December 2006

Welcome to Financial Executives International, the preeminent association for CFOs and other senior finance executives. FEI provides
networking, advocacy and timely updates and CPE on financial management and reporting; Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance; regulatory updates
from the SEC, FASB, PCAOB and IASB; as well as career management and executive-level and other finance & accounting jobs.

in every issue »
cover story Pursuing a China strategy is likely on the minds of every senior financial executive — with the lure of low-cost labor and 1 billion customers — yet despite the promise of great rewards, the reality is that every step in the process is fraught with great risk. Features FEI@75: What Does the Future Hold, for Finance and CFOs? Disclosure: Preparing for New Executive Comp Proxy Disclosures Executive Compensation: Restricted Stock: The Case for Total Shareholder Return Strategic Planning: Managing the Short Term/Long Term Tension Fraud: Delivering Evidence, Not Just The Mail Personal Development: The Value Proposition For Executive Coaching		Online Exclusives The New SEC Executive Compensation Rules Will Significantly Impact Companies A comprehensive look at the new SEC rules and their impact on a company’s policies, procedures and risk-management profile, by a PwC principal. When IT Becomes the CFO´s Business The CFO at Stratus Technologies, a maker of fault-tolerant computing systems, argues that while continuously available computing is IT’s responsibility, it is also very much in the CFO’s interest to ensure. more exclusives»

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