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Companies set to unleash the (cash) hoards
CFO.com | January 24, 2012
“In the status quo of this century’s second decade, companies have been tightfisted with their cash reserves, which for U.S. nonfinancial companies now total nearly $2 trillion. At the same time, boards and investors appear to be patient, says Justin Silber, a principal at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP. For now, Silber suggests, boards aren’t putting pressure on management to deploy cash. ‘Boards are being more conservative,’ Silber says.”
As in-house roles change, more teamwork between GC and CFO needed
Corporate Counsel | December 6, 2011
CEO of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, David Williams, tells Corporate Counsel, “There’s a natural overlap between the major roles of a CFO and the major roles that the general counsel play in terms of leading the organization. Both are strategists, advisers, and stewards of the company− especially around risk. And when there’s collaboration, the enterprise is much better prepared to handle risk and risk-related issues.”
Will bounties motivate whistleblowers?
Perspectives | Fall 2011
Will new regulations create a new incentive for whistleblowers? Mohammed Ahmed, senior manager, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, weighed in on why corporate compliance programs that encourage and support employees to report fraud internally are so important in detecting and correcting wrongdoing early in Perspectives, a publication of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
New goodwill impairment standard leaves questions
Accounting Today | September 16, 2011
The new goodwill impairment testing standard may give companies more options and flexibility, but it also leaves some questions unanswered, according to Greg Forsythe, a director at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP.
Executives worry about corruption risks
Reuters | September 15, 2011
U.S. companies face huge challenges in detecting or preventing corruption even as the government steps up enforcement of anti-bribery laws, a new survey by the Deloitte Forensic Center shows.
Q&A: An expert view on how september 11 affected the banking industry
Bank Systems & Technology | September 9, 2011
Michael Zeldin, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP principal and global Anti-Money Laundering & Economic Sanctions practice leader, talks about how banks have increasingly turned to technology to help keep up with regulations resulting from the terrorist attacks.
Creating a culture of compliance
CFO.com | July 15, 2011
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP partner Bill Pollard explains to CFO.com that he “sometimes puts executives in a room and asks them to put on a fraudster's hat: Could someone manipulate company records or processes to perpetrate a fraud, and if so, how? Who in the room has the knowledge and ability to commit fraud?”
Transformers
The Deal | June 24, 2011
Chris Ruggeri, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services principal, discusses "the return of transformational deals in a survey sequel to a study last year about U.S. corporate development executives and their M&A expectations. This year, it turns out, many are thinking big again -- as in Hollywood big."
Government will pay you big bucks to find the next madoff
Forbes.com | May 25, 2011
Toby Bishop, director of the Deloitte Forensic Center talks about the new whistleblowing rules to Forbes.com.
Crikey! Study says businesses not ready for UK Bribery Act
Corporate Counsel | April 22, 2011
Joe Zier, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services partner and leader of the west coast Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Consulting group, was interviewed by Corporate Counsel on preparing for the U.K. Bribery Act. According to Zier, “now is the time for boards, chief executives and senior management to focus on refreshing their anti-corruption compliance programs.”
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