CFO Dive

JUNE 13, 2022

To navigate a “constantly changing” macro-economic environment, State Street is focusing on reducing its day to day technology spend in favor of more strategic operational investments in AI, automation and like technologies, according to its CIO and CFO.

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CFO Thought Leader

MARCH 18, 2024

Inside The Mentoring Round, CFO Aaron Alt highlights Cardinal Health’s ongoing comprehensive review of its business portfolio, involving an assessment of healthcare trends, competitive strengths, and economic forecasts to determine the best ownership of assets.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Recently, the South African Reserve Bank’s decision to maintain interest rates has had significant implications not only for the economic landscape but also for the competencies demanded of today’s CFOs. The Reserve Bank decided to keep interest rates unchanged, opting for stability amidst ongoing economic turbulence.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The IDC InfoBrief, The Evolving Role of the CFO in 2023 , revealed that more than 80% of manufacturing and distribution organisations surveyed agreed that today’s economic uncertainty has "significantly" elevated the importance of the CFO in driving strategy and technology optimization initiatives.

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CFO Thought Leader

JUNE 6, 2023

Sruthi Lanka is clearly not the only CFO who began her professional career at blue chip investment house Goldman Sachs. However, she may be one of the only CFOs—if not the only one—who can trace her career roots to Goldman’s technology engineering team. Back in 2009, as the economic downturn dispatched a daily dose of […]

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CFO Dive

DECEMBER 6, 2022

CEOs facing a gloomier economic outlook have pared back expansion plans but do not necessarily expect a recession in 2023.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2023

China is currently facing an economic slowdown following the pandemic, which have raised concerns among ratings agencies that led to a downgrade in the country’s debt outlook. In dealing with this situation, considering how big of a market China is, CFOs must consider the following practices: 1.Enhanced

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Jedox Finance

APRIL 16, 2020

He shares his expertise on how an EPM solution supports managing economic uncertainty, particularly in times of crisis. What does your economic forecast look like for the foreseeable future? To achieve greater agility, the Office of the CFO needs to be able to do the following: Process a vast amount of data in a short period.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Asia Pacific economic outlook is expected to remain bright in 2024 after a rapid expansion in 2023, said Rajiv Biswas, Asia Pacific Chief Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence recently. Asia Pacific economic outlook: Medium-term According to Biswas, the region’s medium-term outlook is as follows.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Oxford Economics said the government capex has led the recovery so far, but fiscal constraints limit its ability to keep driving investment. It further said structural shifts, such as digitisation and decarbonisation, do provide tremendous investment opportunities. “A per cent in 2012-2019, from 7.2 per cent in 2004-2011.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 1, 2024

The study, which asked 200 manufacturing and distribution organisations with revenues between US$100 million and US$1 billion, revealed that more than 80% of the respondents believe today's economic uncertainty has significantly elevated the importance of the CFO in bringing in strategies and technology optimisation initiatives.

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Creative CFP

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Cape Town, South Africa Business advisory firm Creative CFO has recently launched Creative Growth Capital, its very own investment vehicle to meet the high demand for flexible funding solutions that are better geared toward SME business models.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Investing in a guaranteed interest account is a great way to secure your money, as there is very little risk. Guaranteed interest accounts provide reliable, consistent returns and can be used for short-term savings or to supplement other investments in your portfolio. What Are The Best Investments With Guaranteed Returns?

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis released the second estimate, indicating the fastest expansion since Q4 2021. The revision was attributed to upgrades in business investment, state and local government spending, and residential investment. economy's third-quarter growth was revised upwards to a 5.2%

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

CFOs who evolve their capital allocation approach to one that prizes responsiveness can add 2.5 percentage points to economic value added than “unresponsive” peers, said Gartner recently. In a world where most public companies fail to create meaningful economic value through their enterprise investments, a 2.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

Half of all CFOs said they foresee a “V-shaped” recovery to typical economy activity in Q3 2020, while roughly 40 percent foresee a “U-shaped” recovery that lasts into 2021 per a press release from the CFO media brand, which conducted the survey. CFO Research conducted the survey between March 26 and April 2.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Though much work remains to be done to enact a progressive economic agenda, this midterm election showed clear signs of support for a policy agenda that prioritizes economic, racial, and gender justice for working families. Nebraska: Voters approved Initiative 433, which will increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2026.

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 11, 2023

As did that of many of his CFO peers, Chrnelich’s early career appears to have weathered no shortage of economic hijinks, thanks to the dotcom bubble (2002) and Wall Street’s subprime mortgage crisis (2008). As did that of many of his CFO peers, Chrnelich’s early career appears to […] Of course, they are hardly a secret.

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Future CFO

JULY 20, 2023

China’s economic growth would stay above target though recovery momentum fades, said Fitch recently. Nonetheless, Fitch said it still expects China’s economic growth to hit5.6% China’s economic growth will be underpinned by accommodative policy settings, in particular for fiscal policy, according to the firm.

