Musings on Markets

JANUARY 24, 2024

In my last post, I looked at equities in 2023, and argued that while they did well during 2023, the bounce back were uneven, with a few big winning companies and sectors, and a significant number of companies not partaking in the recovery. The Fed Effect: Where's the beef?

Treasury 52

Treasury Currencies Marketing Economics 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 30, 2023

The US treasury market, considered by some still as a safe haven, was anything but safe or a haven, especially at the long maturities, as long term rates soared, with inflation (not the Fed) being the key driver. Since inflation was 6.42% in 2022, the real return on a US 10-year treasury bond was -22.79%.

Treasury 74

Treasury Marketing Banking Corporate Finance 74

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

In one report, a survey by treasury management solutions provider Kyriba revealed that treasurers are wasting nearly 5,000 hours every year working with manual spreadsheets. “But what our numbers show, rather dramatically, is the cost of over-relying on spreadsheets to manage an entire finance function, like treasury. .

Finance 41

Finance Treasury Corporate Finance Forecasting 41

CFO Thought Leader

MAY 28, 2023

perhaps I’d like to see myself in a prospectus someday,’” remarks Ackert, who after 6 years of serving Donnelley clients segued into a series of corporate finance jobs first by leveraging her printing operations expertise and subsequently by climbing the ranks as an FP&A all-star. This is really number one.

CFO 52

CFO Corporate Finance Treasury Leadership 52

Global Finance

MAY 10, 2024

But the top-line numbers obfuscate an enormously mixed picture beneath the surface. The agency recorded a decline in international investment project announcements, particularly in project finance (21%) and mergers and acquisitions (16%). At an estimated $1.37 Excluding these two countries, inflows to the rest of the EU fell 23%.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 52

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Manufacturing Profit and Loss Investments 52

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

Wells said Friday (May 19) that it is adding features to Receivables Manager, an accounts receivable service for its corporate treasury clients. The tools aim to reduce paper in corporate finance operations, Wells explained, and nix manual remittance and data entry.

Accounting 40

Accounting Treasury Corporate Finance Cash Management 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

The table below lists my industry groups, with the number of companies in each one: I am sure that some of you will find even these industry groupings to be over-broad, but I had to make a compromise between having too many groupings, with not enough firms in each one, and too few.

Valuation 91

Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies Finance 91

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This is especially true in finance-related functions like accounting, procurement, payroll and treasury, and a new survey from Workday suggests chief financial officers are recognizing the opportunities in a more collaborative approach to their positions.

CFO 58

CFO Corporate Finance Finance Risk Management 58

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

“While we remain bullish on the overall public cloud opportunity, we see an increasing number of companies confronting the realities and challenges of migrating workloads and re-platforming apps,” Goldman Sachs concluded in a report released in July.

Risk Analysis 61

Risk Analysis Corporate Finance Treasury Technology 61

The Finance Weekly

MARCH 1, 2023

CFO Pros on the Move February 2023 Chris Krusmark | Sleep Number , Chris Krusmark , the current executive vice president and chief human resources officer at Sleep Number, has been appointed as the interim CFO until a permanent replacement is found. Prior to that, she held several finance and treasury positions at L Brands.

CFO 52

CFO Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Leadership Finance 52

PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

Corporate treasurers know fraud is something to keep an eye on, but amid all of the high-profile breaches and hacks over the last few years, apparently, these money managers haven’t acted — yet. There was also a 17 percent increase in the number of treasurers that said they are responsible for group liquidity management.

Treasury 40

Treasury Risk Management Numbers Sales 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

In closing, I also want to dispense with the notion that data is objective and that numbers-focused people have no bias. Finally, it is worth noting that, notwithstanding the travails of last year, the number of firms in the data universe increased from 44,394 firms at the start of 2020 to 46,579 firms, a 4.9%

Valuation 52

Valuation Currencies Numbers Corporate Finance 52

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

SWIFT said that the latest additions to its business platform brings the number of companies on the portal up to 1,500 across the globe. The company also noted that the number of new businesses joining the platform increased by 50 percent in the region during the second half of 2015, compared to the first half of the year. “We

Treasury 40

Treasury B2B Cost Management Banking 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

“For a lot of CFOs, their departments are being eliminated,” the executive said of the rise in automated solutions within corporate treasury, finance and accounting departments. They’re involved in the accounting department in crunching the numbers and doing taxes.”

CFO 41

CFO Corporate Finance B2B Treasury 41

PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

. “But they’ve probably grown up separately because, traditionally, banks have looked at one as a financing opportunity or corporates looked at one as a monetization opportunity, and the other is pure risk mitigation. But I think, for a number of reasons, you start to see the two go more hand in hand.”

