Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

JULY 24, 2025

Furthermore, decisions made by credit management directly influence working capital performance, bad debt exposure, and the ability of the treasury function to forecast liquidity with accuracy. Their judgments help balance opportunity with caution, enabling smarter, sustainable expansion.

Profit and Loss

CFO Talks

JUNE 3, 2025

To counter this, Innocent and his team use agile forecasting frameworks, scenario modelling, and real-time analytics. The United Kingdoms National Audit Office has advised public entities to adopt rolling forecasts and scenario-based planning, particularly in uncertain environments. When Innocent joined QCTO, he found financial chaos.

Leadership

CFO Talks

AUGUST 6, 2025

Continuously educate yourself and your team. Technology and Data Integration Your finance systems must support multi-entity, multi-currency, and multi-GAAP reporting. Ensure local teams know when, what, and how to report. Conduct regular internal reviews. Don’t wait for external audits to uncover issues.

Foreign Exchange

CFO Thought Leader

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Youve got to invest, Koefoed says, explaining how AI-fueled demand forecasting can open untapped market segments (including the 20,000-plus legacy systems he aims to replace). Yet those bigger bets mean rethinking profitability targets, educating analysts, and staying flexible under Wall Streets watchful eye.

Forecasting

CFO Talks

AUGUST 12, 2025

There is a strong argument that starting out with financial barriers, such as a student loan, can produce leaders who understand finance on a deeper and more human level than those who never had to worry about how to pay for their education. Why tracking and forecasting are essential if you want to stay solvent. Policy influence.

CFO

CFO Plans

MAY 19, 2025

Set clear financial goals and draft a roadmap that includes revenue forecasts, expense estimates, and cash flow projections. Stay informed about market trends and continuously educate yourself on financial management best practices. Think of it as the blueprint for your success.

Budgeting

Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

in 2025, Sinitsky says cautioning that there could be some risks to this forecast due to a slowdown in mining production caused by environmental disruptions, bringing 2024 growth to under 2.8%. and forecasts a 2% rate by the end of 2025. With economic activity averaging 2.8%

Construction

Global Finance

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A significant portion of the target market needs to be educated about the benefits and risks of the proposition, says ADLs Singh. In a study of e-commerce shares by checkout method, BNPL garnered a 5% share in 2023 and is forecasted to have a 5% share in 2027.

B2C

CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The challenge of financial forecasts based on quantitative data was both stimulating and rewarding. Additionally, I am excited about the potential of cross-disciplinary collaborations, particularly in areas such as education, professional finance and Information Technology, where AI can significantly improve outcomes.

CFO

Strategic Treasurer

JULY 14, 2025

The rise of AI agents: How autonomous agents will move beyond analysis and into automating forecasts, prioritizing anomalies, and taking action. Strategic Treasurer is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.

Treasury

Future CFO

JUNE 17, 2025

To mitigate losses to these scams, the market research company stresses the importance of mobile subscriber education as informing subscribers about common tactics will significantly reduce the success of fraudulent calls.

Education

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

In business financing decisions , the cost of capital becomes an optimizing tool , where businesses look for a mix of debt and equity that reduces the cost of capital , and where matching up the debt (in terms of currency and maturity) to the assets r educes default risk and the cost of capital.

Hurdle Rate

Global Finance

APRIL 7, 2025

The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs forecast in a 2022 paper that APAC will grow from 4.2 Overall, regional demographics are favorable, with a population dynamic currently marked by young populations and a low dependency ratio of young working people supporting the aged. billion citizens to 4.6

Economics

Global Finance

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Recent bespoke solutions have been developed for specific business verticals including funds, financial institutions, education, renewables, and sports and entertainment. FIS Trading Compliance Manager presents a comprehensive view of an order life cycle, meeting all trading compliance needs in one solution.

Foreign Exchange

The Big Picture

JULY 15, 2025

Richard Bernstein : So, I am the poster child for the liberal arts education. And our challenge as investors is to find indicators that will allow us to effectively forecast that profit cycle. You, you’re undergraduate, your focus is economics, you get an MBA in finance. Where did the computer programming skills come from?

Investments

Future CFO

JULY 6, 2025

Business cases, portfolio monitoring, board meeting preparations, financial forecasting, regulatory reporting and audits are but a few examples of topics requiring attention just in the last quarter – not to mention the various firefighting that is often inevitable. They believe that efforts matter and education makes a difference.

Education

CFO Dive

AUGUST 11, 2025

At specialty ingredients producer Aurorium , AI-driven tools have improved forecast accuracy and given FP&A greater confidence when offering guidance and making decisions. 59% reported greater forecasting precision, 52% saw increased data transparency and 57% gained more time for strategic work. Should CFOs? Should CFOs?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

I, I disagree with his forecast for this year, which is 0% chance of recession. Everyone, at least in terms of net dollars in your pocket, Torsten Slok : Everyone has access to healthcare, everyone has access to free education, and then you just have to do your homework, which is the hard part, and then of course complete your education.

Economics

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 17, 2025

They’ve made forecasts, they’ve made predictions about what will and won’t happen, and none of it’s come true. And he’s this old British guy who was, you know, quite famous in England as a policy advisor and an economic forecaster. He was known as one of the, I think seven wise men. We shared a wall.

