CFO News Room

JANUARY 4, 2023

While not much changed in the JOLTS report for November, when we benchmark against latest peaks and troughs, we can see how much these labor market metrics have moderated over the last two years. The quits rate remains elevated but has also been generally moving back towards historic benchmarks. Read the full Twitter thread here.

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CFO News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

He noted that while the benchmark interest rate has been at 6.5% since February 2023, economic fundamentals in India are robust, with inflation averaging around 5-5.5% Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal expressed confidence that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would reduce interest rates as inflation remains under control.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Benchmarked against peaks and troughs, labor market metrics have clearly moderated in recent months. Job openings increased in the latest #JOLTS data for Dec 2022 as hires and separations edged up. Even with the uptick, job openings remain significantly lower than their peak.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

But unlike other Budget Days, benchmarks ended the day in the green, as investors cheered a growth-oriented Budget. The government’s record borrowing plans for the next financial year sent benchmark bond yields to two-and-a-half years high. By Yoosef Kp & Ruchit Purohit. After surging as much as 1,018.03

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

lakh crore in the next fiscal will percolate down to the real engines of our economic growth — the MSMEs. Resilience, inclusive growth, and technology-enabled development – the Budget 2022 by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman aims to create an enabling framework to achieve these three benchmarks. Stepping up capex to Rs7.5

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VCFO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

You can learn how you compare to your competitors and best in class by benchmarking your performance to a peer group. For instance, if your benchmarking shows a gross profit margin below the industry, that may signal excessive Cost of Goods Sold or Cost of Sales, suggesting operational or supplier agreement issues.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The benchmark 10-year U.S. The spread between the Italian bond yield and the German benchmark, considered a barometer of financial stress in the region, rose to its highest level in over 18 months. . Government bond yields surged world-wide after a strong report on the U.S. It was at 1.25% at the start of the week.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Operating chief financial officers act more as strategic partners in times of economic fluctuations. In a recent McKinsey survey , 72% of CFOs said increased participation in business decision-making was their most impactful way to help manage economic volatility.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Along with the latest on payroll employment, unemployment, and wage growth, we will also get the final benchmark revisions for the establishment survey (CES). Preliminary benchmark revisions suggest job growth will be even stronger over the last two years than the 11.2 million previously reported.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 20, 2023

The inflation benchmark, measuring price growth over a year, hit a 40-year high in June after months of sustained price increases. After a period of steep inflation, Americans have seen monthly price growth ease, but when will things get back to normal? Since then, monthly gains have slowed. While December 2022 prices were up 6.5%

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s the latest in a series of recent fiscal and monetary benchmarks received with increasing blitheness. His research focuses on financial markets, cryptocurrencies, monetary policy-related issues, the economics of games, and problems in economic measurement. I counted only a handful of headlines reporting on it.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In recent trading, the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. The Treasury Department building in Washington. Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg News. government bond yields climbed sharply after a strong January jobs report. Treasury note was 1.883%, according to Tradeweb, compared with 1.825% Thursday.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 30, 2021

What makes for a sought-after chief finance professional (CFO)? CFO: The disruption of 2020 highlighted the need for the finance function to be more responsive – continually re-evaluating both short and long-term goals and strategies. These days, strong computer skills, as are advanced knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and finances.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Although the quits rate remains above historic benchmarks, it’s been coming down for months. On the whole, these labor market metrics exhibited very small changes from September. pic.twitter.com/XDZo45f8Sq. Elise Gould (@eliselgould) November 30, 2022. Hiring continues to outpace quits in every major sector as workers seek and find new jobs.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The latter, for example, is an offering that Bloomberg says can “ bring the full potential of AI to the financial domain ” and create entirely new workflows, economic analyses and financial benchmarks for its customers. The post Preparing Your Finance Organization for the New Era of AI first appeared on CFO Leadership.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

After benchmarking against UI records, total payroll employment for March 2022 was revised up by 568k jobs. These trends are not driving inflation. pic.twitter.com/94jmSRCWvR — Elise Gould (@eliselgould) February 3, 2023 Not only was job growth in January stronger than anticipated, the revisions were larger as well.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It encompasses environmental, social, and economic dimensions and involves the responsible use of resources, reducing waste and pollution, promoting social equity, and ensuring economic viability over the long term,” she put forward. ESG reporting will continue to change and be refined, given the challenges of sustainability goals.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

New Gartner benchmark study reveals 92% of HR leaders are prioritising budgeting and cost optimisation initiatives. While there is growing pressure for HR leaders to reduce budgets and improve productivity, many CHROs and their teams struggle to monitor the economic business cycle and anticipate times of economic uncertainty and volatility.

