October, 2022

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3 ways CFOs can utilize ERP as recession hedge

CFO Dive

Strong enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can help businesses prepare to survive an impending and potentially inevitable recession.

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Power spike: How battery makers can respond to surging demand from EVs

Mckinsey and Company

As the auto market embraces electric vehicles, battery demand is soaring. Bold moves in gigafactory construction, supply chain strategy, and talent acquisition can help industry players get ahead.

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What Early-Stage Life Science Companies Need to Know When Approaching a Funding Event

Navigator SAP

In the past three years, the biotech sector has seen a boom in venture capital (VC) funding. Research from McKinsey has shown that VCs invested in 2,200 biotech start-ups worldwide in 2016, and that increased to 3,100 in 2021. These biotech companies raised over $34 billion globally in 2021.

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Can Anyone Catch Nokia?

Barry Ritholtz

Today’s edition of “ Nobody Knows Anything ” is about a once-dominant mobile phone maker. Exactly 15 years ago, Forbes’s new cover story lauded Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia’s CEO. The headline trumpeted: “Nokia, one billion customers – can anyone catch the cell phone king?” It was posted online October 26, 2007 — 15 years ago today.

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How Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Drive Business Results

Employees who feel listened to show a 64% longer commitment to tasks (Forbes). And that’s just for starters. Learn how emotionally intelligent leaders drive business results. Download Paycor’s guide for the full story.

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You weren’t supposed to see that

The Reformed Broker

I’m going to tell you a quick story in the order in which it happened. You were there. You will be familiar with the sequence of these events. But you may not have reached the shocking conclusion that I have. At least not yet. Wait for it… Our story begins in 2019… It was the best of times, it was the best of times. The tail end of a decade of uninterrupted asset price appreciation for the top decile of.

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CFOs pulled deeper into tech duties

CFO Dive

Digital transformation is another responsibility that has shifted over to CFOs, with 61% now in charge of technology budgeting, spend and approval, a recent study found.

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The fight against money laundering: Machine learning is a game changer

Mckinsey and Company

To realize the full benefits of machine learning and advanced analytics in anti–money laundering, institutions need AML experts, strong data science talent, and reliable data sources in the fight against this type of financial crime.

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Maintaining Quality As a Scaling Contract Manufacturer

Navigator SAP

It’s an uphill task for Contract Development and Manufacturer Organizations (CDMOs) to ensure product quality at the rapid pace demanded by customers, especially when they must deal with safety, control, and regulatory regimes in fields such as pharmaceuticals, biotech, and other areas of the life sciences.

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Collapse in Prospective Home Buyer Traffic

Barry Ritholtz

At the beginning of each quarter, I prepare a short but in-depth conference call for RWM clients. The team & I put together the most revealing and informative slides. In that half hour, I blow through ~40 slides that capture and explain what is going on. About a quarter of the October 2022 slides were focused on real estate. This is atypical. The reason we emphasized real estate this Q is that housing is very often where we see FOMC policy having its most immediate effect.

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Acterys: Revolutionizing CIO & CFO Decision-Making

Welcome to the Future of Technology for CIOs & CFOs! Ever stood on the precipice of a technological revolution, feeling the energy of change? Ever been captivated by the whispers of a software that's not just innovative but genuinely groundbreaking? Acterys unveils a groundbreaking technology tailored for CIOs and CFOs. This state-of-the-art solution streamlines data integration, analytics, and forecasting, empowering leaders to make informed decisions quickly.

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The Investor Opportunity Index hits a two-year high

The Reformed Broker

Every bear market has these two things in common: They end Expected returns go up The first thing is self-explanatory. The second thing should be obvious but from my talks with thousands of investors over the years, I have found that it is most certainly not intuitive to most people. When I tell you that expected returns are rising as stock prices fall, this is an overly simplistic way of saying that investors only get.

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Take Back Your Time With Outsourced Accounting

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If your weeks are dragging on and long hours bleed into the weekend, take a minute to reflect. Recognize all of the hard work, time, and effort you’ve put into your business, and be prepared to make some changes to continue to grow, scale, and evolve. No one wants to be stuck in the office late on Friday or feel like there’s so much more to do on the weekend.

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SEC busts cannabis company on fraud charges

CFO Dive

Cronos, a Canadian producer of marijuana-based products, settled with regulators over charges of faulty accounting and lax controls.

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Building a safer metaverse

Mckinsey and Company

Rob Lowe, director of global marketing at Epic Games and former managing director of Digital Play at LEGO Ventures, discusses the enormous opportunities presented by emerging technology and end-user democratization. An edited version of the conversation from our ‘Value creation in the metaverse’ report follows.

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Banking on Loyalty: Holistic Financial Advice for Unparalleled Business Growth

Speaker: Joe Buhrmann, MBA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC® Senior Financial Planning Practice Management Consultant eMoney Advisor

During an era of evolving consumer preferences, the banking sector is undergoing a profound shift. As customers continue to broaden their perspectives, banking professionals must support their customers' financial wellness by providing holistic financial advice that aligns with individual goals and circumstances. Without adapting, financial institutions will find that loyalty may crumble amid uncertainty.

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UBIX Takes SAP Business ByDesign Analytics to the Power of AI - Webinar

Navigator SAP

What is UBIX? UBIX is an Advanced Analytics and AI Platform designed for the business user. The general-purpose platform can address any number of use cases from the front office to the back office, such as customer analytics, financial analytics, HR analytics, demand forecasting, procurement, and more.