Budgeting

The Big Picture

JUNE 16, 2025

Well, 00:46:11 [Speaker Changed] You and I are engaging in, in a forecasting exercise, which is well beyond computational impasse. Human beings, as Philip Tetlock described, don’t forecast very well, even even the best experts. My judgment, my forecast would be that your scenario is possible but less probable than, than mine.

Math

CFO Dive

JUNE 16, 2025

Forecast CBAM impact and budget for compliance The purchase of CBAM certificates carries a significant financial impact. Forecast these costs with a CBAM cost model that uses import volume estimates, emission intensities, and CBAM certificate prices. In February 2023, it reached an all-time high at just over €100. Should CFOs?

CFO

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 6, 2025

And then when I was at Wharton, I didn’t think I was getting an education, so I decided to transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences. Not a great education. Sander Gerber : Well, actually I was good at math. So I first entered the Wharton School undergrad. I don’t have an MBA from Wharton.

Profit and Loss

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 4, 2025

And so while I was, you know, good enough to be in a small company, I was not gonna be an A BT and I didn’t wanna totally give up my education. I don’t recall seeing anybody’s forecast for the year ahead saying, Hey, really inexpensive AI from China, deep seek is gonna completely disrupt everything.

Banking

Global Finance

JUNE 16, 2025

million citizens and forecast average growth of 5% in 2025, Malaysia is expanding its profile as an investment hub. Speaking recently in Kuala Lumpur, Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia, reaffirmed the bank’s 2025 growth forecast of 4.5% billion (about US$88.2 year-on-year growth in investment.

Leverage

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 1, 2025

But the thing that’s so fascinating is this book about all these different government agencies and the really amazing work these people do comes out right into the doge elimination of, we’re gonna close the Department of Education, we’re gonna fire all these people, whether we have the authority to or not.

Investments

CFO Dive

JUNE 11, 2025

Published June 11, 2025 Jim Tyson Senior Reporter post share post print email license Gordan1 via Getty Images Dive Brief: Inflation eased more than forecast last month as companies drew down inventories that they stockpiled before the imposition of tariffs rather than pass on price increases to consumers. in May and 2.8% Should CFOs?

CFO

CFO Dive

AUGUST 6, 2025

from 2024, according to a Gartner forecast last month. “Leaders are adopting more iterative approaches that allow them to adapt quickly and drive higher margins over time.” Dive Insight: Worldwide information technology spending is expected to total $5.43 trillion in 2025, an increase of 7.9%

CFO

CFO Dive

JULY 16, 2025

billion USD), versus the €2 billion forecast previously, according to a separate press release detailing preliminary results for its H1 of 2025. With the Trump administration embracing digital assets, finance leaders need to get educated on the potential risk and reward of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. billion to 1.5 billion to $1.7

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CFO Dive

JULY 23, 2025

Tariffs on South Korea imports would constitute a significant portion of the overall trade impact GM forecasts for 2025, Jacobson said Tuesday. Exports made up 40% of South Korea’s gross domestic product last year. Sign up A valid email address is required. Please select at least one newsletter.

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CFO Dive

AUGUST 5, 2025

Employers added a less-than-forecast 73,000 workers in July, and revisions cut job growth in June and May by a total of 258,000, the BLS said. After release of the less-than-forecast employment numbers, President Donald Trump fired the BLS commissioner, alleging that the bureau “rigged” the data. Unemployment increased 0.1

CFO

CFO Dive

JULY 21, 2025

economy, forecast GDP growth will decline for the remainder of 2025 and into 2026. With the Trump administration embracing digital assets, finance leaders need to get educated on the potential risk and reward of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. Most economists, while expressing surprise at the resilience of the U.S. Should CFOs?

Economics

CFO Talks

JULY 29, 2025

Across these roles, she has consistently focused on business process improvement, data-informed forecasting, and risk alignment with enterprise performance. Her academic background includes an MBA from Henley Business School and executive education in financial modelling, analytics, and the digital finance landscape.

CFO

CFO Dive

AUGUST 4, 2025

Employers added a less-than-forecast 73,000 workers in July, and revisions cut job growth in June and May by a total of 258,000, the Labor Department said. Unemployment increased 0.1 percentage point to 4.2%.

Marketing

Strategic Treasurer

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stages of Cash Forecasting: Improving the Process, Tightening Your Accuracy. Description : Forecasting cash flows has been one of the top two priorities for treasury groups for nearly 10 years. This session will outline the stages of cash forecasting and the foundational elements required to reach each stage – and the next level.

Forecasting

PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

Flywire on Thursday unveiled a series of changes to its education payments platform that the firm said will give students and universities greater financial flexibility amid the multiple uncertainties caused by the pandemic and the economic downturn it has triggered.

Education

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

There are three letters that best describe the state of higher education in the U.S. Many moving parts remain uncertain, however, thwarting educators from being able to definitively predict cash flows. Many moving parts remain uncertain, however, thwarting educators from being able to definitively predict cash flows.

Education

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter, along with revenue that was roughly in line with Wall Street forecasts. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv forecast earnings of 11 cents per share on revenue of $456 million. Under Armour — Shares of the athletic apparel maker jumped 11.6% per share loss.

Profit and Loss