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CFOs: Do you drive returns that exceed the cost of capital?

Future CFO

Organisations that drove a 6% greater return on invested capital (ROIC) over three years are those built around factors such as unique competitive differentiator rather than external factors like competitive trends, compared to those with cost models focused on external factors such as competitive trends, the research firm noted.

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Finance vs. Accounting

CFO Simplified

A team member in the finance department addresses how a business manages their money, from: Investing and borrowing. In publicly traded companies, the CFO is also responsible for the company’s compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and regulations. Cash flow forecasting. Growth planning .

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Barclays Taps Accelerator Graduate For Risk Simulation

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The simulation technology enables the automated recognition of a significant event in quantitative analysis, enabling entities to simulate more complex scenarios. In its announcement, Barclays explained that agent-based modeling differs from regression-based models, which rely on historical behavior data analysis.

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Transcript: Edward Chancellor

Barry Ritholtz

His latest book could not be more timely, “The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest,” it’s all about the history of interest rates, money lending, investing speculation, funded by banks and loans and credit. You can imagine, you give a bearish message at a bullish investment conference, and no one listens to you.

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Transcript: Savita Subramanian

Barry Ritholtz

She is one of the few people who combine quantitative investing with behavioral finance. No, I think that that’s the part of it that I find the most interesting is the idea that, you know, a stock price doesn’t really have a, you know, the fair value of an an investment instrument is somewhat arbitrary. Right, right.

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