All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Corporate Treasury & Finance

The  salaries  of  corporate  chiefs  have  always  been  a  subject  of  reporting, conjecture and debate. Government's in India  have  also  been  for  long  in  a  control  mindset  and ...

On April 26, 2007 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group agreed to buy Harman International for $7.8 billion in cash: $120 a share, a 17% premium. The wrinkle is that shareholders would be allowed to exchange their holding for shares in the new privately owned company....

Regulators are worried  about  the size and operations of hedge funds. As per a IOSCO  document the size of hedge funds in the fund  of  funds  domain has grown from $83 billion in 2000  to $500 billion  in 2006. Total  hedge  fund  assets ...

As economic growth slows on a global basis during 2007, its effect will be felt by companies around the globe. However, the economic consequences won’t be shared equally.This analysis looks at how an enterprise risk management strategy can help companies minimize the impact from the myriad of risks...

The  last  several  years  have  seen  stock  options  in  the  news. First  they  were  in  the  news  as  a  novel  compensation  instrument, then  as  a  tax  planning  instrument ...

The Office of the Chief Accountant has cleared the use of a new derivative instrument for determining the value of employee stock options in recognizing option compensation expense. While the instruments (ESOARs) are an interesting exercise in developing fair values, one might wonder if it wouldn't...

If cross border mergers are driven by the creation of non trading structures designed to minimize current tax liabilities there are potentially serious negative consequences to the success of these mergers.

Derivatives  have  been  under  pressure  by  regulators  ever  since  it  was  found  that  they  could  multiply  risk  in  multiples  and  be  used   to  camouflage  the ...

1. Companies are completing their internal investigations of stock option backdating.2. Settlements with the SEC and the Department of Justice are likely to be reached in the first quarter of 2007.

Executive  pay  is  under  scrutiny  and  pressure. Shareholders, regulators  and  activists  all  want  to  control  this  vital  aspect  of  corporate  governance  and  performance.Pension  funds,...