Thu.Sep 05, 2024

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The Tariff Wars Return

Global Finance

After a half-century in which it embraced a doctrine of free trade, the industrialized West seems to be moving in the opposite direction: rolling out an expanding list of new tariffs on imports and placing increased reliance on industrial policy to promote domestic industries. In the US, with both parties in this November’s presidential election supporting tariffs—albeit for different reasons—companies may face more onerous import duties in the coming months.

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Tax compliance costs surge 32% since 2017: Tax Foundation

CFO Dive

Efforts to simplify the federal tax code have failed to reverse decades of regulatory and legislative changes that have made it more complex.

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The Power of Expectations: Nvidia's Earnings and the Market Reaction!

Musings on Markets

Last Wednesday (August 28), the market waited with bated breath for Nvidia’s earning call, scheduled for after the market closed. That call, at first sight, contained exceptionally good news, with revenues and earnings coming in at stratospheric levels, and above expectations, but the stock fell in the aftermath, down 8% in Thursday’s trading. That drop of more than $200 billion in market capitalization in response to what looked like good news, at least on the surface, puzzled market observers,

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Honeywell taps insider for CFO seat

CFO Dive

The transition comes as Charlotte, North Carolina-based Honeywell’s CEO is laser-focused on accelerating growth.

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The Human Side of Finance: The Intersectionality of People, Culture, Adaptability, and Resilience

Speaker: Melissa Hurrington

Finance isn’t just about the numbers. It’s about the people behind them. In a world of constant disruption, resilient finance teams aren’t just operationally efficient. They are adaptable, engaged, and deeply connected to a strong organizational culture. Success lies at the intersection of people, culture, adaptability, and resilience. Finance leaders who master this balance will build teams that thrive through uncertainty and drive long-term business impact.

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Canadian Chain Store Giant Eyes 7-Eleven Parent In Japan

Global Finance

Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) has set its sights on Seven & i wHoldings, the Tokyo-based parent company of 7-Eleven. If the deal goes through—ACT submitted an offer to buy all outstanding shares of Seven & i last month—it will mark a significant step into Japan’s retail market by a foreign firm, but it wouldn’t be ACT’s first show of interest in the company or Japan.

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Klarna Considers Share Sale Ahead Of Listing In US

Global Finance

Klarna Group, Europe’s leading payment solutions disrupter, is exploring a secondary share sale ahead of its 2025 initial public offering in the US. Backed by Sequoia Capital and Softbank, the 19-year-old company is currently in talks with investors to assess the level of interest; Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan are reportedly advising.

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Leveraging ESG initiatives for business value

Future CFO

Finance leaders are wedged into a position of not only overseeing the implementation of financial controls and risk management strategies to safeguard their organisations throughout the transformation journey, but also in spearheading the company to find and implement initiatives to drive value. Chief financial officers indeed play a pivotal role in the company’s digital transformation as they are in charge of aligning financial goals with technological advancements, but as the Finance function

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3 Things You Don’t Know About Josh

Barry Ritholtz

I have known Josh for nearly 15 years. Despite his writing in public that entire time, hosting two weekly shows on our YouTube channel , and showing up on CNBC three times a week, you don’t know him. Public persona aside, he is surprisingly private. I know him as well as anyone besides Sprinkles and maybe Batnick. I am going to share three things about Josh that you don’t know.

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Webinar: SAP Universal RevRec with SAP Development and Bramasol

Bramasol

The latest innovation in revenue accounting is here – SAP Universal Revenue Recognition (RevRec) – and it's changing the game for businesses looking to streamline their financial processes. This powerful, cloud-based solution provides an adaptable and scalable platform, perfect for meeting your evolving revenue recognition needs. Join our upcoming webinar featuring SAP's Product Team from Walldorf and the experts at Bramasol as they unveil the cutting-edge capabilities of SAP Universal RevRec.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 146: Re-Educating Clients (Scalably) After They “Read Something On The Internet”

Nerd's Eye View

A cornerstone service that many financial advisors provide is education. While strategic advice is crucial, advisors also face the challenge of presenting the strategies to clients in context, explaining different financial planning concepts, and showing clients how to implement these strategies (as well as pointing out any long-term consequences). While curious, proactive clients who are ready to learn may be the ideal, this can become complicated when clients bring 'good' advice they've heard

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Building brighter futures: How BMO supports youth financial literacy and skills development across the U.S.

Bank of the West

BMO’s recent donations to youth-focused organizations in the U.S. are helping support skills development and financial literacy programs, creating a better future for thousands of young adults across our U.S.… Read more The post Building brighter futures: How BMO supports youth financial literacy and skills development across the U.S. appeared first on About BMO.

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Will AI replace your finance team in 2024?

Cube Software

Will AI replace humans in finance? AI won't replace entire finance jobs like financial analysts or accountants, but it will take over specific tasks. For instance, AI can handle data entry, transaction processing, predictive analytics, and fraud detection.

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The Mentoring Round | Don McGuire, CFO ADP

CFO Thought Leader

Inside The Mentoring Round , CFO Don McGuire explains how increasingly ADP’s finance professionals are discovering career opportunities outside traditional finance roles, bringing diverse skills back into finance. McGuire’ explains how his team is divided into two groups: BU CFOs, who work closely with business units (BUs) and focus on growth and business understanding, and corporate functions like treasury and investor relations, which support broader finance initiatives.

