Sat.Sep 02, 2023 - Fri.Sep 08, 2023

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Why CFOs could unlock economic growth

CFO Talks

Written by Staff Writer Nicolaas van Wyk recently spoke on a #CFOClubConvo webinar about the project he is spearheading with the Gauteng MEC for Finance Jacob Mamabolo to boost collaboration between the public sector and private sector CFOs to grow Gauteng’s economy. Finding enlightenment in Indian While attending last year’s International Federation of Accountants conference in India, Nicolaas van Wyk, CIBA’s CEO, came across an enlightening idea.

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Navigating Volatile Markets: Strategies for Successful Investment Analysis

Financial Analyst Insider

The world of investing is characterized by its exhilarating highs and heart-wrenching lows. While the potential for substantial gains is alluring, the volatile nature of The post Navigating Volatile Markets: Strategies for Successful Investment Analysis appeared first on Financial Analyst Insider.

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Tips for Success: The Role of Profitability Analysis and Improving Profit Margins

Centage

The current economic climate is causing profound challenges for business owners across industries. Not only is inflation on the rise, but increased costs associated with food and housing mean that buyers everywhere are feeling the strain. With more shoppers prioritizing necessities, businesses increasingly have to make adjustments to stay in the black.

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Exposing the Path to Profitability | Matt Gustke, CFO, WooCommerce

CFO Thought Leader

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. Planful empowers finance, accounting, and business users to plan confidently, close faster, and report accurately. www.planful.com The post Exposing the Path to Profitability | Matt Gustke, CFO, WooComme

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How Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Drive Business Results

Employees who feel listened to show a 64% longer commitment to tasks (Forbes). And that’s just for starters. Learn how emotionally intelligent leaders drive business results. Download Paycor’s guide for the full story.

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SEC cyber rules go into effect, raising stakes for CFOs

CFO Dive

Armed with its new rules that expand on prior guidance, the regulator could be poised to double down on aggressive cybersecurity enforcement, experts say.

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FASB finalizes new fair value crypto accounting

CFO Dive

Many crypto companies have clamored for the fair value fix, which won't apply to such assets as NFTs.

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FASB raises tax transparency bar

CFO Dive

The third time turned out to be the charm for the FASB’s standards update that will require companies to disclose more tax information.

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Vinfast Lists On The Nasdaq

Global Finance

VinFast, founded in 2017 by VinGroup chair and Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, became more valuable than legacy automakers such as Volkswagen, Ford, GM, Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari.

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How Advisors Can Help (Not-So HNW) Clients Maximize Asset Protection By Assessing Strategies, Tools, And Education

Nerd's Eye View

Financial advisory clients are routinely concerned about lurking threats to their hard-earned wealth in the form of a large unforeseen judgment on a liability claim. While asset protection is a popular planning topic for High-Net-Worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth clients, those who are not HNW are susceptible to the same threats to wealth. However, while some protection options come with a high cost (that might not be practical for non-HNW clients), asset protection can come in many forms, so

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Acterys: Revolutionizing CIO & CFO Decision-Making

Welcome to the Future of Technology for CIOs & CFOs! Ever stood on the precipice of a technological revolution, feeling the energy of change? Ever been captivated by the whispers of a software that's not just innovative but genuinely groundbreaking? Acterys unveils a groundbreaking technology tailored for CIOs and CFOs. This state-of-the-art solution streamlines data integration, analytics, and forecasting, empowering leaders to make informed decisions quickly.

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Turning consumer and retail companies into software-driven innovators

Mckinsey and Company

As customers increasingly expect seamless, engaging digital experiences, consumer-facing organizations can follow six principles to perform like the most successful tech companies.

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CFOs are ‘squarely’ in ERP decision process, Deloitte’s Farhat says

CFO Dive

Transformation is a key way for CFOs to cut costs and boost profit, but finance chiefs need to keep compliance front and center, Deloitte’s Isa Farhat advises.

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How to Tell If You Need a New ERP Support Partner

Navigator SAP

ERP is supposed to solve operational problems and make a business more efficient. But that’s only the case if your ERP solution is configured correctly and modified as needs change. “If you implement correctly,” says Christopher Beck, the former global head of IT as shaving product supply company, Harry’s, “an ERP can free up your time from manual tasks so you can perform more value-added work.

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Nobody Knows Anything, John Wick edition

Barry Ritholtz

 In 2016, I wrote about the novelist and screenwriter William Goldman, and his delightful book, “ Adventures in the Screen Trade.” He is the Academy award-winning scriptwriter who penned such classics as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969), “All the President’s Men” (1976), “Marathon Man” (1974), and the cult-favorite “The Princess Bride (1973).