Finance 63

Finance Cash Flow Forecasting Reconciliations Treasury 63

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

After the rating downgrade, my mailbox was inundated with questions of what this action meant for investing, in general, and for corporate finance and valuation practice, in particular, and this post is my attempt to answer them all with one post. What is a risk free investment? Why does the risk-free rate matter?

Investments 80

Investments Currencies Treasury Hurdle Rate 80

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Below, PYMNTS breaks down some of the numbers behind the B2B payments and finance digitization journey. Researchers surveyed 379 corporate treasury and financial professionals and found that check use seems to be at an all-time low. million civilian employees are on the U.S. government’s payroll , a statistic the U.S.

B2B 54

B2B Invoicing Treasury Finance 54

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 5, 2023

Adding to the confusion are the proliferation of very different numbers that you may have seen attached to the current equity risk premium, each usually quoting an expert in the field, but providing little context.

Treasury 78

Treasury Valuation Investments Corporate Finance 78

PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

Treasury management technology firm Reval says Brexit makes it painfully clear that, for those businesses not conducting contingency and scenario planning, their financial situations are far less stable. “Treasuries typically don’t have lots of resources,” Seward said. Following the U.K. “The future of the U.K.

Budgeting 40

Budgeting Treasury Forecasting Prioritization 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In its third year in a row of growth, the SBA’s 504 loan program, which offers small businesses long-term, fixed-rate financing for modernization efforts, grew by more than 10 percent last fiscal year. corporate treasurers plan to spend more on FinTech next year , but it may not be anything to celebrate. .” 26% of U.S.

Cash Management 74

Cash Management Finance Treasury Investments 74

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.

CFO 52

CFO Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Leadership Finance 52

Global Finance

JUNE 6, 2024

Innovation: New Cash Management Program Company: Intesa Sanpaolo The bank’s New Cash Management Program consists of two innovative solutions for corporate customers: the Multi-Currency Optimizer and Virtual Account Management.

Construction 109

Construction Compliance Cash Management Treasury 109

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Analysts have found an increase in the number of CFOs starting at for-profit companies and moving to nonprofits, reports said this week. In only the last year, there has been a 25 percent increase in the number of CFOs making the switch, according to reports — a surprising figure considering the wage gap.

Nonprofit 68

Nonprofit CFO Compliance Numbers 68

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Corporate finance executives and financial service providers quickly acknowledged a dramatic change in the treasury department: Over the last decade, the corporate treasurer has become a strategic component of the enterprise, driving growth in a challenging, constantly changing market.

Treasury 40

Treasury Corporate Finance Risk Management Communication 40

PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

The blockchain hype-machine is driven largely from the technology’s proponents that say they have an application of the tool for everything: payments, risk mitigation, contracts, KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance, financing, cloud storage, an alternative to foreign exchange, credit underwriting. Earlier this year, the U.K.’s

Foreign Exchange 40

Foreign Exchange Compliance Finance Banking 40

Musings on Markets

MAY 11, 2021

Historical Stock Returns: Pre and Post-tax At the start of every year, I update a dataset , where I look at historical returns on stocks over time, and compare these returns to returns on treasury bonds/bills, corporate bonds and gold.

Investments 52

Investments Valuation Treasury Forecasting 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

We break down all the numbers below. $1 1 trillion has passed through Citi’s mobile banking solutions for corporates , the bank announced last week, hitting a milestone since CitiDirect BE Mobile launched in 2011. The tablet version of the corporate banking tool was launched soon thereafter.

Banking 40

Banking Valuation Treasury Cash Management 40

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I went into what’s called corporate finance, what people would see now as sort of M&A department. CHANCELLOR: Well, I was actually in a sort of subgroup there, which was called corporate strategy. But I didn’t last very long there because I thought I didn’t like corporate finance.

Valuation 55

Valuation Finance Investments Banking 55

Barry Ritholtz

JUNE 20, 2023

That’s a shocking number. In fact, I think Secretary of the Treasury at the time said the market will work out these things and they will not become a problem. I think there’s a number we have in the book, maybe $70 million or something in fees to take care of. RITHOLTZ: Really, that’s a big number.

Healthcare 55

Healthcare Finance Marketing Retail 55

Planful

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

We provide career development resources and unbiased content and established and administer the Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional credentials, which set standards of excellence in finance. They need to know how to tell stories about numbers.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 40

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning Education Benchmarking 40