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Smarter Card Solutions: Meeting the Challenges of Mid-Market Travel & Expense

Our 2025 Center Travel Survey is clear: as corporate travel increases, so does corporate credit cards distribution, and a rise in off-platform travel booking. This 61% rise causes various challenges: compliance, spend control, reporting problems, and a lack of visibility across organizations. To evolve with the ever-changing needs of travelers, decision-makers need a better solution.

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11 best AI tools for Google Sheets

Cube Software

Can you use AI tools for Google Sheets? You can use AI tools to automate manual repetitive tasks in Google Sheets. For financial planning and analysis teams, this means automating tasks like data collection and cleaning, conditional formatting, formula generation, calculations, and routine report generation.

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Bank Offers Cash For ESG Goals

Global Finance

Standard Chartered has launched a new ESG-Linked Cash Account for corporate banking clients that rewards them for meeting targets tied to environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities. “Through continued engagement, we know that many sustainability-focused clients are seeking to balance environmental and social impact alongside financial returns.

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No friction between Centre and states over GST, says FM Sitharaman

CFO News

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has denied any friction between the Centre and states over GST, emphasizing the importance of respecting the federal structure. She highlighted that simplifying taxpayer compliance takes precedence over revenue generation in budget meetings. The average GST rate has decreased to 12.2% as of 2023, below the suggested revenue neutral rate.

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India: Bharti Acquiring Stake In British Telecom

Global Finance

Why would a successful and dominant telecom group, with a strong footprint in fast-growing Asian and African markets, want to venture into a mature, low-growth market like the UK? That’s the question analysts were asking after Bharti Enterprises, the company that controls Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecommunications company, announced a binding agreement to acquire a 24.5% stake in British Telecom, the UK’s largest telecom services operator, for £3.2 billion, or $4 billion.

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Bringing AI to Finance: How to Leverage Technology for Efficiency and Control

Finance teams are balancing more than ever, but manual processes shouldn’t slow you down. In this ebook from BILL, discover how AI is transforming finance—automating AP, expense tracking, and document management to reduce errors, increase efficiency, and improve financial control. Learn how real companies are using AI-powered automation to streamline workflows, detect anomalies, and gain deeper insights.

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Piyush Goyal backs border adjustment tax for steel

CFO News

In the past, India has maintained that the carbon border adjustment tax, proposed by the European Union and the UK, is not compliant with global trade rules.

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Ola Electric’s Shares Surge

Global Finance

A $734 million initial public offering by Ola Electric Mobility Limited, an Indian electric two-wheeler (E2W) maker, surpassed expectations to emerge as the Mumbai market’s most successful-ever debut on August 9. Ola is a pure electrical vehicle (EV) brand with a leadership position in scooters and motorcycles, claiming a 49% market share in the E2W space in India.

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Esop culture making India Inc top executives richer

CFO News

Data of Esop issuances-put together by Esop Direct-by 12 sector frontliners in the Nifty 50 showed that about 90 million options were issued over FY23 and FY24. Companies using this talent-rewarding tool include L&T, Infosys, ICICI Bank, JSW Steel, Bharti Airtel, ITC, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Auto, Reliance Industries, UPL, Asian Paints, and Dr Reddy's Laboratories.

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Egypt Gains Breathing Room

Global Finance

After a bailout pulls Egypt back from the brink, new foreign investment and robust local banks sector suggest a return to growth. Last fall, as conflict erupted in Gaza, Egypt’s economy, already weakened by the Russia-Ukraine war and the Covid-19 pandemic, teetered on the brink of collapse. By early 2024, the Arab world’s largest country faced the risks of regional conflict on its Sinai border and default on its foreign debt, prompting urgent recovery measures.

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Say ‘Goodbye’ to Clunky Spreadsheets and Say ‘Hello’ to Month-End Automation

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, emails, and shared drives no longer need to slow you down. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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Indian aviation industry forecasts lower losses for INR 20 - 30 billion in FY 25: ICRA

CFO News

The aviation sector has demonstrated strong pricing discipline, reflected in the increased spread between revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) and cost per available seat kilometer (CASK). This improved pricing power has led ICRA to maintain a stable outlook for the industry, with continued growth in both domestic and international passenger volumes and a relatively stable cost environment.

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The Innovators 2024—Best Financial Innovation Labs

Global Finance

Global Finance ’s sixth annual list of the world’s best innovation labs highlights the power of collaboration. In Brazil, the Pix payment system lets people, corporations, and governments transfer and accept funds instantly, 24 hours a day—even when banks are closed. Released in late 2020 by the Banco Central Do Brasil, Pix has been lauded for its convenience and the financial services it provides to Brazil’s significant unbanked and underbanked populations.

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Public Accounts Committee to look into allegations against Sebi Chief Madhabi Puri Buch

CFO News

The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is set to investigate allegations against Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch. The inquiry follows claims of conflict of interest and corrupt practices. The PAC, led by Congress leader KC Venugopal, will review the performance of regulatory bodies, including Sebi, later this month.

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Maharashtra says Tower-Adani to set up $10 billion semiconductor unit

CFO News

Sources in the ministry of electronics and information technology said that while the project might have been approved at the state level, a joint application submitted by Israel's Tower Semiconductor and Adani Group was still under consideration by the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) and the IT ministry.

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Outsourcing Vs. In-House: The Ultimate Battle For Better Collections

Speaker: Susan Richards

Your past-due accounts are growing, cash flow is tightening, and the pressure is on. The big question: Do you handle the collections internally or outsource to experts? Both strategies come with advantages and risks - but which one delivers the best impact for your business? In this session we’ll dive deep into the in-house vs. outsourcing debate, examining cost-effectiveness, efficiency, compliance risks, and overall recovery success rates.