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This study group may include chief financial officers, chartered public accountants, controllers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as finance, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting and fraud, financial accounting and reporting, bankruptcy, pension benefits, cash flow, company valuation, working capital, hedge accounting, and mergers and acquisition, among others.

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Eli Bartov, CPA, Professor, New York University (inc)Eli Bartov, CPA
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New York University (inc)

Dr. Bartov, PhD, CPA, is a Research Professor of Accounting at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He has authored numerous scholarly articles on issues of accounting earnings manipulations, earnings quality, equity valuation, executive stock options, insider trading, market efficiency,...

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Elizabeth Demers, Visiting Professor of Accounting, INSEADElizabeth Demers
Visiting Professor of Accounting
INSEAD

Elizabeth Demers, PhD, is a Professor of Accounting at INSEAD. Dr. Demers’s research interests relate to economic issues concerning Internet and other New Economy firms. Her studies investigate Internet stock valuations, the marketing role of IPOs, IPO failure prediction, technology stock market bubbles,...

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Russell Lundholm, PhD, Professor, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (INC) - CCRussell Lundholm, PhD
Professor
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (INC) - CC

Russell Lundholm is the Andersen Professor of Accounting and former department chair at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He has taught at the University of Michigan since 1993 and at Stanford University from 1987 to 1993. Dr. Lundholm's expertise lies at the intersection of...

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IBM's ROA Increases on Adoption of New Pension Standard | 03-09-2007
Analysis of: IBM to spend $50 million on financial ed | www.businessweek.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The new pension accounting standard requires companies to book on their balance sheet the entire pension asset/liability. Typically, companies have higher liabilities and lower equity if pensions are underfunded. IBM has underfunded pension plans, but it adopted the standard by a decreasing equity...

This seems like a minor issue but may signal a deeper problem | 02-12-2007
Analysis of: Dollar Thrifty Restates over FAS 133 | www.cfo.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The company identified 2 accounting issues that were mishandled by the company.One is a misapplication of GAAP. The other is estimation error.These may indicate that the company's accounting, reporting and control systems may have problems, with future negative news to come.

It is not only the option issue, it is also further discoveries of errors and problems | 02-07-2007
Analysis of: Four More Warn of Options Woes | www.cfo.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Option-related restatements are indicative of control problems, as well as potentially managerial opportunistic behavior. While the option effect may be small, companies often find additional issues that need restatements or other corrective actions (management changes), resulting in further negative...

Non-Reliance typically Implies Negative Future Returns | 01-30-2007
Analysis of: SafeNet Management Reiterates Fourth Quarter 2006 Guidance; Sets First Quarter and Full Year 2007 Revenue Guidance; Establishes Non-GAAP Presentation | home.businesswire.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Management announces several topics, including an upcoming restatement of previously issued financial statements due to revenue recognition issues. The reported Form 8-K of the company reveals that the investigation into prior option backdating issues yielded other financial statement flaws.

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