CFO News Room

JANUARY 21, 2023

The treasury curve became steeper, but only at the shortest end of the spectrum, with the slope rising for the 2-year, relative to the 3-month, but not at all, when comparing the 10-year to the 2-year rate.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2023

While the rise in treasury rates has been less dramatic this year, rates have continued to rise across the term structure: US Treasury While short term rates rose sharply in the first half of the year, and long term rates stabilized, the third quarter has sen a reversal, with short term rates now stabilizing and long term rates rising.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Valuations of Hong Kong-listed stocks are now quite reasonable, Mr. Ru said, adding that he doesn’t expect China’s internet sector to be hit with major regulatory changes this year. . Treasury yield declined to 1.903%, according to Tradeweb. In the bond market, the benchmark 10-year U.S.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

Fisher Investments ) • Bond Market Is Overplaying the Risk of a Deep Recession : Trading in other major markets suggests a painful economic downturn isn’t as set in stone as Treasury investors think. His textbook “ Investment Valuation ” is the standard in the field. It’s not going too well. ( class nine times.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 24, 2024

Government Bond/Bill Rates in 2023 I will start by looking at government bond rates across the world, with the emphasis on US treasuries, which suffered their worst year in history in 2022, down close to 20% for the year, as interest rates surged. The Fed Effect: Where's the beef? The Fed Effect: Where's the beef?

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 19, 2022

In a post at the start of 2021 , I argued that while stocks entered the year at elevated levels, especially on historic metrics (such as PE ratios), they were priced to deliver reasonable returns, relative to very low risk free rates (with the treasury bond rate at 0.93% at the start of 2021). The year that was.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, clients of BBVA subsidiary Simple Bank are reportedly getting emails telling them that Simple is closing and the intent is to move them to BBVA, while the Treasury Department announced that stimulus Visa debit cards are being mailed to homes. The MetaBank, N.A.-issued

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

There is a market-based estimate of inflation that comes from the US treasury market, where a comparison of yields on a treasury bond with that on a inflation-protected treasury bond of equivalent maturity provides a measure of expected inflation.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

In the graph below, I start with two traditional havens for US investors, the US dollar and treasury bonds: Trade-weighted dollar & US 10-year T.Bond Rate. I revisited my valuation of the index, with the updated values: Spreadsheet to value the S&P 500. There are two things to note in this valuation. YouTube Video.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

billion acquisition of treasury management technology firm Kyriba , according to Private Equity News reports on Monday (March 25). The deal would mark a significant increase in valuation for the firm, which was valued at about $350 million in 2017, when Sumeru Equity Partners provided $45 million in growth equity for the firm. (At

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Musings on Markets

MAY 6, 2022

Inflation: The Full Story I wrote my first post on this blog in 2008, and inflation merited barely a mention until 2020, though it is an integral component of investing and valuation. As treasury rates have risen, markets also seem to have been more wary about risk, and how it is being priced.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered FinTech Software as a Service (SaaS) firm HighRadius raised $125 million in a Series B growth funding round, giving it a unicorn valuation, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, with participation from existing investors Susquehanna Growth Equity and Citi Ventures.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered FinTech Software as a Service (SaaS) firm HighRadius raised $125 million in a Series B growth funding round, giving it a unicorn valuation, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, with participation from existing investors Susquehanna Growth Equity and Citi Ventures.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

In June, the financial institution (FI) announced a collaboration with BizEquity to deploy a company valuation service for small business (SMB) customers of the bank. That partnership allows for SMBs to obtain valuation reports from their TD Bank relationship managers, and made TD Bank the first top-10 U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In March, Softbank slashed WeWork’s valuation to $2.9 Earlier this month, Trish Fisher , senior director of Treasury Operations at WeWork, participated in a wide-ranging online panel discussion with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster and four other executives. Some retailers said they threatened bankruptcy if landlords would not help.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2022

The treasury curve became steeper, but only at the shortest end of the spectrum, with the slope rising for the 2-year, relative to the 3-month, but not at all, when comparing the 10-year to the 2-year rate.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The move came as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned that Chinese firms that wanted to be listed on U.S. Prior to the scandal, Luckin had been the first company since the year 2000 to reach a $3 billion valuation within 24 months of listing, according to CNBC. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Buxton previously worked for cloud application monitoring platform Datadog as VP of finance, where he led the company to a $9 billion valuation and a current market capitalization of upwards of $25 billion, with the number of employees growing from 100 to 2,000 during his tenure, the release says.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

