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SPAC industry promotes myths in a 'deep fraud,' former SEC official says

CFO Dive

Promoters of SPACs have upheld several "myths" to ensure steady income from a boom in the so-called blank-check companies, according to a former senior SEC official.

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Josh Weinberg, Head of Financial Systems and Change at Citizens Advice

Generation CFO

Transformation: to some, it suggests progress, efficiency and radical change, but to others, the term doesn’t sit quite right. . “I tend to steer away from using the word ‘transformation’” says Josh Weinberg, Head of Financial Systems and Change at Citizens Advice. . “In my experience, it has connotations around redundancies and other negativity of change.

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Global Venture Capital Funding Scales New Heights

Global Finance

Global VC investment nearly doubled in value to $671 billion, according to the latest quarterly report from KPMG Enterprise.

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A Budget for agri-innovation and sustainable growth — D Narain

CFO News Room

The announcements made by the finance minister are expected to accelerate the sector’s growth by focusing on streamlining agricultural value chains to boost farmer incomes and farm productivity. By D Narain. Agriculture remains the primary source of livelihood for roughly 58% of India’s working population and the sector has significant potential for growth, with the ability to accelerate rural development and growth.

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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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Office rent decline gives CFOs potential cost-saving opportunities

CFO Dive

Since early in the pandemic, effective U.S. office rents have fallen 13.3% and office vacancies have risen to a nearly 20-year high, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

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Carlyle’s net-zero pledge sets standard for US firms

Private Funds CFO

More pledges are likely to come after Carlyle became the first high-profile US private markets firm to formalize an emissions plan aligned with a net-zero target.

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Budget infuses more atmanirbharta into MSMEs — Sanjay Agarwal

CFO News Room

MSMEs, the growth engine of Atmanirbhar Bharat, are gearing up for a more digital savvy year ahead with interlinked portals like Udyam, e-Shram, NCS and ASEEM, which will deepen their integration with the organised ecosystem. By Sanjay Agarwal. The finance minister has managed the tough balancing act of spurring economic revival while also maintaining fiscal discipline.

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More states step up to guide LIBOR transition, provide stopgap solution

CFO Dive

States are recognizing that they may not be able to wait for a federal solution.

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What is ERP in Supply Chain Management?

Navigator SAP

Speed, efficiency, and clear communications: these are the keys for a business of any size to stay competitive in today’s global marketplace. Unfortunately, ever-changing technology and buying patterns can make it hard to deliver the right product at the right price to the right place at the right time.

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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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Uncertainty on insider trading rule; Stories from Feb/Mar edition

Private Funds CFO

Firms should update policies after SEC expands insider trading definition; Stories from our February/March edition.

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Amazon Breaks Record for One-Day Gain in Market Cap

CFO News Room

Investors in big technology stocks have a serious case of whiplash. Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 13.54%. on Friday notched the largest-ever one-day gain in market value for a U.S. company—just a day after Facebook parent. Meta Platforms Inc. suffered the largest-ever loss. The dramatic moves suggest investors are moving quickly to draw distinctions among the growth prospects of some of the biggest U.S. companies as they reassess their valuations in anticipation of higher interest rates.

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Talent shortage turns audits into tactical issue

CFO Dive

Delays mean companies can face hurdles raising capital, securing financing or making financials available to buyers interested in an acquisition.

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How can ERP improve a company's business performance?

Navigator SAP

The new normal for the world is volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. This is a challenging new normal.

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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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Firms should update policies after SEC expands insider trading definition

Private Funds CFO

Lawyers recommend updating insider trading policies to explicitly restrict trading by insiders in third party companies that could be considered 'economically linked'.

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Omicron Absences Fail to Dent Job Growth

CFO News Room

The U.S. labor market recovery continued in January amid a surge in Omicron infections, even though millions of workers stayed home sick or were idled by temporary business closures, causing many to be counted by the government as jobless. Employers added 467,000 jobs in January , the Labor Department said Friday. That comes even though 3.6 million people weren’t working due to illness, up from 1.7 million in December, when Omicron caseloads began to grow exponentially.

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Fewer companies expected to issue low-yield convertible bonds

CFO Dive

The last two years marked a high point for zero-coupon bonds. Rising interest rates are taking that option off the table.

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Spotlight on SPACs: More Risk Than Opportunity?

CFA Institute

SPACs may be worth another look. A long, careful look.

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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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Too much dry powder, macro issues top worries for GPs

Private Funds CFO

Tax changes in the US, China’s crackdown on high-growth sectors and Europe’s increasing protectionist policies will also impact dealflow, according to Dechert. Carmela Mendoza reports.

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New schemes driving exports: Piyush Goyal

CFO News Room

“No country can rely only on subsidies to promote exports,” he asserted. “India, over a period of time, has been promoting exports through subsidies, but that has not really given us the desired result or given us the huge impetus that one would have expected,” he added. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that the earlier plan to boost exports through subsidies hasn’t really yielded the desired results, but the new tax remission schemes for exporters, apart from being com

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CFOs should adopt strategies of activist investors: Gartner

CFO Dive

CFOs should advance beyond the role of reviewer or advisor and serve as an “activist,” crafting a business strategy and investment portfolio that maximizes long-term value.

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The US Investment Olympics: Smart Money, Crowd Intelligence, and AI

CFA Institute

Can our Smart Money, Crowd Intelligence, and AI indices beat the S&P 500?

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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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Broadridge blockchain hub tears down wall between managers and administrators

Private Funds CFO

The company expects the Private Market Hub to help overcome transparency by giving GPs real-time access to data and a full-circle view of the fund lifecycle.

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Budget 2022: A shot in the arm for digital India

CFO News Room

Continuing the same spirit in defence allocations, 68% of the defence capital procurement budget for domestic players will also go a long way in strengthening the domestic hi-tech manufacturing ecosystem. By Ankit Agarwal. Budget 2022 is one of the more progressive Budgets we have had in recent years. It gave India a shot in the arm to realise its digital, domestic and defence ambitions.

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Intangibles are your valuation key, even if capital tightens

CFO Dive

If 2022 is the year investors start applying more scrutiny to the companies they fund, the value of your intangible assets can be the difference in getting, or not getting, the price you want.

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2022 US Wealth Management Outlook: All Aboard the Crypto Train?

CFA Institute

Almost three quarters of HNWIs worldwide have expressed confidence in crypto.

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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.