CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In the United States, Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) are required to register in one of 2 ways: with the Federal government (namely the SEC) or with one (or more) state securities regulatory agencies. Executive Summary. Author: Chris Stanley. Guest Contributor. Federal Vs State Registration Application Differences For RIAs.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 27, 2025

Operating a financial advisory firm often requires managing large amounts of data, from prospective client contact details to current clients' investment performance, which can create bottlenecks as advisory firms scale and their data systems multiply.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

According to the Hitachi Vantara State of Data Infrastructure Survey, there are critical gaps that could undermine the regions AI momentum, despite ambitious investments. Cloud-based financial systems have improved collaboration, making data more accessible while ensuring compliance with evolving regulations."

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CFO Talks

MARCH 26, 2025

The professionals you really want the ones who understand both compliance and strategy, who can hold their own in front of auditors, and who arent afraid to challenge the numbers theyre in demand. If you dont invest in their development, why should they invest their long-term future in you? Especially in finance.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This opportunity allowed me to audit clients like the South African Revenue Service and South African Tourism, as well as manage accounts for Mastercard South Africa. When you’re young, focus on deeply understanding the core accounting principles, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance.

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Bramasol

MAY 23, 2024

Previous episodes in this Insights Series have explored the challenges created by new Digital Solutions Economy paradigms for billing, fulfillment, invoicing, revenue accounting, and compliance across a wide range of industries. Also, diversification of services offered can help mitigate risk and strengthen revenue streams.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 13, 2025

From federal grant compliance to donor transparency expectations, nonprofits must meet a growing list of financial integrity standards. This not only builds trust but also prevents ethical and compliance issues that could put your funding at risk. This ensures accountability and makes audits or donor inquiries easier to manage.

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Bramasol

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While these reports represented an important element for communicating a company's corporate-citizenship vision and were also positive public relations initiatives, for the most part they did not contain a lot of hard, auditable data. In the area of climate change, this is often referred to as "carbon accounting".

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Future CFO

JUNE 12, 2024

He adds that the accelerating implementation is fuelled not only by stakeholder expectations to make a positive impact on the environment but also through financing mechanisms to drive change such as sustainable investing and financing. The post Delivering value beyond compliance with ESG reporting appeared first on FutureCFO.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

What is IFRS Compliance? For multinational companies, compliance with IFRS is often not just a choice but a requirement. If an investor in Japan wants to invest in a UK-based firm, IFRS compliance reassures them that they can trust the numbers in the financial statements. Why is it important?

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Future CFO

MAY 15, 2024

Asia’s ESG journey BlackLine regional vice-president for Asia, Nikhil Parambath , says Asia's business leaders are focusing on strategic initiatives for long-term growth, with an increasing emphasis on ESG compliance to build trust among stakeholders. ESG integration has transitioned into standard business practice,” she adds.

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The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Regulatory Compliance - Accurate records are essential for meeting legal and regulatory requirements, especially for publicly traded companies. This creates an audit trail and ensures transparency. Cons - Requires an upfront investment in software and may struggle with non-standard transactions. What Causes Discrepancies?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In the latest installment of Flywire ’s podcast series on Global Citizens and the top characteristics of x-border payment processors , we take a look at the compliance, rules and regulation side of getting high-ticket international payments from Point A to Point B.

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Future CFO

MARCH 27, 2025

Leslie Joseph , principal analyst at Forrester , believes companies must go beyond compliance checkboxes and implement robust data governance in connection with the release of the EU AI Act, as regulations will evolve, but finance teams that embed strong data and AI governance today will gain a long-term competitive edge.

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E78 Partners

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

With our expertise in technology expense management (TEM) , we empower organizations to control budgets, ensure compliance, and optimize technology investments. These tools can provide insights into usage patterns and automate renewals to avoid overpayment or non-compliance.

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Future CFO

JULY 8, 2024

Editor’s note: Audit is much more than a compliance requirement and is definitely not a declining industry, said Narissa Chen (pictured), Partner, Head of Audit & Assurance, Forvis Mazars in Singapore. She shared with FutureCFO what a career in audit offers and how female professionals can become audit leaders.

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E78 Partners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Our recent achievement of SOC 2 compliance underscores our commitment to providing clients with the highest level of data security and privacy. Why Data Security Matters Organizations, from SMBs to enterprises and alternative investment firms, handle large volumes of confidential data, including financial records and operational strategies.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Continued investment in digital systems and security infrastructure Companies in 2025 will invest in innovative new solutions such as process automation and generative AI to support growth. And with inflation slowing, businesses have an opportunity to extract more value from travel investments. The five predictions are: 1.

