your own investment portfolio risk and policing your household budget. My wife told me an interesting story the other day. Her “friend” who is married [...]

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What a &%*$ Mess on Wall Street!!!

If you don’t have a Treasurer or a third party cash manager already, now is the time to start seeking advice! Even sticking your cash in a MMF has significant risk in today’s market…the underlying securities in many of these prime funds include financials or dirty commercial paper from struggling entities. Really understand [...]

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The Controller is IN.

Welcome to CFO Lounge! I’ve got something fairly unique planned here so I hope you stick around. CFOLounge.com will be the first blog community for finance and accounting professionals that won’t put you to sleep. Think of the content as combination of Anthony Bourdain doing finance (if you don’t know who I’m talking about then [...]

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