Feature Articles
The number and value of sovereign wealth funds has increased dramatically in recent years, making them a powerful tool.
BT's CFO Hanif Lalani has new CEO Ian Livingston to work with, some hefty new investments to make and a recession to handle....
According to consultancies like McKinsey and Bain, up to 80% of acquisitions fail to deliver. But one media giant has bucked...
If American auditors can now be prosecuted for failing to recognise company fraud, will we also see British auditors punished...
EU legislation could have a dramatic effect on pensions. Industry associations are calling for clearer definitions and regulators...
Aberdeen Group's vice-president of research Andrew Bartolini shares a perspective drawn from his research on commercial card...
Managing a successful financial supply chain is partly about managing other companies, teams and people. If one link in the...
With new rules governing exactly how, when and what information European CFOs may disclose, how will this affect them and...
Virtual careers and virtual organisations are seen as the way forward – so what does this mean for the role of the CFO and...
Much is made of the cultural shift between western businesses and those in Asia. But what about the divide between the US...
Money Market funds seeking enhanced yield have taken a hit since the financial crisis, but funds managed for liquidity, also...
Michael Jones spoke to Richard Raeburn, chief executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers at this year's ACT Annual...
Treasury departments are adapting rapidly to the changing global business landscape, and in the highly dynamic airline industry...
M&A – its all about the timing. In an exclusive interview, we speak to Steve Lucas, Finance Director of National Grid, who presided over two acquisitions within a single month last year - snapping up Rhode Island Gas for almost $600m and KeySpan for $12bn.
In the first interview outside of his native Germany, we also learn how Lothar Steinebach, CFO of Henkel KgaA, kept his nerve during the recent €4bn acquisition of ICI subsidiary National Starch. Steinebach is quick to point out that post-merger integration is where the really hard work starts.
We also interview John Hele, CFO, ING Group, on how the bank has re-ordered its management structure in order to better address the new risk climate. Suresh C. Senapaty, EVP, Finance and CFO of Wipro Limited discusses the changing role of the CFO and the finance function, and Roy Waight, EVP for the Finance Functional Plan, Shell, explains the benefits in regional shared service centres.
