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Latvia: Doorway To The EU

Global Finance

Led by Latvian President Edgars Rinkvis and Minister of Economics Viktors Valainis, the eight-day event included investor briefings in Houston, San Francisco, and Denver. These include Rail Baltica, the Baltic regions most ambitious investment in regional transport infrastructure. GDP per capita (2024): $22,200 GDP growth (2024): 1.2%

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Planning for Inflation

CFO Network

For those of us on a calendar fiscal, we are probably getting into the process of planning for 2022 and beyond. Since the GFC planning has been focused mostly around growth and a stable economy. The 2022 planning cycle, given recent economic data points, could be anything but another round of the same.

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COP29: Aliyev’s Moment In The Spotlight

Global Finance

COP29 follows a spell of good economic news for Azerbaijan. The government aims to lure foreign direct investment (FDI) into such sectors as tourism, information and communication technology, logistics and transport, and agribusiness. The event nevertheless gives this country of 10.3 of export earnings. But progress has been slow.

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Saudi Arabia: The Corporate Bet

Global Finance

With just five years remaining on its ambitious Vision 2030 program to modernize and diversify away from its economic dependency on oil, the worlds biggest petroleum exporter and the regions largest economy is nearing a crossroads. The clock is ticking for Saudi Arabia. It is evolving, but perception is not something that changes overnight.

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Microsoft, Moderna, Mobileye, Chegg and more

CFO News Room

Hunt Transport Services — The transportation stock jumped 4% after executives said on an earnings call that they expect to see the freight market rebound in second quarter going into third quarter as inventory resets. Microsoft Corporation headquarters at Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France, April 18, 2016.

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Onwards to 2025: How the accountancy profession gears up

Future CFO

With the pandemic shifting the economic landscape of many countries, the appetite for more cost-effective and efficient measures intensifies. A competitive compensation package with the highlight of healthcare extending to family as well as transportation and parking privileges are also seen as top priorities."

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Members’ Profile: Rofhiwa Irene Singo

CFO Talks

I was particularly impressed with how organised and meticulous the Chinese are in their planning and how they receive their guests. I’m excited about my current role on the FASSET board, where I contribute to skills development initiatives—an area I’m deeply passionate about.

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