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Future CFO

MARCH 29, 2022

When it comes to CFO strategy, finance leaders CFOs need to move beyond short-term, reactive moves to counter inflation and identify opportunities to build long-term competitive advantages, said Gartner recently. According to Gartner, it has identified the following three additional areas of focus when it comes to CFO strategy.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The global economic growth is estimated to reach 3.0% A disproportionate share of global economic growth in 2023-24 is expected to continue to come from Asia, despite the weaker-than-expected recovery in China, OECD noted. The post Global economic growth to hit 3.0% in 2023 and 2.7% in 2024, said OECD recently.

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CFO Thought Leader

MAY 21, 2023

While chief accountant for the SEC’s investment management division, Alison Staloch reports, she found herself being greeted by a degree of inclusive enthusiasm that she had seldom encountered before. ” –Alison Staloch, CFO, Fundrise CFOTL: Tell us about Fundrise … what does this company do, and what are its offerings today?

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Future CFO

APRIL 2, 2023

The report, published by Marsh Specialty, identifies four areas where increasing risk threatens global trading, security, and investment environments into 2023: persistent political instability; economic retrenchment; competition for strategic resources; and supply chain diversification.

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CFO News

JANUARY 31, 2023

per cent inflation for FY23 was outside the upper target limit of 6 per cent, according to the Economic Survey 2023. ​​It It said that the number is neither high enough to deter private consumption, nor too low to weaken inducement to invest. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) projection of 6.8

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Future CFO

JANUARY 15, 2023

Business leaders bracing for a global economic downturn, according to EY. 48% foresee a moderate global economic downturn, while more than half (55%) of those preparing for a persistent downturn fear a recession worse than the global financial crisis of 2007-08 in terms of its length and severity. Survey highlights.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

When it comes to CFO budget 2023, only 7% of finance leaders plan to cut customer service spending over the next 12 months, said Gartner recently. According to results of a July survey of 234 finance leaders, 21% plan to increase customer spending and 72% to maintain spending, despite economic pressures.

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 2, 2023

One key takeaway from Gainsight CFO Alka Tandan’s career journey is the importance of being open to new opportunities and pivoting when necessary. Tandan started in investment banking, transitioned to media, and then vectored again to the SaaS industry. Tandan would assume her interim CFO role only 3 months later.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2023

“I was involved in some of the diligence, so I was aware of what was going down several months in advance,” explains Leet, who had joined ExactTarget in 2006, as he vividly recalls for us the company’s impressive climb upward—along with its disappointing 2007 decision to pull its IPO due to Wall Street’s economic collapse. What is Zylo?

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Future CFO

JANUARY 29, 2023

When it comes to Asia’s economic outlook 2023, resilience and growth are the major characteristics despite the gloomy predictions about the global economy. It also shows an improvement in its scores for economic readiness for green finance. It also shows an improvement in its scores for economic readiness for green finance.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 15, 2023

For Tipalti CFO Sarah Spoja, the query instantly summons memories of being seated between two of Tipalti’s financing partners: JP Morgan and Hercules Capital, Inc. Spoja tells us that “tougher diligence conversations” had already taken place to help to placate concerns about a changing economic climate.

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CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Economic growth would also assist by increasing tax revenue, reducing the national deficit and improving South Africa’s public finances. The movement, spearheaded by the MEC for Finance Jacob Mamabolo, seeks closer ties with the private sector, especially CFOs.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

V Anantha Nageswaran, India’s Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) said that the private sector is conserving its resources rather than investing. While advising the private sector to invest, he said, "Waiting for demand to arise before they start investing will be to delay the onset of such demand conditions happening."

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 15, 2023

For Tipalti CFO Sarah Spoja, the query instantly summons memories of being seated between two of Tipalti’s financing partners: JP Morgan and Hercules Capital, Inc. Spoja tells us that “tougher diligence conversations” had already taken place to help to placate concerns about a changing economic climate.

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Future CFO

APRIL 23, 2023

Economic confidence rises as clear signs of business improvement emerge, said ACCA recently. While the accountancy body’s Q1 2023 Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) shows confidence lower than a year ago, it rose for the third consecutive quarter as fears fade over the prospects of a recession in 2023.

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CFO News

AUGUST 25, 2023

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted India's resilience and potential at the B20 Summit, choosing to focus on India's narrative rather than China's economic challenges. She identified five key priorities for sustainable global economic recovery, including boosting investment and addressing climate change finance.

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CFO Thought Leader

AUGUST 14, 2023

If Paystand CFO Scott Bennion were to break his three-decade-long finance career into different chapters, the software finance leader would likely agree that he and many of his peers have recently opened a new one. and the Hands of Time | Scott Bennion, CFO, Paystand appeared first on CFO THOUGHT LEADER, CFO, Finance, Leadership, CPA.

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