Finance

Chris Haug, a CFO-for-hire and managing director of L.C. Haug & Associates, discussed enterprise technology with SmartBrief’s Tom Anderson. What is your top enterprise-technology...

An oft-repeated refrain by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he tried to deal with the financial crisis was that the government had neither the...

While other sectors are enjoying a resurgence, the housing market remains stagnant. The “Fixing the U.S. Housing Market” panel at the Milken Institute Global...

This post is by Linda Johnson, a partner with CCP Global, which advises Fortune 500 executives on spend management; offers advisory services on supply...

Company culture pays off; how to be prepared your yearly review; and the reason it’s important for managers to have good relationships with employees....

John G. Taft “Too many laws, too few examples.” That aphorism, attributed to poet and French revolutionary Louis de Saint-Just, neatly describes the state...

The U.S. is on the right track with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s expected-loss model, Tim Bush of Pensions and Investment Research Consultants writes...

As the year ends, many people make their annual contributions to their favorite charities. The average American donates $298 in cash each year to...

Kaihan Krippendorff Innovation has for years come from designers and marketers, from the creators of new products. The top innovation consulting firms all spring...

The 5-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy has sparked numerous retrospectives of the financial crisis (and the response to the crisis). Here are...

Terrance A. Duffy Terry Duffy is the Executive Chairman and President of CME Group, which is hosting its annual Global Financial Leadership Conference next...

How do you say “Bear Stearns” in Chinese?: Headlines about the credit markets in China certainly feel like a “Bear Stearns moment” is not...

A collection of stories from SmartBrief publications and around the web… Wait … Derivatives are good for the economy?: With all the bad-mouthing out...

Bruce Milne, executive vice president at Socialware. When do you advise clients to start thinking about death planning? Have you broached this subject with...

Laurie Van Pelt, director of management and budget of Oakland County, Mich., was named government CFO of the Year in 2010 by Crain’s Detroit...

The economic downturn has forced company executives to exercise greater caution when pursuing strategic initiatives, but it has not dimmed their faith in the...

This is a guest post by Katrina Pugh, author of Sharing Hidden Know-How and president of AlignConsulting, a firm that helps organizations plan business...

Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. long-term sovereign credit rating has been felt throughout the nation’s financial system. Insurers are feeling the aftershocks...

Rules for asset repairs from the IRS; new laws for a new year; and a Wall Street veteran remembers the past. It’s all in...

This week, SmartBrief will be bringing you selected highlights from the Milken Institute Global Conference. PIMCO’s El-Erian expects lackluster economy to continue PIMCO CEO...

News and analyses worth a read this weekend … Sen. Rob Portmann, R-Ohio, wrote in The Wall Street Journal about the “regulatory cliff” facing...

IACPM Chairman Derek Saunders With an eye on what lies ahead for the industry in 2013, SmartBrief conducted an e-mail interview with Derek Saunders,...

Alan Jay Kaufman is chairman, president and CEO of independent wholesale insurance brokerage Burns & Wilcox, as well as Kaufman Financial Group, its parent...

Matthew J. Slaughter, Associate Dean for Faculty and Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Uncertainty. It is the one...

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink was a featured speaker at the SIFMA Annual Meeting Tuesday in Manhattan. During his appearance, Fink shared numerous nuggets of...

A collection of stories from SmartBrief publications and around the web… Gold? Silver? Or Bronze?: From a commodity standpoint, which type of Olympic medal...

A collection of stories from SmartBrief publications and around the web… “One last thing before I go…”: This retirement speech by James Kidney, a...

One of the lesser known financial regulations implemented as part of Dodd-Frank is the requirement for swap dealers to be able to produce a...