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History of Black Monday

Barry Ritholtz

Imagine the impact of markets losing a ~quarter of their value in one trading session. That was what happened 35 years ago today: October 13 th , Black Monday a/k/a the 1987 crash. If you are a relatively young investor, you may be unfamiliar with what happened that day or why. The 87 crash impacted many market-related elements. We can trace lots of today’s market structure to that event, and the changes it wrought subsequently.

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This Week on TRB

The Reformed Broker

Thanks for checking out piece from last Sunday “You weren’t supposed to see that” – it went crazy viral all over the place. I can’t believe how much feedback came in. Mostly in agreement with my conclusion but not all of it, there were some reasonable counterarguments too. And if you haven’t subscribed yet, don’t wait.

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Get ready: This week’s 5-year TIPS auction is a ‘unicorn’

Tips Watch

Rarely seen: High real yield, high coupon rate, discount to par value. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury on Thursday will offer $21 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, CUSIP 91282CFR7.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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FASB votes for fair-value crypto fix

CFO Dive

The FASB’s tentative decision Wednesday is an important step toward providing an answer to the crypto valuation question companies and other stakeholders have been clamoring for.

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The scaling imperative for industry 4.0

Mckinsey and Company

Global Lighthouse Network organizations continue to light the way in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. To keep up, companies must now scale technologies across sites and value chains.

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How ERP Helps Life Sciences Firms Avoid Recall & Improve Product Quality

Navigator SAP

The COVID-19 pandemic unsettled the supply chain, and the Ukraine-Russia war, ongoing cyberattacks, and trade disputes have only continued the trend. This has put pressure on manufacturing, with particular challenges for companies that source components and products from disparate geographies. Life sciences , which involve complex supply chains and various types of subcontractors, have been hit particularly hard.

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AI Steve Jobs interviewed by AI Joe Rogan

Barry Ritholtz

This is pretty mind-blowing: a podcast that is entirely generated by artificial intelligence where Joe Rogan interviews Steve Jobs. One of the most important women in Apple’s history never worked for Apple Margot Comstock took her winnings from a TV game show and bought a computer. It led to a magazine, which turned into a major hub for the nascent community of developers and fans of one of the most important computers in history.

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Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close

Did you know automating your month-end close can save up to 40% of the time typically spent on manual reconciliations? CFOs and controllers are leveraging SkyStem's workflow management and reconciliation tool to eliminate costly mistakes, ditch manual reconciliations and close faster. Want to know how they do it? Download our Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close!

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This Week on TRB

The Reformed Broker

Hey guys, didn’t get a chance to do any writing this week but we did two really good shows on the YouTube / podcast front I wanted to make sure you don’t miss… And if you haven’t subscribed yet, don’t wait. Check it out below or wherever fine podcasts are played. . The post This Week on TRB appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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Strategic Planning for Business Owners: Staffing During Exponential Growth

CFO Simplified

If you’re in a business that’s experiencing exponential growth, one of the problems that you’re facing even now is staffing. How are you planning on staffing for this as you move forward and continue to experience high levels of growth? Consider: That strategic plan for how you’re going to conduct staffing is critical to your success.

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Ongoing tech investments key to survival: Presidio CFO

CFO Dive

Presidio’s CFO and CTO share their outlook on the return on investment for tech spending, and what’s necessary for a functional tech/finance partnership.

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Will fusion energy help decarbonize the power system?

Mckinsey and Company

Nuclear fusion has long been considered a near-impossible clean-energy solution. But technological advances—and the need for a flexible zero-carbon power grid—have made fusion worth considering.

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Navigating Financial Storms: Strategies for Building Resilient Balance Sheets

Speaker: Carolina Aponte - Owner and CEO, Caja Holdings LLC

In today's rapidly changing business environment, building a resilient balance sheet is crucial to the survival of any business. A resilient balance sheet allows a company to withstand financial shocks and adapt to changing market conditions. To achieve this, companies need to focus on key strategies such as maintaining adequate liquidity, managing debt levels, diversifying revenue streams, and prioritizing profitability over growth.

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The Importance of ERP in Supply Chain Management

Navigator SAP

Anyone who runs a business knows how important supply chain management is. Ensuring the smooth flow of the resources you need to keep your business running is crucial, especially in a modern world where buying patterns, changing technology, and global events can affect the price and availability of those resources in unexpected ways. In fact, supply chain management is so important that business owners and their employees tend to spend an inordinate amount of time on it.

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Groping for a Bottom

Barry Ritholtz

There’s nothing like confusing market action to send people into narrative creation overdrive. Yesterday’s 2% collapse on hotter-than-expected CPI data, followed by ~5% recovery to finish the day up more than 2% is a perfect example of random market action begetting endless explanations. What was the takeaway from CPI? Check out the BAML chart above: Core goods are coming down ( that’s good!

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Help me feed a few thousand families this Thanksgiving

The Reformed Broker

Here’s the deal – during the pandemic I wanted to do a book signing for the fans when we released How I Invest My Money. Obviously, travel and meet and greets weren’t going to happen, so we had to improvise. Instead, we set up a virtual book signing where you guys mailed me the books along with a check for $20 to Long Island Cares and the Harry Chapin Food Bank.

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