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Shortage Of CPAs Fuels Push To Ease Licensing

Global Finance

Students opt out of accounting majors in favor of investment banking or management consulting. Older baby boomers are preparing for retirement, and younger generations are reluctant to replace them. Only 67,000 candidates sat for the CPA exam in 2022, 5,000 fewer than the year before.

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CFOs: Changing Of The Guards

Global Finance

Management consultancy Russell Reynolds Associates found that the average tenure of an outgoing CFO has reached a five-year low of 5.7 Jonas Rickberg was appointed CFO at Sweden-based construction firm Skanska Group. And apparel brand Guess revealed that a former CFO, Dennis Secor, returned to the post August 26.

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Layoffs Create Pitfalls for Finance Executives Looking to Cut Costs

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The Morning Ledger provides daily news and insights on corporate finance from the CFO Journal team. They also set severance amounts, she added.

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What’s Driving VCs’ Attention To B2B FinTech

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In fact, new data from venture capital (VC) analysis firm CB Insights, analyzed by global management consulting and professional services firm Accenture Financial Services, suggests FinTech startups’ VC funding hit a new high last year, with major deals in the U.S., The whirlwind of FinTech investment shows no signs of slowing.

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The Changing Face Of FDI

Global Finance

Cutting the Distance Tensions between the US and China rank as the second-greatest driver of nearshoring and friendshoring, according to the 2024 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index produced by management consultant Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council.

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Too Much, Too Fast: Constant Change Creating Corporate Burnout

Global Finance

Over 75% of corporations revamp their business model every two to five years, according to a study by WalkMe, a San Franciso-based software-as-a-service firm. Nowhere does change fatigue ring truer than in corporate finance.