Anaplan

MAY 27, 2021

Corporate finance is a more dynamic, influential career choice than in past decades. To thrive there, you need to be flexible, adaptable, and comfortable with ambiguity.

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Corporate Financial Weekly Digest

MAY 28, 2021

After approximately 16 years of publication, today is our final official edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest. On behalf of our attorneys, editors and all of our authors, we are proud to have been a reliable source on trending legal issues. Please stay tuned, as Katten will continue to provide timely, educational updates to our clients and subscribers via advisories and other future publications.

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Planful

MAY 27, 2021

Jeff Ignacio, head of Revenue and Growth Operations at UpKeep, joined me on the Being Planful podcast to explain why and how he transitioned from FP&A to the operational side of Sales. At UpKeep, Jeff is part of a fast-growing company that’s helping hard-working technicians, facility managers, and maintenance teams become more productive. But how […].

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CFO Share

MAY 25, 2021

The news regularly has examples of corporate fraud – Wirecard defrauded the public by €1.9B, Matel defrauded of $3M by hackers, Fiat Chrysler salespeople orchestrated $8.7M in wire fraud. Business fraud is, unfortunately, everywhere. We hear about big corporate fraud all the time, but fraud is actually most common in small businesses. As a forensic accountant , I am often called into a “failing” business only to discover an employee is stealing all the profits!

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Castle Corporate Finance

MAY 25, 2021

Here at Castle, we believe that understanding your own personality style – or ‘leadership preferences’ – along with that of your colleagues, can improve business success. That is why the second part of our Perfect Fit series assesses your business leadership and directing style and the impact this can have on you as an owner and leader. CLICK HERE TO REVEAL YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE.

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Planful

MAY 26, 2021

CFOs are increasingly optimistic about 2021, but experts warn that FP&A should remember the lessons learned during 2020. New risks are always right around the corner, and what worked in 2020—capturing and utilizing more data, with more advanced technologies, for faster and better decision making—will likely come in handy again soon. Finance is also collaborating […].

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Future CFO

MAY 27, 2021

The C-suite can no longer afford for their tax functions to be consumed by routine compliance and reporting activities, said Deloitte recently when releasing results of its Tax Transformation Trends survey which collected responses from more than 300 tax and finance executives globally. . “To truly deliver value to the business, the tax fuction needs to rethink its resourcing model and transform its technology infrastructure to create capacity and control costs,” said Phil Mills, Deloitte Global

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CFO Plans

MAY 26, 2021

By Umesha Lakshani, Client Group Controller at CFO Plans Inc. A startup is a chaotic place. It has to be! The team is learning, trying, sweating, pushing, wearing multiple hats and trying to stay afloat. It is no crime that setting up a payroll properly is the last thing in the founders’ mind. . Recently, I had the pleasure of cleaning up a newly signed start-up at CFO Plans.

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Corporate Financial Weekly Digest

MAY 28, 2021

On May 26, Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division (MPD) published updated responses to frequently asked questions regarding CFTC Regulation 4.27 and Form CPO-PQR (FAQs). These FAQs update the 2015 FAQs that addressed issues on Form CPO-PQR from filing mechanics and deadlines to more technical questions. In October 2020, the CFTC adopted a Final Rule amending Form CPO-PQR and CFTC Regulation 4.27, the provision requiring Form CPO-PQR reporting.

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Planful

MAY 27, 2021

Jeff Ignacio, head of Revenue and Growth Operations at UpKeep, joined me on the Being Planful podcast to explain why and how he transitioned from FP&A to the operational side of Sales. At UpKeep, Jeff is part of a fast-growing company that’s helping hard-working technicians, facility managers, and maintenance teams become more productive. But how did he get from FP&A to revenue operations?

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Future CFO

MAY 25, 2021

Singapore has surpassed Hong Kong as Asia’s most resilient economy for the first time, said FM Global recently when releasing its global resilience index. The island city-state is the region’s biggest mover, rising 10 places to rank 12th overall due to the inclusion of new, more incisive global earthquake data incorporated into the 2021 index calculations, FM Global pointed out.

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CFA Institute

MAY 23, 2021

What are some of the major misconceptions about women and investing?

