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March 2, 2007China's Pension Challenge: A Sleeping Dragon
Analysis of: Heavenly Mandate: Winning a piece of China's pensions market | /customers.reuters.com/d/kmpg/pensions_china.pdf
Author: Robert Kemp, Professor, University of Virginia - CC
China's pension issues are real.The question is, "How will China's government address the pension issues?"Watch out. Changes must be forthcoming.
March 2, 2007Pension Funds - No Place for Excessive Risks
Analysis of: Fewer Second Chances For Failed Fundies | www.dailyii.com
Author: Robert Kemp, Professor, University of Virginia - CC
The reality of pension fund management is simple: fund managers have a fiduciary responsibility. What that means is risk management is at the heart of managing pension funds. Today, more than ever, risk management must go beyond the quest for higher returns.
December 29, 2006Grant Thornton Supports Lease Accounting Overhaul
Analysis of: Grant Thornton LLP Supports Review of Lease Accounting Rules as FASB/IASB Working Group is Named | home.businesswire.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, President , Kiima Incorporated
If they do not already do so, analysts need to begin proactively adjusting their models to reflect the assets and liabilities underlying “operating” leases onto the books of the companies they follow. It is no longer a question as to whether many current operating leases will go onto...
December 29, 2006Chinese Alternative to Sarbanes-Oxley: Ready, Aim, Fire!!!
Analysis of: Accountant Gets Death Penalty | www.cfo.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, President , Kiima Incorporated
Given the endless belly-aching by Corporate America and its agents about how draconian Sarbanes-Oxley is, even in the midst of a seemingly never-ending stream of accounting scandals, I thought that a little comical perspective may be in order. With that said, I submit this article which sets forth...
December 29, 2006SEC: Merry Christmas to Small Public Companies
Analysis of: PCAOB Proposes AS2 'Repeal' | www.cfo.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, President , Kiima Incorporated
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s recent dismantling of AS2, its guide for auditors in their assessments of corporate internal controls over financial reporting, at the persistent urging of SEC Chairman Christopher Cox is further evidence of President Bush’s underlying agenda...
December 29, 2006Apple: Jobs in Jeopardy?
Analysis of: Apple stock on wild ride but Jobs job looks safe | biz.yahoo.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, President , Kiima Incorporated
Anonymous but supposedly knowledgeable sources cited in recent news articles assert that premeditated fraud was involved in the granting of certain stock options at Apple. With such assertions once again comes the speculation as to whether Steve Jobs will survive Apple’s stock option...
December 27, 2006VITESSE vs. KPMG?
Analysis of: Vitesse Explains Firing of KPMG | www.cfo.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, President , Kiima Incorporated
Vitesse had previously attributed, without any further elaboration, its termination of KPMG to a “lack of independence” which certainly raised a few eyebrows given the extensive prohibitions of Sarbanes-Oxley. As addressed in this article, Vitesse has now clarified that such “lack of independence” is...
December 13, 2006Understanding the Risk in Pensions - Financial Analysis
Analysis of: Pension demand leads to long bond stripping | today.reuters.com
Author: Robert Kemp, Professor, University of Virginia - CC
1. The market is grasping a fundamental risk in defined benefit plans. That risk is in matching the duration of the pension fund's assets and liabilities (i.e., immunizing the pension fund).2. Accountants need to recognize this asset-liability risk and disclose...
November 30, 2006AUDIT COMMITTEES: FORM OVER SUBSTANCE
Analysis of: Missing: Audit Committee Accountants | www.cfo.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, President , Kiima Incorporated
This article sheds much needed light upon what I believe to be the most pervasive and significant internal control weakness among public companies…that being the absence of current and relevant technical accounting and financial reporting expertise on audit committees. As an audit committee truly serves...
November 28, 2006The Reality of Accounting Standards - Political and Economic Challenges
Analysis of: Investors Warn Over Convergence | www.ft.com
Author: Robert Kemp, Professor, University of Virginia - CC
Converging to one set of global accounting standards is ideal. However political and economic factors will intervene. Accounting standards reflect value systems. Culture must be appreciated.
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