CFO Talks

MARCH 19, 2024

By distilling these goals into a concise list and communicating them consistently—whether in formal presentations or casual discussions—the CFO ensures everyone understands and aligns with the finance department’s direction. This might involve enhancing digital finance capabilities or adopting sustainable business practices.

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CFO Communication Finance Budgeting 52

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 29, 2023

Few people are in a position to see what’s going on in the world of investing, whether it’s institutional or retail, better than Vanguard CIO. They create the benchmark. And 87% of our active fixed income funds have outperformed their benchmarks on a three year basis against their benchmarks.

Investments 52

Investments Benchmarking Valuation Construction 52

Fpanda Club

MARCH 1, 2021

Benchmarking is an extremely powerful tool, but unfortunately, this kind of data, accumulated by consulting firms and professional associations conducting surveys and research on various adjacent topics, is not easily available or is highly fragmented. Sources: 1. APQC, AFP Next level of FP&A study, 2019 2.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 130

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Benchmarking Value-Added Analysis Budgeting 130

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And because remember, Lehman had the Lehman Agg and that was the benchmark. There is above benchmark returns to be generated by active selection of credit quality duration and specific bonds. RIEDER: It’s funny you said that because, listen, I think we’ve gotten to the place where there actually is too much communication.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 57

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Marketing Education 57

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk. And I — I — I don’t like to ask people for predictions and forecasts, but you’re looking at the flows and you get client questions all the time.

Investments 116

Investments Marketing Profit and Loss Banking 116

Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Finance professionals and teams today have numerous solutions available to help them plan, budget, forecast, and analyze financial information. OnPlan is a financial modeling and forecasting tool built by financial planners and analysts. 6 factors when choosing an FP&A tool. It’s also extremely fast with a modern user interface.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting Forecasting Planning 52

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

So I wanted to challenge myself, improve my communication skills, you know, through, through the writing process. Here’s how I would identify a core along you, you first and foremost, you identify what your benchmark is, how are you measuring your performance? Said, you know what? Lemme get a double major and do English writing.

Marketing 61

Marketing Leadership Finance Investments 61