Noahpinion ) see also Janet Yellen Dismisses Minting $1 Trillion Coin to Avoid Default : Treasury Secretary says the Federal Reserve would likely not agree to such a scheme. My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • The Fiscal Arsonists : Please stop playing weird political games with the U.S. fiscal system.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

The company had initially aimed to raise 700,000 pounds ($881,000) at a valuation of 12 million pounds ($15.1 The aim of Coconut is to offer micro-business accounting services and have their assets as well as funds be more effective through the help of smart treasury management. million pounds ($3.15 It notched 1.8 million pounds ($2.27

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s announcement on television for Oracle’s victorious bid for TikTok's American operations. Discussions have been restarted for SoftBank to take itself private in the midst of a number of disappointments to the firm’s equity valuation in contrast to the value of individual holdings. 14) after U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The collaboration followed a previous deal announced with BizEquity that introduced a business valuation service for small business clients interested in selling their firms.

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

In the graph below, I list out two measures of expected inflation, one from a inflation expectations ETF ( ProShares Inflation Expectation ETF ) and the other from the Federal Reserve 5-year forward inflation measure , computed as the difference between treasury and TIPs rates.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner are also planning to attend this year’s “Davos in the Desert” in Riyadh. Both SoftBank and the Vision Fund dumped over $10 billion into WeWork, some at a $47 billion valuation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Stripe announced Stripe Treasury on Thursday (Dec. Since July, global transactions hit valuations of $1.8 Morgan analysts predict merger and acquisition deals to continue to surge through the holiday season. Stripe to Offer Banking as a Service to Merchants on Its Platform. trillion, up more than one-third.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 25, 2024

The US Treasury yield rate’s descent below 4% has spurred active pursuit of distressed office market opportunities by value-add funds. billion across core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, and valuation and other services. In 2021, the firm had revenue of $9.4

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The $20 trillion in corporate payments done through paper checks represents a staggeringly large greenfield opportunity – and there is any number of ways to modernize B2B interactions (and corporate treasury activities in lockstep). And though valuations may be stretched, fundamentals are indeed sound.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

billion, but a sale now would likely reflect a decreased valuation. Amazon is in talks to buy self-driving car startup Zoox, in a move that would advance the eCommerce giant’s reach in autonomous vehicle technology. In a 2018 funding round, Zoox was valued at $3.2 Walmart, ThredUp Join Forces For Second-Hand Clothes.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 5, 2024

The US Treasury yield rate’s descent below 4% has spurred active pursuit of distressed office market opportunities by value-add funds. billion across core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, and valuation and other services. In 2021, the firm had revenue of $9.4

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

The Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Treasury Department said there is roughly $145 billion left in the fund. Banks in the U.S. have extended over $500 billion in loans to SMBs affected by the pandemic. Robinhood Nets $280 Million On A $8.3B

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Analysts are framing this issue as Fair’s response to ate of venture-backed startups like Uber and WeWork , companies that have struggled to find profitability despite large valuations. Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well known on the capital markets side.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Fair , a car startup that lets people own cars flexibly, has been paying attention to the fate of venture-backed startups like Uber and WeWork , who have been struggling to find profitability despite large valuations, and cutting back on staff in an effort to avoid a similar fate. The company, which is valued at $1.2

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Analysts are framing this issue as Fair’s response to a spate of venture-backed startups like Uber and WeWork , companies that have struggled to find profitability despite large valuations. Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well-known on the capital markets side.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

PYMNTS takes a look at those cybersecurity firms, plus a few of the treasury management, blockchain and logistics firms that also grabbed fresh funding. It brings Duo Security’s valuation up to $1.17 Treasury Management. Cybersecurity. Duo Security. billion; the firm has so far raised a total of $119 million. TreasuryXpress.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

In my last post, I noted that concerns about inflation have played a big role in pushing up the US ten-year treasury bond rate from 1.51% on Jan 1, 2022, to 3.02% on June 30, 2022. As a final part to this post, to see the shifts in country risk that we have seen in 2022, let’s start with an assessment of risk free rates.

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