Performance
Financial Analysts Say Direct Contact with Executives Is Essential
Private phone calls with managers remain an essential source of analysts' earnings forecasts and stock recommendations – even in light of regulations limiting businesses' selective disclosure of ...
Benefits & Implications of State Workers’ Compensation Fund Modernization and Privatization
State workers' compensation funds currently face several challenges that result from the overall state of the workers' compensation insurance market and their standing as quasi-government entities. ...
Vote on Systemically Risky U.S. Non-Banks Expected
U.S. regulators plan to vote next week on whether to label some non-bank companies a potential risk to the financial system, a move that would put them under heightened Federal Reserve supervision, ...
Ensuring Productivity of Aging Workers
New efforts to integrate health protection and health promotion programs in the workplace are needed soon if the nation's aging workforce is to remain competitive and productive, according to ...
MetLife Cuts 2,500 Sales Advisers Who ‘Were Never Going to Make It’
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, cut its adviser force by a third, eliminating 2,500 jobs as the company scales back variable annuity sales and turns to other nations for growth. MetLife ...
Swaps Repair Sought as Governments Trash Insurance: Euro Credit
The credit derivatives market is undergoing its biggest overhaul in a decade with proposals to make sure that bondholders can be compensated for losses imposed as part of bank rescues. Flaws revealed ...
Senior Management Exits Concern Boards
Seventy-three percent of board members of public and private companies across various industries said that the unexpected resignation of senior executive team members would have a negative impact on ...
Boards Unhappy With CEO Mentoring, Board Engagement Skills
Members of boards of directors across various industries give poor grades to CEOs for mentoring skills and board engagement, but rank financial performance above both—and above everything ...