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The Best Way to Build is to Buy: Business Acquisitions in a Recession

CFO Alliance

The post The Best Way to Build is to Buy: Business Acquisitions in a Recession appeared first on CFO Alliance.

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Internal audit leaders flag cyberattacks as top 2023 risk: ManpowerGroup

CFO Dive

Chief audit executives struggle to fend off ransomware attacks as the tight labor market leaves them understaffed.

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Leveraging Structured Notes To Differentiate A Solo Practice

CFO News Room

Executive Summary. Welcome back to the 309th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today’s podcast is Anh Tran. Anh is the Founder and Managing Partner for SageMint Wealth, a corporate LPL-affiliated RIA based in Orange, California, that oversees nearly $325 million for 195 client households. What’s unique about Anh, though, is how, as a solo advisor, she differentiates her firm by leveraging the combination of a high-touch concierge approach to client servic

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The digital assets journey: what business leaders should know

CFO Dive

The market for digital assets continues to evolve and rapidly, and so it’s imperative that CFOs, management and the Board are educated and engaged on the topic so that they can be prepared to meet the latest risks and opportunities that these assets can bring.

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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Consumer Expectations Remained at Recessionary Levels in November

CFO News Room

The Consumer Confidence Index from The Conference Board fell for the second consecutive month in November. The composite index decreased by 2.0 points, or 2.0 percent, to 100.2 (see first chart). The index is down 10.5 percent from November 2021 and 22.3 percent from the recent peak of 128.9 in June 2021. Both major components of the consumer confidence index declined in November.

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Joint audit may not improve quality: Global accounting body ACCA chief

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Mandatory auditor rotation and a cooling-off period between when the auditor is engaged with a large business and before it takes a significant piece of work again from the same client are among better measures, says Helen Brand.

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Vail Resorts appoints company alum to CFO seat

CFO Dive

Angela Korch left Vail Resorts just over two years ago to become CFO of CorePower Yoga. She is returning to take the ski resort operator’s finance helm.

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Global Tensions Spur a Sea Change in Japan

CFO News Room

Walter Russell Mead is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the Global View Columnist at The Wall Street Journal and the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College in New York. . He is also a member of Aspen Institute Italy and board member of Aspenia. Before joining Hudson, Mr.

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Qatar Investment Authority swipes former JPMorgan exec for CFO

CFO Dive

Niall Byrne will take on the financial leadership of the sovereign wealth fund while Qatar’s economy and financial resources come under an international spotlight as it hosts the FIFA World Cup.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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Gates Foundation-Sponsored Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Gets Make-Up, Not Make-Over

CFO News Room

Yves here. In a tacit admission of failure, the Gates Foundation is rebranding its Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa but is not changing its approach all that much. By Timothy A. Wise, Senior Advisor at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and a Senior Research Fellow at Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute and Jomo Kwame Sundaram, former UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development.

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Arkam Ventures appoints Vishnuhari Pareek as Head of Finance

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Pareek was leading Finance for the Used Car business at CarDekho in his last role. Prior to that he was at Rivigo.

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#FA Success Ep 309: Leveraging Structured Notes To Differentiate A Highly-Leveraged $300M Solo Practice, With Anh Tran

Nerd's Eye View

Welcome back to the 309th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Anh Tran. Anh is the Founder and Managing Partner for SageMint Wealth, a corporate LPL-affiliated RIA based in Orange, California, that oversees nearly $325 million for 195 client households. What's unique about Anh, though, is how, as a solo advisor, she differentiates her firm by leveraging the combination of a high-touch concierge approach to client service with a unique investment mana

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Gautam Adani tops Forbes rich list 2022, wealth of India’s 100 richest touches $800 bn

