The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 5, 2025

Finance Artificial Intelligence (A)I chatbots are reshaping how businesses handle customer interactions and streamline financial operations. According to Gartner , chatbots and virtual assistants are changing the game for how businesses handle customer questions. More and more companies are turning to these tools, and by 2027, theyre expected to become the go-to option for customer service.

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CFO Thought Leader

JANUARY 5, 2025

In our latest Planning Aces episode, Jack Sweeney teams with performance management guru Brett Knowles to spotlight three finance leaders tackling one of businesss most critical challenges: aligning sales, operations, and finance around a common goal. First, Orion Innovation CFO Cyrus Lam recalls how transparent metrics and well-crafted incentives helped double profit margins by bridging the gap between sales and delivery teams.

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Tips Watch

JANUARY 5, 2025

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I’m a big fan of all those Agatha Christie Poirot books, Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlow, every episode of Columbo on TV. But even those great detectives would have a hard time figuring out TreasuryDirect.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 5, 2025

Editors note: In todays A Day in the Life , Kanruthai Somchitrmool (pictured), Manager - Commerce Finance Division, Robert Walters , shares with FutureCFO audiences how her external auditing background helps her current role as a team leader of recruitment consultants specialising in financial executives and how health and wellness habits contribute to success in her professional role.

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Advertiser: GEP

2025 will feel familiar, in some regards. The procurement and supply chain category management landscape will remain turbulent, with geopolitical tensions, worries over fresh tariffs, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions posing significant challenges. But you should also expect some lightning-fast changes in 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to upend the way enterprises and procurement, supply chain, and category management professionals operate.

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 5, 2025

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer : A viral Bluesky thread introduced tens of thousands around the world to a first glimpse of a forthcoming biography of Elon Musk. Herein a single essayis some of what the world just learned. ( Proof ) The California Job-Killer That Wasnt : The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workersand employment kept rising.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 5, 2025

A hit record is something that someone hears once, maybe twice, and can’t get out of their head. Or as Ahmet Ertegun said… A hit record is something you hear on late-night radio that causes you to get out of bed, get dressed, and go to the all-night record shop to buy. A hit record can be a chart success, but not necessarily. The Dave Matthews Band’s first hit record was “Ants Marching,” which showed up nowhere on the hit parade, but when you played it for someone,

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

The government will release the first gross domestic product (GDP) advance estimates for FY25 on Tuesday. India's GDP expanded by a seven-quarter low of 5.4% in July-September, triggering a spate of corrections in estimates for FY25. Gross value added (GVA) growth also slowed to 5.6% in the September quarter, from 6.8% in the preceding three months.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

As India Inc prepares for 2025, CFOs predict key risksgeopolitical tensions, cybersecurity threats, regulatory shifts, and economic instabilityurging businesses to adopt proactive, agile strategies to ensure resilience and sustained growth.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Adani Wilmar Ltd (AWL) is leveraging its dominant edible oil business to drive growth in its high-margin FMCG portfolio following the Adani Group's exit. With a 24% FMCG business growth in volume and a strong distribution network, AWL plans to introduce more global brands into the Indian market.

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Speaker: Debra L. Robinson

CPAs know the drill: taxes, compliance, rinse, repeat. But what about the sneaky cash flow that’s quietly messing with your organization’s success? It’s time to step into the spotlight and expose the “dirty little secrets” of cash flow to fuel strategic growth. By upskilling your accounting practices and shifting focus from tax compliance to the strategic movement of money, you can transform your role from reactive accountant to proactive financial strategist.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Gaming firms are seeking Supreme Court intervention against retroactive GST demands, which could lead to hefty tax burdens exceeding their earnings. They challenge the imposition of GST on the entire betting pool for past years, fearing a potential industry collapse if interim relief isn't granted.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

India Inc's CFOs list ESG integration, AI-driven digital transformation, cost optimisation, and risk management as their priorities to go about the uncertainties to come. Another focus area is talent development and strategic capital allocation, CFOs aim to balance resilience and growth, leveraging advanced technologies and sustainable practices to ensure long-term value creation.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Goldman Sachs has projected India to be among the best-performing emerging markets in 2025, given the country's robust macroeconomic stability backed by improving terms of trade, effective inflation targeting, and reliable domestic risk capital.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

For the Indian IT sector, the macro-economic environment is far better placed than it has been in the last two years which should drive a revival in 2025, according to a report on Monday.

