CFO News

JANUARY 20, 2025

India's insurance industry is set for continued growth due to economic expansion and rising health insurance demand. Premiums are increasing, driven by higher incomes and government reforms, though the sector still faces challenges such as capital adequacy pressures and the transition to new accounting standards.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

FP&A analyst, in turn, is a promising yet developing profession that can be interesting to graduates with finance, statistics, economics or business degrees as well as to finance professionals from adjacent disciplines. Planning, budgeting and forecasting are linked together forming financial planning processes.

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Future CFO

MARCH 8, 2023

3) Legislation and regulatory changes “Within the insurance industry, we are implementing a new accounting standard, IFRS17, which represents the most major change to insurance accounting requirements in over 20 years,” he revealed. Qualities to have to be successful Success is personal to everyone.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

To reflect the upcoming adoption of new accounting standards as well as lower interest rates, U.S. banks have decreased their targets with an economic environment that is changing, the Financial Times reported. CECL will make banks account for expected credit losses in a faster fashion. Multiple large U.S.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The rising interest in ESG investments is prompting the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to actively pursue sustainable finance in a bid to drive long-term sustainable economic growth. This includes having all financial institutions make climate-related disclosures from June 2022.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 29, 2023

FP&A also continues to deploy effective long-term planning, considering various factors such as economic data projections for GDP, employment and inflation, and emerging risks like cybersecurity threats and climate change.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

For lenders large and small, a new accounting rule could start to tighten lending standards, with the ripple effect of perhaps making credit a bit scarcer. CECL stands for “Current Expected Credit Losses” and replaces the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses accounting standard.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

For lenders large and small, a new accounting rule could start to tighten lending standards, with the ripple effect of perhaps making credit a bit scarcer. CECL stands for “Current Expected Credit Losses” and replaces the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses accounting standard.

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Planful

JULY 5, 2016

So for a number of years, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have been working to converge their guidelines for revenue recognition. As a result, different industries use different accounting for economically similar transactions.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 20, 2022

The International Accounting Standards Board issued new protocols on climate reporting and the interesting distinction there is that there are two sets of protocols or soon-to-be standards, the one is related to climate change and then the other is related to sustainability, which relates to the business efficiencies.

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CFO Thought Leader

MAY 21, 2023

Our goal is to grow and preserve our investors’ capital in really any economic environment, including ones like the challenging one in which we’re sitting today. The SEC Fellows Program, however, was different. “I I thought to myself, ‘Wow!—this

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 14, 2024

CFOs must ensure that financial statements are prepared in accordance with international accounting standards and that any material information is disclosed promptly. Practical Example: During a period of economic uncertainty, a South African retail company faced pressure to cut costs.

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CFO Talks

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Key Topics Discussed: Intangible Assets and Economic Growth: The significance of intangible assets such as software, data, intellectual property, and brand value in boosting productivity worldwide. The impact of intangible assets on long-term productivity and economic growth in South Africa. IFRS, US GAAP).

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The new insurance reporting standard has been taken effect since January 2023. While the new standard is a profound accounting change, it leaves insurers' underlying economic position and performance unchanged, according to Moody's.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Tax rates, policies and subsidies can also differ depending on whether a location is in a free trade zone, a special economic zone, or a hi-tech industrial development zone, TMF Group noted.

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BlueLight

JULY 30, 2020

Forward In the current economic crisis, business leaders from early-stage startups to large multinational corporations have had to make difficult decisions. In the startup world, unit economics is the new product market fit. Especially in times like these, it’s very important for unit economics to be strong.

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 6, 2024

According to prevailing accounting standards and tax regulations, several criteria must be met for an asset to be considered depreciable: Ownership: The asset must be owned by you or your organization. Income Generation: It should be actively utilized in business operations to generate revenue.

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Spreadym

JULY 10, 2023

The financial close process, also known as the accounting close process or month-end close, is a series of steps undertaken by an organization to finalize its financial records for a specific accounting period. Deferrals, on the other hand, involve postponing the recognition of revenues or expenses to future accounting periods.

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CFA Institute

AUGUST 9, 2019

The next crash may unearth accounting scandals to rival those of Enron and WorldCom, says Sebastien Canderle.

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CFA Institute

MARCH 30, 2020

The complexities of accounting for intangible assets and goodwill are not conducive to a quick fix.

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CFA Institute

MAY 18, 2020

Could the predictive models have anticipated NMC’s earnings manipulation and bankruptcy risk?

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CFA Institute

AUGUST 18, 2020

Low accounting comparability can be costly for both firms and managers.

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CFA Institute

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The explanatory power of the financial information reported to investors for market valuation has plummeted in recent decades.

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CFA Institute

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Can Impact-Weighted Accounting (IWA) help unlock ESG Alpha for investors?

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CFA Institute

MARCH 5, 2021

You can find significant alpha in the mechanics that drive GAAP accounting.

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CFA Institute

APRIL 5, 2021

GAAP sometimes misrepresents business reality. We can use that fact to generate some alpha.

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CFA Institute

MAY 19, 2021

A key lesson from the "Enron of Germany": If you see something, say something.

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CFA Institute

JUNE 2, 2021

Cost of capital is a tenuous concept. Charlie Munger amusingly calls it a “perfectly amazing mental malfunction.”.

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CFA Institute

JUNE 11, 2021

A focus on intangible value creation can bring more financial discipline to ESG investments.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

One reason is that these businesses are not only not required to publicly disclose their financial details in most parts of the world, but often follow more malleable accounting standards, making the data less reliable and comparable.

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CFO Talks

DECEMBER 26, 2021

So that you will eventually have the CFO focusing on three reporting areas, the traditional IFRS, then secondly, business efficiencies, and then because of the difficult economic circumstances we are in, the only way that you can still maintain the bottom line is through better efficiencies. The last one is then climate change.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 27, 2025

CFOs must address sustainability challenges while fostering economic development in their contexts. Resilience and Agility: The Future for CFOs David concluded with advice on navigating geopolitical tensions and economic changes, stressing the need for resilience and agility. And we look at what happens in the US.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

BlackRock regularly makes demands such as these of its portfolio companies, requiring them to meet the standards of its “sustainability accounting standards board.”. Brian Deese, the firm’s former global head of sustainable investing, is now the director of the National Economic Council.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 12, 2025

Following updates from CIBA and regulatory authorities helps professionals understand changes in financial laws, tax rules, and accounting standards. Exploring learning beyond finance, such as behavioural economics and leadership skills, also enhances overall decision-making ability.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2019

Some of the executives who offered testimony sought to paint a picture that lessons have been learned, and that things have gotten better even against the backdrop of slowing economic growth. Some executives, such as Citigroup’s Corbat, said that there should be more “harmonization” among regulatory agencies.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2019

Some of the executives who offered testimony sought to paint a picture that lessons have been learned, and that things have gotten better even against the backdrop of slowing economic growth. Some executives, such as Citigroup’s Corbat, said that there should be more “harmonization” among regulatory agencies.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 21, 2023

ASNESS: Ultimately, the shareholders, I won’t go through all the other subtleties, what’s a little sad is we kind of won the battle in that current accounting standards make you expense stock options and that was a change. RITHOLTZ: They have that. ASNESS: Out of the blue, a pandemic hit. ASNESS: Yeah.

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