CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 29, 2024

At the time, Gronen was vice president of finance, responsible for assessing acquisitions and analyzing their outcomes. In just a few days, he and the leadership team developed a plan to reduce overlapping costs and improve operational efficiency. This manual process can take anywhere between eight and twelve minutes per invoice.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

According to S&P Global , APAC M&A activity in Q1 2022 retreated from 2021’s highs, with deal value for the quarter ending at $73.8B, a decline of 44% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) or 18% year-on-year (YoY). The financial services sector topped M&A activities in Q1 2022 with 14.6 bn) and Hong Kong (US$11.4

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CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Navigating Mergers and Acquisitions: A Strategic Guide for CFOs in South Africa Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are powerful tools for growth, diversification, and innovation in today’s competitive business landscape. However, they come with inherent risks and complexities.

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Future CFO

JUNE 1, 2025

Simultaneously, opportunities arise from increased M&A activity, sectoral shifts towards technology and infrastructure, and innovative financing methods such as green financing and alternative deal structures. Smart & Intelligent treasury solutions are available and getting more and more acceptability by the users."

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

The big deal is now complete: Fiserv announced this morning (July 29) that it has completed its acquisition of First Data Corporation. The two massive firms first inked the deal earlier this year, which will see Fiserv purchase First Data for $22 billion in an all-stock transaction. He also noted that outside the U.S.,

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CFO Strategic Partners

APRIL 14, 2025

5 Reasons to Prioritize Financial Literacy Poor financial literacy negatively impacts overall business performance, financial decision-making, fundraising, M&A, and much more. For business leaders, this question is central to long-term success. Let’s take a look at 5 reasons to accelerate your financial learning curve.

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E78 Partners

MARCH 21, 2025

These companies are typically acquired through leveraged buyouts, growth investments, or other private equity strategies to enhance their value over time. Exit Strategy: Once a portfolio company reaches its target value, the private equity firm exits the investment through a sale, merger, or IPO, distributing returns to LPs and GPs.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 27, 2025

All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~ Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio News. This is Masters in business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio Barry Ritholtz : This week on the podcast. What a fascinating guest. Mike Freno is chairman and CEO of Barings. They run over $431 billion in global assets.

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CFO Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2022

From a rise in M&A activity to prioritizing sustainability initiatives, here’s what’s top of mind for TripActions executives as we head into 2023. After nearly three years of pandemic disruptions, industry experts from TripActions are optimistic that 2023 will be the long-awaited light at the end of the tunnel for business travel.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Reval offers treasury management solutions that have now become the target of an acquisition. “The acquisition of Reval substantially increases our footprint in treasury cloud services and enriches our product portfolio with leading functionality in risk and hedge accounting,” said ION CEO and Founder Andrea Pignataro.

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E78 Partners

MAY 23, 2023

As investor activity continues to increase, the demand for strong executive leadership, particularly Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), is on the rise. One is changing corporate structure: with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), public offerings, and transactions resulting in a shift from founder-led companies to alternative ownership models.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 4, 2025

Melissa Smith : So I definitely thought that I was gonna work in the public sector when, when I’m recruiting at JP Morgan I always, you know, get the question sort of how did, how did you get into investment banking? Previously she was co-head of the bank’s Innovation Economy Group. It’s a pleasure to be here.

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CFO Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2022

From a rise in M&A activity to prioritizing sustainability initiatives, here’s what’s top of mind for TripActions executives as we head into 2023. After nearly three years of pandemic disruptions, industry experts from TripActions are optimistic that 2023 will be the long-awaited light at the end of the tunnel for business travel.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The report titled, Controller’s Guidebook: Burnout in Accounting - Understanding the Problem , Leveraging Solutions, revealed that m% of accountants had at least one month in the past year where the Close disrupted their personal life. This state of work has set an expectation of speed with executives and the business.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

-based startups dominated, with investors focusing on cybersecurity solutions and on startups that aim to streamline back-office functions. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below. Cybersecurity. The company said it will use the funding to focus on growth. Texas’ SpyCloud delivers protection against account takeover for its corporate clients.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. They run over $27 billion in, in assets. Then I think you’re gonna find this to be a fascinating conversation. 00:01:24 [Michael Fisch] Thank you Barry. It’s a pleasure to be here. You get a Stanford MBA. What was the original career plan?

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 4, 2023

You start at Drexel in the M&A group, what was that, like? And I got the opportunity to work with some really interesting folks who continue today to be involved in private equity and private credit, and then see them all the time and I’m very proud of that time. This is really a fascinating story. It was a great time.

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VCFO

MAY 5, 2022

Below is a summary of the discussion points from all professionals on the ‘ M&A: Preparing for Sale ‘ panel. This article is in collaboration with panelists from the May 2022 Houston TEI Presidents’ Forum Focused Breakfast. Moderator – Michael Landers, Partner, ABIP Advisors | mlanders@abipcpa.com.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

RITHOLTZ: Was this a distressed acquisition or — RIEDER: It was. And they took two of us, and I’m not sure how I made it through the strainer. He helps to oversee $2.5 trillion in various investments. I can keep babbling about how fascinating I found this discussion. You graduate Emory University with a degree in finance.

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E78 Partners

MARCH 26, 2025

The accelerating pace of mergers, acquisitions, and large-scale transformations hinge not just on strategic execution but also on the ability to engage and align people throughout the process. Key Insight: M&A and transformation initiatives cannot afford disengagement.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 8, 2025

00:01:58 [Speaker Changed] I’m just old. . ~~~ This is Masters in business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio Barry Ritholtz : This week, really an extra, extra special guest. So she’s seen this industry from all sides. She’s directly responsible for a hundred billion dollars. Tell us what, what the career plans were.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In addition to covering Amazon, she is an award-winning reporter who has deep roots in both m and a and retail. I had no idea, as I’m reading the book, I’m just genuinely shocked. We’ve been ships in the night and I’m glad we finally did this. Her new book is really quite fascinating.

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