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CFO Share

JULY 16, 2024

A controller primarily oversees accounting processes, ensuring accurate financial records and compliance with regulations. Purpose of the Role The controller ensures financial reporting compliance and accuracy while preventing and detecting fraud. The CFO is a strategic financial leader of the organization.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

Tax and accounting compliance can be an overwhelmingly monumental task as companies expand their geographic footprint. Analysts agree that a company should work with partners, advisors and technologies that can help them manage their compliance demand across borders.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Procurement Partners , which works on procure-to-pay (P2P) services for healthcare providers, has received an investment from Serent Capital , according to a press release. Through 100 percent invoice integration, the service boasts improvements to savings, and offers a compliance audit feature that can help vendors cut spending.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 18, 2022

Compliance. Financial policies (investments, capitalization of fixed assets, operating reserves , financial key performance indicators (KPIs), segregation of duties, etc.) Compliance. If your nonprofit requires an audit, the board should engage directly with the audit firm. Review annual audit .

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 28, 2024

Navigating South Africa’s Reporting Maze: What Every CFO Needs to Know Navigating the complex landscape of regulatory reporting in South Africa can be daunting, especially for CFOs who bear the responsibility of ensuring compliance while also driving strategic financial decisions.

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CFO Plans

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As businesses expand, especially within the financial services sector, the intricacies of tax compliance can become a formidable challenge. The stakes are high, with severe repercussions for non-compliance, but these challenges also present immense opportunities for optimization.

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E78 Partners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Our recent achievement of SOC 2 compliance underscores our commitment to providing clients with the highest level of data security and privacy. Why Data Security Matters Organizations, from SMBs to enterprises and alternative investment firms, handle large volumes of confidential data, including financial records and operational strategies.

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The Charity CFO

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Does the idea of an audit from the IRS leave you with sweaty palms? Most nonprofit leaders aren’t accountants and the thought of getting audited is a sizable fear. Luckily, being prepared can help you avoid accounting mistakes that could come up in a nonprofit audit. These penalties can be crushing for nonprofits.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2022

After all, people will always need financial services, whether investing their money , taking out loans, or managing their taxes. Financial managers are responsible for developing long-term financial plans, directing investment activities, and generating financial reports for their company. Chief Compliance Officer.

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Future CFO

JUNE 15, 2021

While 62% of organisations expect external audit fees to rise this year, they could combat this by automating their internal controls, said Gartner recently when releasing results of a survey of 166 publicly traded and privately held external audit firm clients across industries in March-April of 2021.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 31, 2022

Even on nonprofit financial committees, some members may be skilled in accounting, others in banking, and others in investing or financial analysis. Are there complex investments or endowments restricted to specific purposes? . In most cases, these include an annual audit and federal tax return. Step #4: Never stop learning.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

AI driven automation is expected to extend to more complex tasks such as, audits, risk management, and financial planning and analysis. As AI permeates finance, questions about its compliance with audits and financial governance will arise. For instance, could financial statements generated by ChatGPT withstand audit scrutiny?

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 28, 2024

Also in industry news this week: How the SEC could target dually registered firms for enforcement of their duties to care for and manage conflicts of interest under Regulation Best Interest and the Investment Advisers Act to send a message to the industry and to clarify its expectations for these "dual-hatted" firms and their advisors Why a shift in (..)

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

To address this moving compliance target, or evolving set of standards, Mashiyev said iLobby has rolled out four new features in the past seven months, including FeverCheck, Touchless Sign-in, FaceMatch and adding things like COVID questionnaires to the workforce management sign-in process. Are we being compliant with government regulations?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The case highlights the risks and challenges companies face in not only vetting their suppliers, but vetting their suppliers’ suppliers, with third-party vendors a potential source of non-compliance for importers. According to reports, following the disclosure of the violations, e.l.f.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

E-invoicing mandate and ESG compliance add further complexity dimensions to the priorities and challenges faced by the Office of the CFO. Office of the CFO must navigate these varying regulations and ensure that AI solutions comply with local laws to avoid non-compliance and potential penalties.

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CFO News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India is scrutinizing large write-offs of overseas investments by several companies, suspecting these might not be genuine business decisions. Concerns arise as some firms may have used the 'overseas direct investment' route to transfer funds abroad, bypassing regulations.

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CFO News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India is scrutinizing large write-offs of overseas investments by several companies, suspecting these might not be genuine business decisions. Concerns arise as some firms may have used the 'overseas direct investment' route to transfer funds abroad, bypassing regulations.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 29, 2024

Investing Wisely When your business has extra cash, you want to put it to work. Practical Tip: Set up an investment policy that outlines where and how you’ll invest the company’s money. Practical Tip: Invest in technology that integrates with your existing systems.

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