By Russ Banham Forbes A new accounting standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) should make it easier for investors to compare companies that sell long-duration life and…
By Russ Banham Forbes In their work to unearth evidence of fraudulent activities, forensic accounting investigators dig through diverse data looking for anomalies that suggest something is just not right.…
By Russ Banham Forbes In today’s increasingly digital world, the secure transmission of sensitive information has become a top priority for both individual citizens and the world’s largest government agencies.…
By Russ Banham Perspectives Few things in life are certain, but one of them appears to be the inevitably of self-driving cars. Although some disparage this possibility for potential safety…
By Russ Banham Perspectives Across industry sectors today, companies are mobilizing for a fourth industrial revolution, a digital transformation combining physical operations with virtual technologies like predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI),…
By Russ Banham Perspectives Recent advances in computing power, deep learning, and physics simulation software present the possibility of mitigating the impact of an earthquake. This is good news in…
Enron’s former CFO and convicted felon Andrew Fastow talks with the CFO writer who first chronicled his “groundbreaking” manipulation of accounting rules. By Russ Banham CFO Twenty years ago, CFO…
By Russ Banham Forbes Scientists on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) commissioned by the United Nations to provide guidance to global leaders on the economic and humanitarian impacts of…
By Russ Banham Dell Perspectives Legacy United States brick and mortar banks are in the crosshairs of so-called challenger banks—nimble European startups with unusual names like Starling, Revolut, Monzo, and…
INSURANCE CARRIERS ARE COMBINING M&A AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR ACCESS TO NEW CAPITAL MARKETS AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION. By Russ Banham Leader's Edge Mergers and acquisitions in the property-casualty…