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971: Navigating Growth and Transformation | Sam Kemp, CFO, Built Technologies

CFO Thought Leader

Kemp: Built Technologies is one of the fastest-growing construction and real estate technology companies. What we do is really to service construction lenders and their ability to manage individual loans and portfolios of loans that have to do with financing assets that don’t yet exist—which is a very complex thing.

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Enterprise Risk Management and EPM – Separate or Joined at the Hip?

Planful

For another, their biggest risk is ensuring safety on the job sites, but they also face fluctuating demand in the construction industry and the risk this puts on their P&L. Another panelist highlighted their investment in inventory, as well as managing growth in the business. The takeaway? Learn More.

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How Sharp Is the Sharpe Ratio? An Analysis of Global Stock Indices

CFA Institute

To test the Sharpe Ratio’s effectiveness, we constructed monthly return distributions for global stock market indices to see if any had too much skewness.

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Embedded Financing Helps Asia’s SMBs Weather Cash Flow Challenges

PYMNTS

Risk Management. Risk management is critical, said Yin. Better risk management comes through leveraging alternative data sources through industry conduits. Through digital payment obligations — which Yin said is “new way to do B2B payments “— SMBs can better navigate cash flow challenges.

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Mapping CFOs road to success

Future CFO

In mapping the road to success, CFOs must adhere to the following practices : Scope the Challenge: As a CFO, the task is to construct an independent, fact-based perspective on the organisation’s resources, support structures, and activities that contribute to value creation.

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Book Review: In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio

CFA Institute

Andrew Lo and Stephen Foerster offer a checklist of seven principles by which investors can construct their own “perfect portfolios.”.

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Jack Ma’s Digital Bank Offers Three-Minute Loans To SMBs

PYMNTS

The 4-year-old bank uses real-time payments data and a risk-management system that analyzes more than 3,000 variables to allow borrowers to apply for a loan on a smartphone and receive cash almost instantly if approved. Jack Ma ’s MYbank is aiming to change the way China lends to small businesses. The whole process takes three minutes.

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