CFO News Room

JANUARY 9, 2023

There is a market-based estimate of inflation that comes from the US treasury market, where a comparison of yields on a treasury bond with that on a inflation-protected treasury bond of equivalent maturity provides a measure of expected inflation.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

That matters, because rising rates will increase the debt service (interest payments the US government must pay on the outstanding Treasury securities). His research focuses on financial markets, cryptocurrencies, monetary policy-related issues, the economics of games, and problems in economic measurement.

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Future CFO

MARCH 16, 2021

As vaccines become available, organisations expect an economic rebound while continuing their digital transformation journeys such as those in the finance function. How should CFOs go about digital transformation? FutureCFO: What’d be the challenges facing the finance function and the CFO post-pandemic?

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Sanjay Patil , executive partner for finance and supply chain transformation at IBM Consulting , ASEAN, says the CFO role is evolving and is now aligned with the priorities of the CEO for the organisation including improved efficiencies and customer experience. Why is artificial intelligence important to the CFO and the finance team?

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E78 Partners

APRIL 13, 2023

To capitalize on these strategic choices, PE firms need to invest in a strong CFO office, personnel hires, processes and systems, and consider partnering with a transaction advisor to build a platform for successful roll-up strategies. E78 Partners offers finance and technology solutions for PE firms pursuing roll-up strategies.

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Future CFO

APRIL 13, 2023

The three years since 2020 saw organisations focus on digitalisation, payment efficiency, security, and cash forecasting. In a 2021 blog post , he posited that one of the biggest challenges facing CFOs and other leaders is predicting and being prepared for a future "when you don't know what is around the bend." "The

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 6, 2023

” Stocks rallied after the report, and Treasury yields — which move opposite price — fell. But with its fed funds rate at 4.25%-4.50%, the Fed has targeted more rate hikes until it reaches its forecast of 5.1% Gapen said the strong jobs report reinforces his rate hike forecast. You hit it on all three notes.”

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The G-7 plans are likely to send oil prices higher (despite US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claiming the opposite ) and reduce tanker availability, both of which will threaten India’s energy security and hurt its economy as India is the third-largest consumer and importer of oil worldwide. Source link.

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Simply Treasury

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

“If you have to forecast, forecast often” (Edgar R. Need for reliable forecasts. Nobody could deny the importance of having accurate and reliable Cash-Flow Forecasts (CFF). Treasury management is “anticipation”. Managing cash is easier than forecasting cash. Managing cash is easier than forecasting cash.

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 1, 2023

In this Planning Aces episode, host Jack Sweeney and guest host Ben Murray discuss the collaborative organizational effort behind generating business intelligence (BI) and the different places BI resources may reside within a business, with reference to an episode featuring Gary Zyla, CFO of AssetMark. This is Gary Xyla, CFO of asset mark.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Welcome to the CFO Club Africa podcast, where we interview leading CFOs from Africa and beyond. CFO Club Africa is a division of the Chartered Institute of Business Accountants, the professional body for business accountants, financial managers and chief financial officers. Go to www.cfoclub.co.za

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a post at the start of 2021 , I argued that while stocks entered the year at elevated levels, especially on historic metrics (such as PE ratios), they were priced to deliver reasonable returns, relative to very low risk free rates (with the treasury bond rate at 0.93% at the start of 2021). from its level at the start of the year.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

After the proxy battle, Exxon plans to keep oil output at the lowest level in two decades, a 20% decline from prior forecasts. Brian Deese, the firm’s former global head of sustainable investing, is now the director of the National Economic Council. Wally Adeyemo, Mr. Fink’s former chief of staff, is deputy Treasury secretary.

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Future CFO

MAY 26, 2020

Asked what the priorities of the financial planning and analysis teams were in 2018, three-quarters of CFOs surveyed by FutureCFO between March and April 2020 picked planning, budgeting and forecasting as a key function of the department. She noted that the CFO function is at an inflection point.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Delving into the key trends shaping the treasury landscape in 2024, the focus is on themes such as staffing challenges, macroeconomic risks, technology adoption, and strategic financial management. Staffing challenges and technology adoption Staffing emerges as a central theme for corporate treasurers.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Atradius forecasts a jump in insolvencies across Asia in 2020, with Hong Kong expected to be one of the most affected markets across the globe. Among Asian economies, Atradius forecasts insolvencies to rise 39% in Hong Kong, behind just Turkey and the United States in the global ranking.

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Future CFO

JUNE 18, 2020

We ran this survey right at the edge when things were getting really bad," Antonio Fatas, INSEAD Professor of Economics, said of the survey conducted between May 29 and June 12. It tells us that the recovery will take time and it won't be a V-shaped recovery," said Jeff Ng, senior treasury strategist at HL Bank.

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CFO Leadership

MARCH 31, 2022

Cash forecasting is meant to drive smarter business decisions in all economic climates. Many finance teams —empowered by broader treasury digitization and technology breakthroughs — are now embracing new forecasting solutions that use machine learning to harness data and improve confidence. By cash flow types?

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Future CFO

JULY 30, 2020

The current pandemic will trigger a major acceleration in business insolvencies due to both the suddenness and historic size of the economic shock and its expected lasting effects, said Euler Hermes recently. Euler Hermes's global insolvency forecasts.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 22, 2023

While there are many events during 2022, some political and some economic, that one can point to as the reason for poor stock returns, it is undeniable that inflation was the driving force behind the market correction.

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Future CFO

APRIL 21, 2021

Having unproductive cash tied up in inefficient AP processes poses a huge threat when economic disruption hits. Given the importance of cash flow in uncertain times, companies should develop treasury plans for cash management as part of their overall business risk and continuity plans. Optimizing cash flow.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 10, 2024

A look back at 2023 and it becomes clear that persistent challenges were the norm for much of the year – be it in the form of social, geopolitical or economic. Insolvency in Asia The Allianz Research paper, Global Economic Outlook 2023-25 , notes that businesses face declining demand and higher costs while pricing power is fading.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 12, 2022

Fitch said its updated US interest rate forecasts reflect the major pivot by the Fed at its policy meeting on 14-15 December 2021, prompted by evidence that inflation is broadening and underscored by the meeting minutes. Fitch has not changed its US or global GDP forecasts from December’s Global Economic Outlook. “We

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Future CFO

AUGUST 27, 2023

You need constant monitoring of your economic outlook because then you can adjust your risk management strategy that will help you mitigate third-party risks." Talking about the pain points of being a CFO, Tan says, "I think the very first important step is to make a conversation. He called for faster forecast scenarios.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

This essay is forthcoming in the Review of Keynesian Economics and is posted here with the permission of the editor. Originally published at the Institute for New Economic Thinking website 1. They would thus risk coming onstream just as the economic recovery was complete, and so adding, counterproductively, to renewed inflation.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But since you mentioned getting return on the risk you take, how do you think about duration when the three-month Treasury is more or less the same or better than the 10-year? RIEDER: And all of a sudden, you change the economic paradigm so darn fast. RITHOLTZ: We’ll talk a little bit about the inverted yield curve later.

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CFO Leadership

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Our Advice: Continue to hone those scenario planning skills, including how to include a continued volatile energy landscape in your forecasts. You’ll need multiple forecasts that consider the different scenarios, because as 2022 has shown us energy costs will remain volatile. If OPEC has its way, oil will remain around $80 per barrel.

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