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Boston Startup CFO

APRIL 12, 2024

13-week Cash Flow Forecasting We offer a comprehensive and forward-looking approach to cash planning.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is part of the economic climate in which they operate and can impact customer insolvency. Review the credit terms you extend to customers and suppliers, and benchmark your trade terms against the rest of your industry. Is there a trend toward disputes over billings or deliveries? Are they attracting negative press coverage?

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

growth in Q4 to meet the lower end of it, said Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia. Benchmark rates cut thrice this year already The country’s central bank already cut its benchmark interest rate three times this year by a total of 75 basis points to 4.0% The country’s growth target for the year is 6-7%, which needs a 6.7%

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Future CFO

AUGUST 25, 2019

This is expected to help the country—the largest economy in Southeast Asia—to sustain its economic growth despite the ongoing US-China trade war which is predicted to slow global growth. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had its fourth rate cut this yearn early August, dropping its benchmark rate by 35 basis points to 5.4%.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

In the bond market, the benchmark 10-year U.S. Valuations of Hong Kong-listed stocks are now quite reasonable, Mr. Ru said, adding that he doesn’t expect China’s internet sector to be hit with major regulatory changes this year. . Treasury yield declined to 1.903%, according to Tradeweb. Yields and prices move inversely.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 14, 2023

The advisory firm noted that it surveyed 249 senior enterprise risk executives in May 2023 to provide leaders with a benchmarked view of 20 emerging risks for enterprises. Gartner has identified three potential third-party viability consequences for risk managers to monitor as the situation develops: Loss of key inputs and materials.

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VCFO

JANUARY 27, 2022

total economic melt downs, (2000, 2008), terrorist attacks, pandemics (bird flu, swine flu, coronavirus), natural disasters (fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods), and geo-political tensions and disruptions. Benchmark employee compensation to competitors and across industries. The Perils of Inflation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

We are excited to continue to roll out more fiat to crypto gateways around the world to support the growth of our industry,” Wei Zhou, Binance CFO, said in a press release. “We We firmly believe that more adoption will lead to more innovation and more economic opportunities.”.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Indonesia’s central bank cut reserve requirement on Thursday but kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5%. The unchanged rate is widely expected because the central bank has trimmed its key rate by 100 basis point in four previous back-to-back policy meetings. billion) of additional liquidity.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 23, 2019

According to the credit rating agency, credit conditions will weaken for most Indian non-financial companies in 2020, driven by sluggish economic growth and slowing earnings, but that infrastructure issuers' credit quality will remain stable. The country’s central bank cut its benchmark rate five times this year.

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Future CFO

MARCH 3, 2020

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has cut its benchmark interest rate today by half a percentage point to mirror the Fed’s base rate reduction from 2% to 1.5%. BNM reported economic growth of 3.6% In late February when announcing its budget for the year, the Hong Kong SAR government projected a record deficit for 2020 at US$17.89

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CFO Network

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

But did you know that business valuation can give you more insight into your business than just the economic value? When you know the value of your business, you can use this as a benchmark to compare to your competitors. As a business owner, you should always know the value of your business. To Get a Baseline.

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Future CFO

MAY 26, 2020

Against the backdrop of economic and legal implications of non-compliance, companies are mandating self-isolation and work from home. She noted that the CFO function is at an inflection point. These tend to provide you with more credibility along with your ability to deliver your KPIs as CFO (for example).

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Last August, the company added, it surpassed another benchmark of providing an average of $1 million a day for small businesses. $30 66% of CFOs in Canada say optimizing cash flow is more important this year than it was in 2015, American Express and CFO Research concluded in their ninth annual Global Business & Spending Monitor.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

During the call, CFO Luca Maestri noted that the company hasn’t seen a meaningful revenue impact from Apple Pay but did say that he expects Apple Pay could eventually make a financial impact. Certainly, China’s economic slowdown came at the wrong time for Apple. million locations in the U.S.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 30, 2023

This was the case even though the pace of economic growth accelerated in the second half of the year and unemployment remained very low. If the Fed lets the current recovery continue apace by not raising interest rates further at this week’s meeting, 2023 could turn out to be a great year for the economic fortunes of American families.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

She has dual degrees in Economics and Corporate Finance and a certification in Advanced Behavioral Analysis. They also serve as a benchmark for whether team members are succeeding in their roles on an ongoing basis. She currently sits on the Board of her alma mater, the Macaulay Honors College at CUNY.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 9, 2023

In 2019, the percentage of renters who spent more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities — an “affordability” benchmark — was 46 percent , according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. If rents return to their pre-pandemic normal, we’ll still be in a situation that’s difficult for many families.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 20, 2024

For example, you can see what’s the biggest drawdown, how long did it last, how long and how often did a strategy beat its benchmark, and by what magnitude. You know, there’s the old joke about the company hiring a new CFO and they only ask them one question. Barry Ritholtz : So let’s compare evidence versus stories.

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