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Banking on Loyalty: Holistic Financial Advice for Unparalleled Business Growth

Speaker: Joe Buhrmann, MBA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC® Senior Financial Planning Practice Management Consultant eMoney Advisor

During an era of evolving consumer preferences, the banking sector is undergoing a profound shift. As customers continue to broaden their perspectives, banking professionals must support their customers' financial wellness by providing holistic financial advice that aligns with individual goals and circumstances. Without adapting, financial institutions will find that loyalty may crumble amid uncertainty.

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Filling the gap: Boosting supply of recycled materials for packaging

Mckinsey and Company

High long-term demand for recycled content in packaging could lead to shortages of recycled packaging materials. We explore three ways to boost rPET availability in the US market.

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Paradigm CFO, general counsel to depart in crypto shakeup: reports

CFO Dive

The two executives are reportedly departing as the regulatory attention tightens on the cryptocurrency space, with Paradigm chiding the SEC for growing “regulatory ambition.

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G20 Summit 2023: CFOs eye outcomes on tax reforms, carbon emissions, trade disputes

CFO News

In order to sense what the CFOs are anticipating from the mega economic event, ETCFO interacted with a few of them dealing in consumer electricals, infrastructure, commodities, and energy equipment.

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10 Labor Day Reads

Barry Ritholtz

My 3-day weekend reads: • How Friday Became the New Saturday : A summer perk became a year-round staple. More white-collar employees are clearing the decks at the end of the week after pandemic upended in-office work. ‘Friday is just a dead day.’ ( Financial Times ) • All That Empty Office Space Belongs to Someone : If the nearly 100 million square feet of office real estate stays empty, who loses?

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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Strategies to win in UK energy retail as the market reopens

Mckinsey and Company

The static UK energy retail market is starting to move as wholesale energy prices fall. As a third of customers look to switch suppliers, here’s how energy retailers can plug into customer needs.

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United Airlines CFO downplays potential Denver HQ move

CFO Dive

Losing United would be another blow to Chicago’s economy and commercial real estate market, which saw Boeing and Citadel pull up stakes last year.

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If joint audit is to be brought in, there should be complete clarity on auditors’ responsibilities: NFRA Chair

CFO News

Users of financial statements should have a clear-cut view about which auditor is behind that assertion which is true and fair, Ajay Bhushan Pandey tells ET CFO.

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Global GDP growth forecast upgraded to 2.4% for 2023

Future CFO

Atradius has recently upgraded its global GDP growth forecast for 2023 to 2.4%, which is a slowdown from 2022 but a significant improvement on earlier predictions. In addition, the firm posted a global GDP growth forecast of 2.0% for 2024. “We predict that global trade growth will slow to 1.9% in 2023, from 3.2% in 2022, with a slight recovery in 2024 to 2.5%,” the firm noted.

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The Buyer’s Guide to HR & Payroll Technology

Choosing an HCM partner is one of the most important decisions you’ll make because time is one of your company’s most strategic assets. How do you want to spend your time?

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North American mobility retail balances old and new for future success

Mckinsey and Company

With the growth of e-mobility and younger consumers seeking high-tech convenience, nimble North American mobility-retail players are combining old and new offerings to stay competitive.

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Women executives may reach leadership parity by 2030: S&P

CFO Dive

Despite recent advances, women worldwide are unlikely to attain gender parity throughout the labor force for several decades, according to some research.

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$5 trillion economy: CFOs say ease of doing business, credit support crucial to achieve the goal

CFO News

Correct balance between fiscal support and discipline, providing skilled education, women's participation in the formal workforce, modernisation of agriculture, healthcare support from the government, simplification of taxation and credit support to MSMEs needed to achieve the target in two years, finance honchos say.

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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (September 2023)

Nerd's Eye View

Welcome to the September 2023 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors! This month's edition kicks off with the news that WiserAdvisor, one of the longest-running lead generation services in the industry, has acquired IndyFin, a startup advisor rating platform that had aspired to be the 'Yelp for Advisors' – whi

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Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close

Did you know automating your month-end close can save up to 40% of the time typically spent on manual reconciliations? CFOs and controllers are leveraging SkyStem's workflow management and reconciliation tool to eliminate costly mistakes, ditch manual reconciliations and close faster. Want to know how they do it? Download our Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close!

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Forward Thinking on funding a clean world with Ann Mettler

Mckinsey and Company

A leader on funding Europe’s energy transition talks about the three Ss that are necessary: speed, scale, and simplicity.

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Shutterfly CFO steps down, ex-Philips exec to take over

CFO Dive

Jan Paul Teuwen will take the finance reins at the San Jose, California-based digital imaging company, with a focus on driving “lasting growth.

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India’s services PMI falls to 60.1 in August, overall conditions remain robust

CFO News

According to the S&P Global survey report the overall conditions in India's services sector remained strong, with exports at a record high and the index reading above the 50-mark for the 25th consecutive month. The survey also showed that foreign demand was the highest since September 2014.

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