Sat.Dec 03, 2022 - Fri.Dec 09, 2022

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CFOs budget to party like it’s 2009

CFO Dive

While some companies are splurging, the share of businesses surveyed that have holiday parties teed up is hovering near a pre-pandemic low.

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5 Ways to Acquire New Skills Without Going Back to School

CFO News Room

Whether you want to change jobs or prepare for the next-level role, the most important thing to know about upskilling is that every employee needs to be doing it all the time. Jobs are changing as business demands change, and employees are expected to prove their value with increasingly higher expectations. There are plenty of ways to educate yourself and upskill without going back for a traditional undergraduate or graduate degree.

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Crypto Accounting: Decrypting Digital Assets for CFOs and CAOs

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If cryptocurrencies and digital assets like bitcoin and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have you scratching your head, you’re not alone. Sure, some of the confusion might come from the patently foreign vocabulary – blockchain, distributed ledgers, and smart contracts, to name a few – but not all of it.

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CEOs trim hiring, capital investment plans: Business Roundtable

CFO Dive

CEOs facing a gloomier economic outlook have pared back expansion plans but do not necessarily expect a recession in 2023.

Planning 261
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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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You’ve Made Some DEI Progress. Don’t Stop Now

CFO News Room

ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Alison Beard. I first met today’s guest via email in May of 2020. Do you remember what was happening in the US at that time? The video of George Floyd’s murder by police had gone viral and protests against racial violence were sweeping the country. At HBR, we were wondering what advice we could give companies about how to respond.

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When Leaders Struggle with Collaboration

CFO News Room

A client of Luis’s, let’s call him Charlie, a senior executive reporting directly to the CEO, was recently given feedback that despite his outstanding performance, his colleagues struggled to work with him. Charlie’s drive to deliver results, his no-nonsense approach to offering his viewpoints, and the intensity with which he approached most everything made him appear unnecessarily competitive, despite that being the furthest thing from his intent.

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How Busy People Can Develop Leadership Skills

CFO News Room

Leadership development should be recognized as an ongoing part of professional life. And while dipping in and focusing on it when time allows is great, as we all know, time doesn’t always allow. That doesn’t mean that you can’t develop your skills. All it takes to become a better leader is dedication and a small investment of time. Carving out time for learning and development is critical for anyone who wants to improve their leadership competencies and performance outcomes.

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How SAP Business ByDesign Offers Advantages for the Life Sciences Industry

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The life science industry has to meet strict regulatory requirements in an extremely competitive environment burdened with financial pressures and unique market demands. Companies in this field can spend years in product development, conceptualizing, and running preliminary clinical trials before they can get approval from the FDA to manufacture and sell a product to consumers.

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3 reforms for the post-FTX crypto era

CFO Dive

FTX’s collapse underscores the highly-centralized crypto market’s risks and blockchain’s importance as a defense against bad actors, Metallicus' CFO argues.

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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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Myth-Busting: Alts’ Uncorrelated Returns Diversify Portfolios

CFA Institute

Do alternatives offer any diversification benefits?

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Sports Finance: The New Corporate Trophies

Global Finance

While US sports deals are few and far between, investors have a better chance to score abroad.

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Join me Friday on the annual YCharts year-end webinar

The Reformed Broker

Each Christmas season I do a webinar with my friends at YCharts where we take a look back at the most important charts of the year and discuss which of these trends will remain important going forward. It’s always a lot of fun and registration is free. This takes place tomorrow (Friday) December 9th at 12 noon ET (11am CT). This is a presentation for wealth management and asset management professionals, you can reg.

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For CFOs rethinking growth, profitability, data is key

CFO Dive

Investing in data analytics that can reveal key opportunities can aid CFOs looking to better balance growth and profitability.

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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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The Best Public Speakers Put the Audience First

CFO News Room

Several years ago, I traveled from New York to Geneva, Switzerland to be the closing keynote speaker for the World Communication Forum. I was excited to have the opportunity to speak with global leaders about how nonnative English speakers can present their ideas — and themselves — with greater clarity and confidence. For my allotted 45-minute time slot, I prepared high-quality research, relatable examples, actionable takeaways from my book on the topic , and ample opportunities for audience eng

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What India Inc CFOs make of slower Q2 GDP growth

CFO News

Most finance heads vouch for the India growth story and say prospects in the medium to long term are intact. However, they are worried about inflation and recession.

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Private Markets: Guardians at the Gate?

CFA Institute

Regulatory reform in the private markets should focus on five areas.

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SEC calls for disclosure on crypto risks, citing ‘financial distress’

CFO Dive

The collapse of FTX has slammed scores of creditors, prompting SEC concerns that companies may suffer losses from direct or indirect links to crypto markets.

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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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Top five EPI blog posts of 2022: Inflation and minimum wage increases among the most-read posts

CFO News Room

Posted December 8, 2022 at 2:58 pm by EPI Staff. Top five EPI blog posts of 2022 : Inflation and minimum wage increases among the most-read posts. Inflation concerns were top of mind for workers and their families across the country, but misinformation on the cause of rising prices was rampant. To figure out what was really going on, many readers turned to the Economic Policy Institute for research-based answers. .

Economics 130
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Top 0.1%: How Much Wealth Does It Take?

Barry Ritholtz

I was working on a longer piece about which economic strata the Fed has the greatest impact on (its more complicated than you might think) when Invictus DM’d me this amazing FRED chart. We looked at this idea earlier this year , but it’s worth revisiting. Using data from the Federal Reserve, FRED analyzed 5 categories: Top 0.1%, the rest of the top 1%, the rest of the top 10%, the rest of the top 50%, and the bottom half.

Economics 124
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Every Day Is Tax Day: Five Tax Strategies for HNW Clients

CFA Institute

Our clients' taxes and the tax-savings strategies we can devise for them should be on our minds year-round.

Planning 122
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Tax, accounting firms see tech utilization paying off: survey

CFO Dive

Tax and accounting firms are becoming more comfortable tapping technology as a driver of success as they seek to grow revenue and profit and improve employee effectiveness for 2023.

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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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Consumer Sentiment Improved in Early December but Remains Weak

CFO News Room

The preliminary December results from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers show overall consumer sentiment improved for the month but remains near historically low levels (see first chart). The composite consumer sentiment index increased to 59.1 in December, up from 56.8 in November. The index hit a record low of 50.0 in June and is down from 101.0 in February 2020 at the onset of the lockdown recession.

Economics 130
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This Week on TRB

The Reformed Broker

We’re having a live podcast taping to benefit one of our favorite charities, No Kid Hungry. It’s The Compound’s first ever Fan Appreciation Night and we’re joining forces with our friends at the On The Tape podcast to make it a great experience. Taping is December 16th at the Nasdaq Marketsite in Times Square. We’re reviewing the year that was and looking ahead to 2023.

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The Real-Time Visibility of Sage Intacct Opens New Doors for Your Family Office

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Reporting and investment fund management can easily become overwhelming, complicated, and difficult to manage without the right tools at your disposal. Every family office should invest in technology best suited for their clients, capable of managing diverse portfolios and demonstrating healthy returns. Real-time visibility is a game-changer for family offices, and one that is fueling better strategic planning for wealth management.

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US could skirt recession, former Fed economist says

CFO Dive

Inflation and economic uncertainty top business leaders’ worries, but easing supply chain pressures and a strong labor market could help the U.S. avoid a recession.

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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.