October, 2022

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AI in corporate finance: The top five use cases

Future CFO

When it comes to AI in corporate finance, there are five top use cases for FP&A leaders to consider, said Gartner recently.

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Finance leaders, the machine and us

Generation CFO

On Thursday the 20th of October, GENCFO North hit Leeds once again to discuss the topic of ‘Finance and the Machine – Are CFOs dancing to a new tune?’ with the Northern GENCFO community.

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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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Does Wealth Ooze? | AIER

CFO News Room

While I uncompromisingly condemn thievery, I easily understand thieves. Thieves seek to acquire goods they desire at costs they believe are lower than they’d have to pay were they to purchase or produce these items honestly. Pretty simple.

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ERM Program Fundamentals for Success in the Banking Industry

Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

This exclusive webinar with William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services, will explore the foundational elements you need to start or validate your ERM program. He will also dive into topic definitions, governance structures, and framework components for success.

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Are we underestimating the negative impacts of remote working?

Generation CFO

“Do you manage a finance team?” Asked Chris Argent in a popular recent poll he proposed to his network. He was trying to find out what the GENCFO community felt about the negative impacts of remote working… and what he discovered was pretty interesting. “I I was talking to a Global CFO last week,” said Chris in his post. “[He] He] had many many business concerns (inflation, cost of living, revenue forecasting.) but his number one concern was his team!”. “In

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Get Advanced Landed Cost Automation with SAP Business ByDesign

Navigator SAP

Like tax planning, landed costs are a subtle but important business consideration for maximizing profit margins and ensuring profitability. It seemed like an efficient purchase order. A batch of camera equipment was ordered from a UK supplier for a warehouse in Thailand based on a good unit price.

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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.

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3 CFO tips for finding value in cloud transformation: IBM

CFO Dive

Most companies have, to some degree, embraced cloud computing but do not always clearly identify return on investment

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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.

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Statement of Cash Flows vs. Cash Flow Statement

Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

Join Wayne Spivak, experienced CFO and corporate finance expert, for an insightful discussion on managing cash flow and company profitability.

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“Excel thinking” is not thinking at all!

Generation CFO

Many years ago, I argued with a financial modeller saying that spreadsheeting is dead and we need to move on from it. Obviously, we did not agree, with Excel being his core tool for financial modelling, but we agreed we both needed to be more open-minded about change in finance and accounting.

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On the cusp of a new era?

Mckinsey and Company

Current economic and political turbulence could presage the start of a new era that is structurally very different with a new narrative of progress. Risk & Resilience Insights Long-Term Capitalism Strategy Managing in Uncertainty Risk Management

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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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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.

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The Power of Storytelling in Risk Management

Speaker: Dr. Karen Hardy, CEO and Chief Risk Officer of Strategic Leadership Advisors LLC

Join this exclusive webinar with Dr. Karen Hardy, where she will explore the power of storytelling in risk communication as a core component of a resilient organization's management framework!

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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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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.

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Adrien Laure, Director of Finance and Resources, Together for Mental Wellbeing

Generation CFO

Financial analysis, whether it’s looking at company statements, reviewing historical business activity or looking at company performance, is actually worthless if it does not lead to better decision making or helping to develop an organisation.

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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. Insights on Operations Automotive Operations

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Everything You Need to Know About Crypto

Speaker: Ryan McInerny, CAMS, FRM, MSBA - Principal, Product Strategy

This exclusive webinar with Ryan McInerny will teach you all about cryptocurrency and NFTs! Register to learn more about identifying crypto transactions, crypto asset market trends, managing risk and compliance, and supporting customers and partners using crypto-based payments.

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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. Contract Manufacturing

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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.

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3 ways CFOs can avoid ‘quiet quitting’ costs

CFO Dive

Organizations are losing $20 million annually for every 10,000 employees due to low employee wellbeing, a study says

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WHITE PAPER - MULTI-LEVEL TREASURY MANAGEMENT

Simply Treasury

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Exploring the Overlap: Cost Optimization and Digital Transformation

Speaker: Alex Jiménez, Managing Principal, Financial Service Consulting for EPAM

The largest banks have increased reserves for protection against deteriorating economic conditions. Should banks delay their digital transformation investments and focus on cost reductions? In this webinar, Alex Jiménez will walk us through that question and examine the prudent course of action.

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Talent checklist: does your team have the right mix of skills?

Generation CFO

Assess the different kinds of brains you need on the finance team – from the data whizzkids to front-facing, commercially-minded go-getters.

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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. Insights on Electric Power & Natural Gas Electric Power

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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.

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Framing, Context, Asking (not answering) Questions

Barry Ritholtz

It was one of those minor stories that seemed to have taken on a life of its own: The New York Times 1 reported last week about an adjunct Organic Chemistry professor at NYU who was fired after students complained his tests were too hard. I would have missed it, but for J.V

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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: Initial Catalysts, Current Implications, and Future Impacts

Speaker: Elizabeth "Paige" Baumann, Founder and CEO of Paige Baumann Advisory, LLC

In this session, Elizabeth “Paige” Baumann will cover the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which also includes the Corporate Transparency Act. She'll take a deep dive into the catalysts that brought on the act, the current implications of the act, and what impacts the act has on the future of banking and finance.