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Barry Ritholtz

Major coastal metros have been hubs of the kind of educated workers coveted most by high-powered employers and economic development officials. Economists have lamented the growing coastal concentration of their wealth. He is the founder and CIO of Social Leverage , where he makes early-stage investments.

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ACI To Purchase Western Union’s Speedpay Business

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and have reach that expands into consumer finance, insurance, healthcare, higher education, utilities, government and mortgage. Divesting the Speedpay business allows us to concentrate our resources on our cross-border money movement strategies and monetize a non-core asset for our shareholders.

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#FA Success Ep 336: Showing Prospects An (Asset) Map To Generate More Advice Engagement, With H. Adam Holt

Nerd's Eye View

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how, while working with ultra-high-net-worth clients, Adam began to draw his own financial maps to help him better visualize his clients’ complex financial situations on one page (and then realized that by showing his financial planning maps to his clients, they became better engaged in the financial planning (..)

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The weight of upskilling in finance

Future CFO

Upskilling pace Given all the changes and shifts in the Finance function at present, Cheah believes the pace of upskilling within the team in the bid to keep up comes as a concentrated effort. He concedes that on top of the width and depth of the changes that are taking place, the pace of upskilling within the Finance team is the challenge.

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Stakes Rising In The US-China AI Race

Global Finance

However, Xavier Ferràs, associate dean of the Executive MBA program at Esade Business and Law School in Barcelona, Spain, points out that China’s market and economic systems are less efficient in leveraging these investments. AI’s positive impact will be concentrated, initially, “in a limited number of sectors.”

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What it takes to be a leader with competence and capabilities

Future CFO

Chote Kiatruangamala Chote Kiatruangamala , finance director at Supernap (Thailand) , noted that during 2022, with the global inflation many firms had to downsize and realign themselves more closely to their business volumes while concentrating on improving cash flow.

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Managing Security Risks with Virtual Bookkeeping

CFO Share

Reputable outsourced CFO firms adhere to best practices and technologies that elevate financial security, such as separation of duties, best-in-class password management, and continuous fraud education. Professional bookkeeping firms also participate in continuing education to make staff aware of new fraud attempts.