Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 11, 2024

I like to make a difference : I do not expect my students to agree with all or even much of what I have to say, but I would like to think that I sometimes change the way they think about finance, and perhaps even affect their choice of professions.

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Boston Startup CFO

APRIL 12, 2024

409A / Valuations Leveraging our expertise and industry knowledge, we will conduct thorough assessments to determine the fair market value of your company, ensuring compliance with regulations and helping you make informed decisions related to stock options, equity compensation, and financial reporting.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

AI coupled with The Digitization of the Finance Function create powerful levers for today’s CFO. AI in the “Real World” While these powerful tools seem to have a near mastery of natural language communication, they are not necessarily designed to possess many of the skills required by finance and accounting professionals.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. While flashy corporate FinTech is exciting, innovation efforts have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Financial Reporting Council’s Financial Reporting Lab has released a new report on the potential applications of blockchain in the corporate accounting space. According to reports, the group is taking a cautious approach to the technology.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It’s common sense that a corporation would want its C-Suite to have some knowledge of accounting practices, and one could assume that a lack of understanding of corporate accounting may heighten the risk for misstatements on financial reports.

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Global Finance

AUGUST 6, 2024

Labovitz tells Global Finance that while a security must be listed on another US exchange to list with GIX, he’s already chatting up counterparts abroad. As GIX waits for regulatory approval, Labovitz is mapping out a future where saving the planet is thought of as a savvy corporate finance strategy.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

s Financial Reporting Council is reportedly stepping down from the position amid continued scrutiny that the FRC lacks effectiveness to prevent corporate accounting scandals and industry failures. Reports in Reuters on Friday (Nov. The head of the U.K.’s Sir John Kingman, a civil servant asked by U.K.

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Future CFO

APRIL 1, 2021

Although new time-saving cloud-based financial reporting platforms were a relatively low priority for organisations pre-pandemic, interest in agility and the potential continuation of remote working — including the control and oversight process —are bringing about renewed consideration of these systems, the institute noted.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

The enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) system has been a staple of corporate finance operations for years, acting as a central repository of data and a hub to initiate a range of processes, from accounting to procurement. He pointed to financial reporting as one example of this shift. The ERP’s Role in a FinTech World.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The finance profession will see new roles created out of sustainability needs, said the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) recently. The CFSO could be placed above today’s CFO and CSO functions to oversee the integration of finance and sustainability into business strategy, the study report says.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

While the number of mistakes has declined every year since 2006, during the first six months of 2018, 65 companies found accounting mistakes that required them to restate and refile entire financial filings, compared with 60 companies for the same period last year. tax law and revenue accounting rules.

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Future CFO

MAY 2, 2023

In its perspective, Finance 2025: Digital transformation in finance , Deloitte predicts that with the automation of operations, finance will double down on business insights. Whether finance continues to direct the resources currently under its control will be dependent on its ability to add value.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Chief financial officers (CFOs) often have a love-hate relationship with their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. They’re a staple of corporate finance and, as of recent years, are accelerating their shift into the cloud. “It’s a love-hate relationship with Excel,” said Lipps.

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Future CFO

MAY 1, 2024

As the person responsible for preparing an organisation’s financial reports, which include balance sheets and income statements, the role of a finance controller is anything but ordinary.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Some companies, such as Advanced Auto Parts and Tupperware, failed to file financial reports on time simply because they didn’t have enough accountants. “We The post Shortage Of CPAs Fuels Push To Ease Licensing appeared first on Global Finance Magazine. It is becoming increasingly difficult to do the job expected.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 26, 2023

Singapore-headquartered Frasers Property Limited announced its appointment of Liu Qingbin as head of finance for the group’s real estate investment trust manager, to be effective Feb 1, 2023. Liu has more than 15 years of experience in audit, accounting, corporate finance, tax, treasury and capital management.

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

FP&A software assists CFOs, finance leaders, and FP&A experts in ensuring the financial health of their organization by tracking and analyzing current outcomes and forecasting future performance. FP&A stands for "financial planning and analysis," and is the backbone of the modern finance department.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 18, 2023

AI coupled with The Digitization of the Finance Function create powerful levers for today’s CFO. AI in the “Real World” While these powerful tools seem to have a near mastery of natural language communication, they are not necessarily designed to possess many of the skills required by finance and accounting professionals.

