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Companies settle on hybrid return-to-office model

CFO Dive

After embracing remote work, both employers and employees see social interaction as integral to satisfaction and performance.

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What Do Start-Ups Need to Look out for While Scaling Their Business?

Navigator SAP

Startups at the growth stage need financial tools, controls, and resource planning as their products evolve from idea to IPO. Challenges, risks and dynamic changes arise along the way as the company’s products and services follow the steps that transform a product concept into marketable merchandise. Product development must iterate in response to customer feedback, and the company must introduce new products and services as the business expands.

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How Long Can Russia Withstand the Sanctions?

CFA Institute

The toll of the economic embargo on Russia will be enormous.

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Russian sanctions highlight the importance of ongoing AML/KYC monitoring

Private Funds CFO

Although private funds aren’t subject to AML regulations, a CSC webinar outlined best practices for customer due diligence amid heightened investor scrutiny.

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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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CFOs chase products as war clouds supply chain outlook

CFO Dive

“We believe that through 2022, the supply chain will be the fundamental limiting factor to our total output for the year,” Rivian Automotive CFO Claire McDonough said.

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The Russia–Ukraine War and Other Geopolitical Risks

CFA Institute

The spillover effect of the Russia-Ukraine War will increase food prices and geopolitical risk throughout the world.

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GP-led actors likely to seek SEC rule exemptions

Private Funds CFO

Certain types of deal may not require a fairness opinion, a case likely to be made to the regulator during the ongoing consultation period.

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Buybacks soar as companies eye Ukraine, other volatility sources

CFO Dive

CFOs in the S&P 500 are sitting on almost $3T in cash, money they can’t easily spend to increase productivity because of tight labor, supply chain constraints.

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Predictive Forecasting

Jedox Finance

An unbiased view into the future. Although it is nearly impossible to predict the future, forecasting future market development and customer needs is an essential component of corporate strategy and planning. To meet this challenge, strategic planners, financial controllers and Business Intelligence experts seek out the best tools, techniques and solutions to give them a competitive edge in business forecasting.

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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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Causality Techniques in Investment Management: Five Key Findings

CFA Institute

What are the most widely used causality tests in the equity markets?

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DATA SNAPSHOT: Diverse managers by number and performance

Private Funds CFO

More than 20 firms with a diverse management team are coming to market each year, says private markets firm RCP Advisors.

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What the new R&D tax rule means for life sciences companies

CFO Dive

For established companies with very large R&D expenses, the cash tax impacts can be a billion-dollar issue.

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Century Bonds Issued

Corporate Finance

With the threat of an increase in interest rates, it appears to be a good time for borrowers to lock on interest rates for a long time. TTUN is the latest to do so, issuing $1.2 billion worth of century bonds, that is bonds with a 100-year maturity, at a coupon rate of 4.45 percent. At the same time, TTUN issued $800 million of 30-year maturity bonds at 3.5 percent.

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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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Theresa Guest Joins The Charity CFO as Accounting Manager

The Charity CFO

Today we’re proud to announce another amazing addition to the industry’s best nonprofit accounting team! Theresa Guest is joining The Charity CFO team in the role of Accounting Manager. Theresa is an experienced leader in accounting and financial reporting, budgeting, and analysis, with an extensive finance career in the healthcare supply chain industry.

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Expect banks to scrutinize your AML processes – CSC

Private Funds CFO

Russian sanctions highlight the importance of ongoing AML/KYC monitoring.

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Inflation gauges rising as Fed weighs cutting stimulus

CFO Dive

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spurred inflation and complicated efforts by the Federal Reserve to curb price gains without harming employment and economic growth.

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Companies to significantly reduce annual compliance training

Future CFO

Companies are estimated to reduce annual compliance training by 50% by 2025, said Gartner recently. This will displace costs in favour of embedded workflow-based controls to guide employees, according to the advisory firm. “Many compliance leaders are dissatisfied with the effectiveness of their existing program activities,” said Chris Audet, senior director, research in the Gartner Legal, Risk & Compliance practice.

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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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How to Get Started With Financial Scenario Planning

Centage

If there’s one thing COVID-19 has made clear it’s that the future is uncertain. While you might not be able to predict how the pandemic will continue to affect the world in the coming years, as a small business owner, there are steps you can take to ensure your company weathers the impending changes successfully. Designed to help businesses prepare for the unknown, financial scenario planning is a strategic tool for flexible long-term decision-making.

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Challenging the SEC’s GP-led proposal; Cybersecurity Consultants

Private Funds CFO

GP-led actors likely to seek SEC rule exemptions ; Updated cybersecurity consultants directory.

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FASB leaning toward making customer relationships part of goodwill, not separate intangible

CFO Dive

Although the Financial Accounting Standards Board took no action on the matter at its early-March meeting, members signaled they’d like to stop counting a company’s customer relationships as an asset.

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Setting a process flow is essential to finance automation

Future CFO

Hexamatics Servcomm , an HR and business process service provider headquartered in Malaysia, decided at the onset of the current pandemic to automate its operational account and control (OAC) function, which has been crucial in reducing daily operation time by 50% to 60%. According to the company’s assistant finance manager Kausalyaa Somosundaram , the exercise was primarily aimed at allowing the company to track its bookkeeping – both accounts receivables (ARs) and accounts payables (APs) – fro

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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.

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Financial Forecasting vs. Projections

Planful

When you refer to a forward-looking financial prediction, do you call it financial forecasting or a financial projection? Often, these terms are confused or used interchangeably. But there are some key differences that you should understand. The main difference is in the timing. Financial forecasting addresses your immediate predictions, while projections focus on the long […].

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SEC goes after fund auditor

Private Funds CFO

SEC takes aim at a private fund auditor’s part in fraud case.

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Private capital is ready to fund climate, social goals, if companies get ESG measurement right

CFO Dive

CFOs can get an idea of what to expect from SEC, other federal mandates by looking at what California and New York are considering.

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Survey: Asian execs still see diversity a barrier to career progression

Future CFO

A recent survey of nearly 1000 people in Asia by Hays found that 43% of respondents see diversity as a barrier to career progression at their organisations while 57% indicate the opposite. In Hong Kong, 53% of respondents believed diversity was a barrier to career progression at their organisations — the highest in Asia, the recruitment agency said.

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.