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As per the list, the combined wealth of India’s 100 richest grew by $25 billion to touch $800 billion. The gain was largely due to a record-breaking feat by infrastructure tycoon Gautam Adani, Forbes added.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • It’s not your imagination: Shopping on Amazon has gotten worse : The first page of Amazon results includes an average of about nine sponsored listings, according to a study of 70 search terms conducted in 2020 and 2021 by data firm Profitero. That was twice as many ads as Walmart displayed, and four times as many as Target. ( Washington Post ) See also How Amazon Become Ordinary : Amazon was never going to maintain a 50% market share of the growth i

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Adani Properties wins Dharavi redevelopment project rights with Rs 5,069cr bid

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The government of Maharashtra had floated fresh global tenders for the much-delayed project in October. Realty major DLF and Mumbai-based Shree Naman Developers had also bid for the project, while the pre-bid meeting was attended by a total of eight entities including international players. In terms of process, the bid will now move to the state government’s Committee of Secretaries that will discuss the proposal.

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Ten cloud strategy mistakes CFOs must know

Future CFO

There are ten cloud strategy mistakes that CFOs must know as finance functions are digitally transforming themselves and moving more of what they are doing to the cloud. According to Gartner , the ten cloud strategy mistakes are as follows. 1. Assuming It’s an IT only strategy Cloud computing isn’t only about technology. Those outside IT have skills and knowledge critical to cloud strategy success.

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Port infrastructure may get ?2 lakh crore upgrade to ease logistics pain

CFO News

As many as 298 projects, including for road and rail connectivity to ports, have been identified under the plan. The Empowered Group of Secretaries headed by cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba has identified critical infra gaps in port connectivity that would be taken on a priority basis and their implementation would be reviewed monthly, officials said.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.

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Enterprise Planning Ahead of an Economic Storm

Collectiv

Winter is coming…and this one is shaping up to be an epic one. As the end of the year approaches, many organizations are worried about the possibility of a recession. It’s difficult not to be concerned when all we hear about is the doom and gloom of an economic downturn. This is understandably alarming for enterprises across a wide range of industries.

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JP Morgan eyes collaborations in fintech space in India, says global CIO Lori Beer

CFO News

Beer manages close to $14 billion of technology expenditures for the $121-billion financial services behemoth that is also the largest bank in North America by total assets.

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RegTech Insight APAC Awards name XTP Risk JANUS the Best Operational Risk Solution for 2022

Reval

SINGAPORE –30 November 2022: ION, a global leader in trading and workflow automation. The post RegTech Insight APAC Awards name XTP Risk JANUS the Best Operational Risk Solution for 2022 appeared first on ION.

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Vistara to merge with Air India, confirms Singapore Airlines

CFO News

Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) on Tuesday confirmed the Vistara-Air India merger in a press release. SIA will invest nearly $250 million into Air India as part of the transaction, the Singaporean carrier said in a statement, with the pair aiming to complete the merger by March 2024 subject to regulatory approvals.

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The Hidden Science Behind Why Finance Teams Resist Change—And How to Fix It

Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP

The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.

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Clips From Today’s Halftime Report

The Reformed Broker

Final Trades: Tradeweb, A.O. Smith, Morgan Stanley & more from CNBC. The post Clips From Today’s Halftime Report appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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High-capex budget likely in bid to offset global slump

CFO News

A "balanced approach" will be central to this budget even though it will be this government's last full budget, as revenues next year are unlikely to be as buoyant and the turbulence in the global economy is expected to have some impact on India.

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Elon Goes to War With Apple

The Reformed Broker

Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another round of What Are Your Thoughts? On this week’s episode, Josh and Michael discuss the biggest topics in investing and finance, including: ?Record Sales – “Shoppers are expected to spend between $9 billion and $9.2 billion online on Friday” ?Credit Suisse looks Lehman-y – FTX stuff temporarily took everyone’s focus off this story, The post Elon Goes to War With Apple appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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Tata eyes Apple vendor Wistron's facility in Karnataka

CFO News

The transaction, if successful, will help the salt-to-software conglomerate ramp up the manufacturing capabilities of group company Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd (TEPL) in precision engineering.

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Doing More With Less: The Modern Finance Miracle

Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP

Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.