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A Primer for finance managers to chart the sustainability journey in Asia

Future CFO

A recent whitepaper published by the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) at the National University of Singapore sheds light on the growing demand for ESG data and the widespread use of aggregate ESG scores from a growing number of data providers. Avoid pleasing ESG raters.

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Musings on Markets

In pursuit of an answer to that question, I used company-specific data from Value Line, one of the earliest entrants into the investment data business, to compute an industry average. Aggregate operating numbers 3. Insider, CEO & Institutional holdings 2.

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How to Read a Budget vs Actual Report

Centage

Profit: Your company’s revenue minus expenses is its profit. Ideally, your profit will grow from quarter to quarter or year to year. In cases when the expenses are more than the revenue, your business will have a loss, not a profit. Ideally, this will be a positive number. How to Create a Budget.

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Whole Paycheck Tracker: Amazon, Walmart Battle For Electronics Share

PYMNTS

When it comes to the battle between Bentonville and Seattle, Amazon is taking the lion’s share of this category, according to an exclusive PYMNTS data analysis. That means it doesn’t fit into Walmart’s everyday low price model – but it does fit Amazon, which doesn’t have to use it as a loss leader. In 2016, it took $24.5

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AI's Winners, Losers and Wannabes: An NVIDIA Valuation, with the AI Boost!

Musings on Markets

From 2001 to 2020, revenue growth at semiconductor businesses has dropped to single digits, as higher demand for chips in new uses has been offset by loss of pricing power, and declining chip prices. Sustained Profitability, with Cycles! While revenue growth has picked up again in the last three years, the business has matured.

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Financial Planning for Nonprofits – It’s Time to Arm Your Finance Team with Modern FP&A Tools to Thrive in a Post-Pandemic World

Centage

While updating numbers is easy enough in any budget, when you start modifying the structure of the model things get ugly. It’s never been more important for organizations to plan for change – from a simple office expansion to more significantly how to act on new risks introduced by evolving market dynamics.

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Making the Move: Cash Flow Forecasting Tips for Turbulent Times

Centage

Limited What-If Analysis: the ability to explore the financial consequences of alternative business growth and funding strategies is critical, especially in fluid or volatile markets. It provides built-in financial intelligence and business rules ensuring absolute data integrity.