PODCAST: This Podcast examines an accounts payable solution that helps companies address today's pressing issues of cost containment, cash flow optimization and risk mitigation.

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Premiered: 01 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: A new standard file format, Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), for submitting financial reports to the SEC in the United States is being mandated for June 2009. Both the creation of, and reporting from XBRL, are functions performed by the same new tool described in this paper.

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Given the dramatic events in the capital markets, everyone is wondering what will happen next - and what the implications are for the wider economy. This paper will discuss challenges facing companies and how to respond.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

ANALYST REPORT: In June 2008, CFO Research Services conducted a research program among senior finance executives in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The research looked at what kinds of alliances companies are forming and how finance sees itself working with internal and external partners to establish and assess successful alliances.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

ANALYST REPORT: To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Nov 2008

WHITE PAPER: Operational excellence is a simple concept with complex implications. Consistently doing things well across every element of the value chain is clear enough in principle. The ultimate goal is a "single source of truth" where senior executives have shared visibility into all parts of the organisation, enabling management by facts.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: To maximize profitability, companies must know the true cost of making and delivering their products and services. Traditional cost accounting, devised in a simpler era, does not satisfy that need. This paper examines indirect and overhead costs, which are crucial to managing profitability.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 May 2008

WHITE PAPER: Following on the heels of corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and others, global investors are demanding stricter corporate governance and compliance requirements for publicly held companies. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the issues, principles, and technologies underlying new requirements in corporate governance.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management.

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

CASE STUDY: Companies and their stakeholders have always had high expectations for their finance teams. But this research program reveals that, most recently, these pressures- from regulators, from investors, and from competitors&#$5; are pushing companies to look for more from their finance teams in two main, but often conflicting, areas.

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Traditional approaches to risk management emphasize mitigation, focusing on the readily apparent risks facing a company in the areas of security, privacy, credit, regulatory, technology, fraud and more. These threats are, of course, important and must be addressed.

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

CASE STUDY: Driving sustainable growth requires profitability-focused planning and performance management. This special study highlights some key survey findings, which collectively show that profitability reporting is increasing in importance and the use of technology and more sophisticated costing and reporting solutions is high on the agendas of many...

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

CASE STUDY: The United States Army's Armament Research Development and Engineering Center improved employee productivity by upgrading to IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.3 and creating a competency center for the propagation and standardization of BI-related best practices. Read on to learn how.

Posted: 26 May 2009 | Published: 26 Aug 2008

ANALYST REPORT: The HFN Hedge Fund Industry Asset Flow/Performance Report is an in-depth guide to the flow of assets and performance for the hedge fund industry.

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 | Published: 13 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: The survey results confirm the hedge fund industry is in the midst of a major contraction primarily brought about by the reaction of global markets to a financial crisis beyond the expectation of most industry participants. The Q4 HFN Administrator Survey provides an accurate representation of how severe the damage on the industry has been.

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 | Published: 13 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: How does a firm or fund manager assess his/her research management needs and choose the best solution? This document helps by identifying pain points in the research workflow that RMS must address, describing how RMS supports investment process and decision making, and highlighting key features to consider when evaluating RMS solutions.

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 | Published: 31 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: This document examines the current state of Order Management Systems (OMS) portfolio management capabilities, identifies major challenges and "pain points" that firms encounter, and outlines seven system attributes needed to overcome them.

Posted: 13 Apr 2009 | Published: 05 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how wealth management firms can use client relationship management (CRM) strategies and technology to build relationships as trusted advisors, maximize share of wallet, and increase productivity.

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 20 Feb 2009

CASE STUDY: Read how using DataFlux technology, this financial company implemented a data governance program, creating more complete and accurate data and drastically reducing the time needed to comply with Federal reporting regulations.

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 | Published: 14 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and learn how to make compliance work for your organization, rather than the other way around - with Oracle solutions for midsize organizations.

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 | Published: 20 Sep 2008

DATA SHEET: Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus (OBIEE Plus) is a comprehensive suite of enterprise business intelligence (BI) products that delivers a full range of capabilities. Read this data sheet to learn more.

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008

SOFTWARE LISTING: Oversight Systems automates the analysis and testing of auditors and fraud examiners to reduce ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs and provide quality assurance for financial operations.

Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 14 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: Successful quality and compliance is a continuous improvement process that demands a closed-loop control structure. Oversight Systems provides results and a leveraged environment for improving quality in financial operations.

Posted: 14 Aug 2008 | Published: 14 Aug 2008