Food for Thought – Page 4 – Francine McKenna

McKenna Writes For “Investor Advocate” From Law Firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman

April 23, 2013/1 Comment/in Food for Thought

BLBG publishes the Advocate for Institutional Investors, a quarterly newsletter which contains reporting and analysis of the latest securities and corporate law issues. The Advocate often features articles by the management and general counsel of some of the largest public pension funds in the country, as well as some of the nation’s premier securities litigators. This Spring the magazine also features my writing on the subject of private litigation against audit firms.

Deloitte And Wall Street Journal Exclusive For Sponsored Content

March 14, 2013/4 Comments/in Food for Thought, Latest, Pure Content

The Wall Street Journal has been accepting sponsored content, in an exclusive contract with Deloitte, for a while for its CFO Journal, CIO Journal and now a new publication, Risk & Compliance Journal. You may not have noticed. It’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between news and advertising.

Internal Audit At JPMorgan Chase: Not High Profile Enough Yet

January 31, 2013/5 Comments/in Food for Thought, Latest, Pure Content

I thought after all that had happened at JPMorgan Chase last year – for example, billions in losses from the “whale” trade, investigations into Libor and AML illegal acts, multiple lawsuits including by the New York Attorney General for foreclosure fraud – someone would take a close look at internal audit and, maybe, make some big changes. I was wrong.

Housing Problems: Where To Get Help

December 9, 2012/in Food for Thought

I asked Alys Cohen of the National Consumer Law Center what I can say when people ask me what to do about their foreclosure or mortgage modification nightmare.

Deutsche Bank Fair Value Fakeout Didn’t Prevent Backdoor Fed Bailout

December 7, 2012/2 Comments/in Food for Thought, Latest

Deutsche Bank may have avoided a bailout by the German government but borrowed billions from the US Federal Reserve and various programs during this period. So much for avoiding a bailout by pretending there was no risk of catastrophic losses during the financial crisis.

McKenna On NPR’s “All Things Considered”

November 21, 2012/2 Comments/in Food for Thought, Fraud

I was asked to talk about HP and Autonomy tonight on NPR’s “All Things Considered” program.

My Big Fat Overrated CEO: McKenna On Dimon On The Keiser Report

November 18, 2012/6 Comments/in Food for Thought, Latest

I taped an episode of the Keiser Report last week while in New York. The focus was Jamie Dimon with a bit of MF Global thrown in for heat. Max Keiser, the host, asked me this question: Why does Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase still have a job?

Do It Yourself SEO: An Essay for Sundayed.com

November 4, 2012/6 Comments/in Food for Thought

How can I leave my readers with something they’ll remember, something to lead them back to me, something that encourages them to tell a friend about me?

Former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair On Foreclosure Lookback Reviews

October 27, 2012/1 Comment/in Food for Thought, Pure Content

Chapter 21 of Sheila Bair’s book, “Bull By The Horns,” is a blow-by-blow account of the wrangling and dealmaking that resulted in two settlements that satisfy neither consumer advocates nor the borrowers that were harmed by abusive mortgage servicer activities.

Zynga And Facebook: A Dangerously Close Relationship

October 17, 2012/in Food for Thought, Pure Content

Zynga is practically a wholly owned subsidiary of Facebook. At some point I think it will be, probably to actualize an online real-money gaming strategy.

Laboring In The Big 4 – A Labor Day Special Report

August 31, 2012/19 Comments/in Food for Thought, Pure Content

Is this really the way to run a professional services firm?

More Sarbanes-Oxley Anniversary Thoughts

August 5, 2012/9 Comments/in Food for Thought, Latest, Pure Content

The day my OpEd in the Financial Times was published, July 30, there were many other stories in other publications marking the occasion of Sarbanes-Oxley’s tenth anniversary. Most of them focused on the lack of prosecutions of CEOs and CFOs for false financial statement certification crimes.