Accounting 52

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

For companies, the changes will disrupt their financial reporting in a big way when the requirements come into effect. . “Private companies are starting to realize it’s not business as usual,” said Deloitte Private Enterprises Managing Partner Mark Davis in an interview with Accounting Today last week.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This is especially true in finance-related functions like accounting, procurement, payroll and treasury, and a new survey from Workday suggests chief financial officers are recognizing the opportunities in a more collaborative approach to their positions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

“The healthy economy brings a need for companies to know where their business is thriving financially (or not), to help make decisions for the future.”. “Margins slipping 2 percent will result in one month less of runway,” he offered as an example.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Singapore-listed Boustead Singapore Limited recently re-designated the title of its director of group finance Chan Shiok Faun to Group CFO. Aged 57, she will be responsible for the group’s financial functions including accounting, financial and management reporting, taxation, internal controls, and risk management.

Corporate Finance 40

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 1, 2023

Alvin Lobo | Skillz , Alvin Lobo , who successfully led Score Media and Gaming through an IPO as their CFO, has been appointed the Finance Chief for Skillz - a mobile games platform. Joe Siclare, the previous CFO, will remain with the league as Executive Vice President of Finance and League Policy. She is also a U.S. Army veteran.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 7, 2022

As a professional body, SAIBA offers the only official designation for Finance Executives, as registered by SAQA. Due to this unique position, we need to ensure that the Finance Executive that earns our acclaimed CFO(SA) designation , is ready for the future of finance. Corporate finance. Project management.

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CFO Talks

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The steward ensures company compliance with financial reporting and control requirements.There are 8 competencies associated with this role, including understanding financial information systems, risk management, and fraud prevention. Key competencies include staff planning, project management, and corporate finance.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

.” Increasingly, MSPs are tasked with handling more financial data as well, from sources like invoices and payments of their customers. That, too, is a challenge for any business: EY research published in 2015 found that the biggest financial reporting challenges for CFOs is a lack of integration between IT systems.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

food commercial director, were accused by the SFO of manipulating financial reports to overstate profits. Both have denied the charges, which included allegations that they were aware of internal efforts to make it appear as if Tesco had been more financially healthy than it actually was. .”

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CFO

APRIL 22, 2022

Natasha Fernandes IMAX promoted Natasha Fernandes to chief financial officer. Fernandes, who has been part of the movie theater chain’s finance team for the last 15 years, was most recently deputy CFO. Her previous roles include corporate treasurer, assistant controller, and director of financial reporting.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2016

“We are pleased to be the first to use this new platform jointly developed by Deutsche Bank and Bank of China,” said Bosch Head of Corporate Finance and Regional Treasury for APAC Christian Zeidler in a statement. Deutsche Bank has been operating across Asia for 30 years, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

That's particularly true for finance teams like accounts payable , accounting or payroll. According to Woods, organizations and their finance teams must be strategic about how they reduce their reliance on physical paper and invest in the technologies that can optimize document management without adding any extra pain.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Global Finance : You have been the financial head of Trex for almost a year now. Now, management and other stakeholders are turning to CFOs to be business partners who can add value by providing greater insight on emerging trends and knowing how best to use financial reporting data in decision-making.

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Future CFO

JULY 20, 2020

Even as we compare the responsibilities of a CFO today versus just two years ago, the scope has changed quite significantly – for instance, as a McKinsey survey had highlighted, the number of functions reporting to CFOs is on the rise and have expanded from four roles two years ago to six discrete roles today.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2017

Despite CFOs and other financial executives admitting that there is room for improvement in their operations, investment in technologies that could enable those improvements is not a priority. Nearly half of survey respondents (47 percent) said they have no budget for new tools like accounting, finance or reporting software this year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It’s a key metric for lenders when establishing loan covenants to mitigate default risk, and could limit borrowing powers even for a company whose financials have not changed, The changes take effect next year. Reports also said that there may be no financial benefit to the changes.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

The position of Chief Financial Officer has evolved significantly over the past few decades. No longer confined to the guardianship of financial reporting and compliance, modern CFOs are now pivotal strategists and advisors at the heart of corporate decision-making. Delegation and Empowerment: No CFO can do it all alone.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

auditing giant KPMG was hit with yet another fine from the nation’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC). Reports in Bloomberg said KPMG was hit with $2.7 million in fines for its audits of Ted Baker in 2013 and 2014 after the company admitted misconduct to the FRC.

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