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Corporate Financial Weekly Digest

MAY 28, 2021

On May 25, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that on June 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) would hold a public meeting via teleconference. At this meeting, the AAC will receive a report from the subcommittee that has been evaluating CFTC policy with respect to the implementation of amendments to enumerated agricultural futures contracts with open interest.

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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

Finance

Musings on Markets

MAY 24, 2021

As we approach the mid point of 2021, financial markets, for the most part, have had a good year so far. Looking at US equities, the S&P 500 is up about 11% and the NASDAQ about 5%, from start of the year levels, and the underperformance of the latter has led to a wave of stories about whether this is start of the long awaited comeback of value stocks, after a decade of lagging growth stocks.

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Future CFO

MAY 24, 2021

Singapore’s GDP grew 1.3% in Q1 of 2021 compared with a year ago, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry 's data released on Tuesday. The percentage has been the highest growth rate in Singapore since Q4 of 2019 and much higher than its official advance estimate of a 02% expansion. The country’s GDP expanded 3.1% quarter-on-quarter, higher than its earlier estimate of 2%.

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CFA Institute

MAY 27, 2021

Dividends and buybacks are poised for a comeback this year.

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Corporate Financial Weekly Digest

MAY 28, 2021

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has published its 2021 Annual Budget Summary (Budget Summary), which outlines how FINRA plans to deploy resources in 2021 to meet its various regulatory responsibilities. As described in the Budget Summary, FINRA’s 2021 operating revenues are projected to be lower than 2020 operating revenues, due to the unique set of circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic that contributed to increased revenues due primarily to higher trading volumes

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CFO Leadership

MAY 26, 2021

During the COVID pandemic, the world’s regulatory processes have finally become digitized. Old fashioned paper-based work has been replaced by online processes leading to greater efficiencies. However, digitalization also allows regulators worldwide to process large volumes of data using AI and related technology. As a result, the volume of information required to be reported has also dramatically increased, leading to an additional burden on hard-pressed businesses.

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Future CFO

MAY 23, 2021

Gartner recently predicted that 70% of organisations by 2025 will shift their focus from big to small and wide data for more context for analytics and making AI less data hungry. “Disruptions such as the pandemic is causing historical data that reflects past conditions to quickly become obsolete, which is breaking many production AI and machine learning (ML) models,” said Jim Hare, distinguished research vice president at Gartner.

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CFA Institute

MAY 27, 2021

Why did the United States fail in its pandemic response?

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Corporate Financial Weekly Digest

MAY 28, 2021

On May 25, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published the 2021 FINRA Industry Spotlight (Industry Spotlight), which is FINRA’s annual statistical report covering the brokerage firms, registered representatives and market activity that FINRA regulates. The 2021 edition includes new statistics on US Treasury volume and corporate financing filings.

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Future CFO

MAY 23, 2021

This EY video addresses the IASB’s proposals for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of regulatory assets, regulatory liabilities, regulatory income and regulatory expense. The post Global IFRS video: Regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities appeared first on FutureCFO.

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Future CFO

MAY 23, 2021

Remote work is a trend that shows no sign of slowing down. It alleviates commutes, allows organizations to hire talented employees wherever they may live, and provides more flexibility and work-life balance. It also builds in redundancy and resiliency if a workplace isn’t available due to anticipated or unforeseen circumstances, from a renovation or broken air conditioning in summer, to a disaster like a fire or flood, to work-from-home mandates.

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Future CFO

MAY 23, 2021

Digital transformation started long before the pandemic. Remote work or work from home started around the time of digital transformation – long before the pandemic. Corporate spending has been evolving as employee spend undergo fewer oversight. However, as employees and companies struggle to find the answer between work-from-home and work-in-the-office, there is an opportunity for companies to transform corporate spend management.

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Future CFO

MAY 23, 2021

There’s never been a more critical time to see spending. . It’s always a good time to keep an eye on your budgets and cash, but with the catastrophic changes business have worked through during the pandemic, spend visibility has gone from consequential to crucial. Ask yourself, for example: . How many more employees are making spending decisions for your company?

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