The economic and financial situation is so convoluted that companies have to make real financial engineering. Currently based out any financial aspect is crucial in organizations, but from Finance Strategy wonder if there is any priority or major concern for any specific area of financial management. That’s why we published a survey with which we intend to know if during this year’s financial managers will focus their objectives in seeking financing, risk control, improved management or strategy development internationalization.

The results obtained so far show that the risk control and the search for funding are the main priorities. Do you agree with this result?

No doubt, there can be limited to a single priority for financial management has to play many sticks and cannot leave any leg of their activity without considering and look closely. Thus, the managers have noted the views that have made Linkedin. In any case everything happens for a lack of credit and therefore the need of working capital.

What do you think are the priorities of the CFO in 2011?

The year 2010 will be remembered as one of the years with more litigation in the courts in matters relating to: Madoff, bonds issued by Lehman, swap agreements, hedge funds that have not returned the cash, etc.

To have any chance of success at trial is required to forward a figure sophisticated financial knowledge to judges and lawyers affordable and easy to understand: The legal expert.

In the field of derivatives, there are very few legal experts with real experience in the field of structuring and financial engineering for a simple reason, if you have work experience in structuring and JP Morgan to earn 10 times more than being a humble expert or consultant. (more…)