Adam Kae

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

First things first: What is the top line and bottom line? These refer to the lines on a company’s income statement. Top-line revenue, which shows up at the top of the document, is the company’s gross sales for that year, while bottom-line profit (the bottom of the page) is the company’s net income. This is the amount left over after all taxes have been deducted, together with other expenses for the year: loans and other costs are included here, too.

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 2, 2023

How can the finance department help the enterprise reconsider the role of external operations and the supply chain in supporting their bottom line?

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 1, 2023

There are three distinct generative AI conversations that CFOs, especially those from large enterprises, must conduct, said Gartner recently. According to the advisory firm, 80% of finance functions of large enterprises will use internal AI platform by 2026, as leadership teams do not want to fall behind peers. However, as the chief steward for an organisation’s financial health, CFOs must balance the risks and rewards of tools like generative AI, said Mark D.

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CFO News

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One of the primary ways CFOs can lead the charge in innovation is by harnessing the power of technology. The finance industry has witnessed remarkable advancements in recent years, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics. These technologies can be leveraged to streamline financial processes, reduce costs, and improve decision-making.

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Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Of the different acquisitions with which Jason Leet became involved at ExactTarget of Indianapolis, Indiana, there’s little question that the seventh was the most impactful on his finance career. As it turned out, this would also be his last acquisition—or perhaps we should say his last ExactTarget acquisition, given that this time it was ExactTarget itself that was being acquired.

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The Reformed Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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: ►Rising Rates Hurt – “Investors fear unsustainably high interest rates will spark bank-loan defaults” ►Utilities Crash – Utilities are underperforming the S&P 500 32% YTD.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 5, 2023

939: Creating a Narrative for Growth | Ralph Leung, CFO, Achieve MADE POSSIBLE BY PLANFUL | Planful is the pioneer of financial performance management cloud software. The Planful platform, which helps businesses drive peak financial performance, is used around the globe to streamline business-wide planning, budgeting, consolidations, reporting, and analytics.

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Total monetary recoveries arising from ERISA enforcement actions exceeded $1.4 billion in fiscal 2022.

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CFO News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Retailers in the consumer goods, white goods, and fashion sectors are expected to prioritize sales growth over profit margins during the festive season. Despite rising raw material prices, companies are reluctant to increase prices and instead opt for promotions to drive demand. This decision may have a negative impact on margins in the October-December quarter.

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Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Running a life sciences business comes with all the needs and challenges of a typical business, but there also often are additional regulatory considerations. One of those considerations is Food and Drug Administration (FDA) systems validation. Life sciences businesses that serve the U.S. market must prove that their systems engage in FDA-approved processes that meet FDA standards around quality, consistency, traceability and other requirements.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 5, 2023

“If you want to read a moral condemnation of crypto theft, you can get that anywhere. You go to Michael Lewis for character and story.” – Matt Levine Michael Lewis’s new book “ Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon ” came out this week. I got a copy earlier after signing an NDA that I would not disclose anything about it until after the publication date, which was Tuesday, October 3rd.

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 3, 2023

“We’re moving to a world with massive amounts of data, massive complexity of data, and data that is continuously changing, and that’s where AI comes in,” said tech executive Rohit Gupta.

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CFO News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Sanjiv Keshri says the company sees a big share of the upcoming Indian Railways tender for about 55,000 wagons; only challenge is execution.

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Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

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Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Distribution companies face challenges brought by large amounts of transactions, vendors, and customers, and the effects these have on their operations and their integrations with suppliers and retailers. To ensure efficiency, accountability, and profitability, it’s crucial to keep your books organized.

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Accounting Retail 130

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 2, 2023

We all love to use quotations in our arguments. It’s both an appeal to higher authority as well as social proof ( Hey! I’m not the only one who believes this stuff ). I find it useful occasionally to go back to first principles and reconsider the sources that have influenced my thinmking. Along those lines, here are in chronological order, the thinkers who have helped shape how I view the world view, including how I philosophically think about the economy, markets, and investing.

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The federal overseer of audit firms last year doubled the number of enforcement orders compared with 2021 and imposed record penalties.

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CFO News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

According to the report by primedatabase.com, the average deal size for IPOs was Rs 848 crore and 21 out of the 31 IPOs came in just two months of August and September.

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Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Whether you’re a manufacturing or logistics organization, you need to streamline your operations with the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. This type of program utilizes predictive analytics to optimize the outcomes of business operations through historical data and the flow of current-state transactions.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Source: Visual Capitalist Batnick also takes a swing at this: What’s the Stock Market Worth? The post $109 Trillion Global Stock Market appeared first on The Big Picture.

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The board may remove some "non-authoritative" definitions from the codification — effectively the bible of generally accepted accounting standards.

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CFO News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

S&P Global said India's factory activity still remained solid, with strong demand driving business confidence to its highest level this year, despite increased inflationary pressures.

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Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Wholesale distribution software is an indispensable element in a distribution company’s toolkit. It brings a ton of value, especially in the way that it facilitates visibility, accountability, productivity, collaboration, and cost-efficiency.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As we enter the last quarter of 2023, it has been a roller coaster of a year. We started the year with significant uncertainty about whether the surge in inflation seen in 2022 would persist as well as about whether the economy was headed into a recession. In the first half of the year, we had positive surprises on both fronts, as inflation dropped after than expected and the economy stayed resilient, allowing for a comeback on stocks, which I wrote about in a post in July 2023.

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As the year draws to a close, it’s time for finance leaders to look toward future strategies. CFO Dive’s got a list of upcoming conferences and meet-ups to keep you covered.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

My mid-week morning train reads: • The insider: how Michael Lewis got a backstage pass for the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried : As author of The Big Short and Moneyball, Michael Lewis is perhaps the most celebrated journalist of his generation. Now he delivers an astonishing portrait of the fallen crypto billionaire. But did he get too close? ( The Guardian ) but see In Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried found his last and most willing victim.

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