CFO Talks

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Members’ Profile: Ntombi Melamu In this edition of our CFO Spotlight series, we are featuring Ntombi Melamu, the Managing Director and Founder of FinAscend, a firm she established in 2019 to support small and medium-sized businesses with tailored financial solutions. What advice would you give to someone aspiring to be a CFO?

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Future CFO

MAY 1, 2024

As for the interesting parts of the role, Celina Leonardo , senior director of corporate finance & strategic investment at Super Magnificent Coffee Company Pte. It’s always a challenge when you start to implement a new technology,” Ramon concedes.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

Financial analysts ensure banks make sound decisions in accordance with regulations and long-term goals, evaluating data and analyzing financial statements to gauge overall performance. They must also stay current with market changes and emerging technologies that can alter the finance landscape. Who Are the Major Banks?

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Future CFO

MARCH 27, 2025

Digital transformation With the Finance team continuing its navigation around the whole digital transformation journey , Joseph observes that they have made notable progress in automating transaction processing, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), and compliance reporting. Third, adapt working rhythms to AIs strengths.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. Data: Trickle to a Flood!

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CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

No longer confined to the guardianship of financial reporting and compliance, modern CFOs are now pivotal strategists and advisors at the heart of corporate decision-making. This transformation is driven by several factors, including rapid technological advancements, globalization, and an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

ST: I’m reporting to the CEO and board of directors, providing leadership in all aspects of business and finance, including strategic planning, annual business plan, rolling forecast, financial management, treasury, regulatory reporting, internal controls, taxation, and procurement.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

Thus, an analyst who follows young technology companies may decide that paying ten times revenues for a company is a bargain, if all of the companies that he tracks trade at multiples greater than ten times revenues. Macro Data I do not report much macroeconomic data for two reasons.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

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