Tuesday, March 27, 2007  
CFOs More Concerned About Recession Than Inflation  
 
The Baruch Business Report offers a conversation between John Elliott, the Dean of Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business, and Terrence Martell, Saxe professor of Finance and International Business in Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business. The discussion starts with the results of the first quarter 2007 “Chief Financial Officers Outlook Survey,” which is conducted quarterly by Financial Executives International and Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business, and continues into a larger economic analysis. After recession, the prevalent concerns of the CFOs this quarter were health care costs, consumer demand, and costs of regulatory compliance. Elliott and Martell discuss the fact that 83 percent of the CFOs say U.S. financial reporting regulations hinder the ability of U.S. capital markets to attract new listings versus other major financial centers around the globe. They also discuss the desirability of simplifying some reporting requirements for public companies. The survey results are available on Baruch College’s website at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/cfosurvey/ .  

Posted by: Bernard M. Baruch College / Zicklin School of Business
Podcast: BaruchBusinessReport-#5-032707.mp3

The Baruch Business Report offers a conversation between John Elliott, the Dean of Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business, and Terrence Martell, Saxe professor of Finance and International Business in Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business. The discussion starts with the results of the fourth quarter “Chief Financial Officers Outlook Survey,” which is conducted quarterly by Financial Executives International and Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business, and continues into a larger economic analysis. Elliott and Martell discuss concerns about recession and interest rates, the Federal Reserve’s “watch and see” approach, the impact of the falling U.S. dollar, healthcare costs, technology spending, allocating corporate pension assets to hedge funds and private equity funds, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The survey results are described on Baruch’s website at  
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/cfosurvey/ .  

Posted by: Bernard M. Baruch College / Zicklin School of Business
Podcast: baruchbusinessreport_4_121806.mp3

Thursday, October 26th, 2006  
“Life After the Big Board Goes Electronic” – part 2  
 
The Baruch Business Report offers the continuation of a conversation between John Elliott, the Dean of Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business, and Robert A. Schwartz, the Marvin M. Speiser Professor of Finance in Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business. They discuss the impact of a “Hybrid Market” at the NYSE on the multiple dimensions of a market: price, control, speed, and anonymity. Professor Schwartz’ “Life After the Big Board Goes Electronic” was published in the Financial Analysts Journal, September/October 2006 issue. His co-authors are Paul L. Davis and Michael S. Pagano.  

Posted by: Bernard M. Baruch College / Zicklin School of Business
Podcast: baruchbusinessreport_3_part2.mp3

The Baruch Business Report offers a conversation between John Elliott, the Dean of Baruch's Zicklin School of Business, and Terrence Martell, Saxe professor of Finance and International Business in Baruch's Zicklin School of Business. The discussion starts with the results of the third quarter "Chief Financial Officers Outlook Survey," which is conducted quarterly by Financial Executives International and Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business, and continues into a larger economic analysis. Elliott and Martell also discuss the expected impact of the new Pension Protection Act. The survey results are described on Baruch's website at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/cfosurvey/ .  

Posted by: Bernard M. Baruch College / Zicklin School of Business
Podcast: baruchbusinessreport2_102306.mp3

The first edition of the Baruch Business Report is a conversation between John Elliott, the Dean of Baruch's Zicklin School of Business, and Terrence Martell, professor of Finance and International Business in Baruch's Zicklin School of Business. The discussion starts with the results of this quarter's "Chief Financial Officers Outlook Survey," which is conducted quarterly by Financial Executives International and Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business, and continues into a larger economic analysis. The survey results are described on Baruch's website at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/cfosurvey/ 

Posted by: Bernard M. Baruch College / Zicklin School of Business
Podcast: baruchbusinessreport1_72006.mp3