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Advertiser: GEP

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

India has become an increasingly attractive destination for senior expat professionals from Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia, with a significant rise in offer acceptance rates. The country's manufacturing boom across various sectors and the China-plus-one strategy are key drivers for this trend, along with more competitive employment terms.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

"Union Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries.will launch 'PLI scheme 1.1' for the steel industry and call for applications.on January 6," the steel ministry said in a statement.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Electric scooter manufacturer River plans to expand its retail presence by opening 25 stores nationwide by March 2025. The Bengaluru-headquartered company, which recently inaugurated a store in Coimbatore, will establish new outlets in various cities including Mysuru, Belgaum, and Delhi. River retails its 'Indie' scooter for Rs 1,42,999.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

While ITC Hotels shares will not get listed today, bourses will create a dummy ticker and include it as the 51st Nifty stock and 31st Sensex stock till the actual listing happens in the next few weeks. Until then, you can't buy or sell ITC Hotels shares.

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Speaker: Aaron Berson

Managing spend is more than a cost cutting exercise – it's a pathway to smarter decisions that unlock efficiency and drive growth. By understanding and refining the spending process, financial leaders can empower their organizations to achieve more with less. Explore the art of balancing financial control with operational growth. From uncovering hidden inefficiencies to designing workflows that scale your business, we’ll share strategies to align your organization’s spending with its strategic g

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

He said the ministry is working in a "very" targeted manner to take the exports to $2 trillion by 2030 by addressing concerns of exporters and identifying areas of India's competitive advantages and strengths.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

The finance ministry has approved an incentive scheme worth nearly $3 billion aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing of electronics components. The scheme is expected to increase local production of components and subassemblies, with a goal of significantly reducing import dependency and enhancing local value addition to 35-40% within its tenure.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

The Indian startup ecosystem has seen major changes in the last few years and there has been an unprecedented rise in the participation of women entrepreneurs as the funding of female-led startups increased by over 90 per cent in 2024.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Godavari Biorefineries Limited has received a notice for non-payment of GST on Extra Neutral Alcohol for the period from July 2017 to March 2021. The authority has demanded 46.84 crore as GST and an equal amount as a penalty. The company is evaluating the demand and may challenge it before an appropriate authority.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

GST Amnesty 2024: GSTN in an new advisory said now GST SPL-02 form has been made available on the GST portal. GST SPL-02 form can be used to apply for GST Amnesty Scheme waiver of interest and penalty. Read below to find out how to apply for GST Amnesty Scheme.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Arun Shukla, President and Director of JK Lakshmi Cement, said there is a case to increase cement manufacturing capacity in India to meet the rising demand, which is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 7-8 per cent.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Britannia Industries Limited has received an order from CGST Kamla Nagar Division disallowing transactional credits, resulting in a total demand of 2,53,68,317/-. The order, received on January 3, 2025, includes tax, interest, and penalty. Britannia plans to challenge the order through appropriate legal remedies.

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CFO News

JANUARY 5, 2025

Speaking at the inaugural episode of ETBFSIs Budget Series, BFSI leaders discussed fiscal prudence, tax reforms to boost consumption, and targeted support for MSMEs.Expectations include easing credit access for NBFCs, enhancing labour force participation, and prioritising investments in human capital to achieve the Viksit Bharat vision.

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Speaker: Ashley Harlan, MBA

What if your role as a fractional CFO went beyond operational support to actively shaping the future of your clients’ businesses? 💼 ✨ In this session, discover how fractional finance professionals can position themselves as architects of growth, guiding their clients toward sustainable success and preparing them for full-time financial leadership.

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