Thu.Oct 19, 2023

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Ransomeware projected to see banner year amid ‘big game hunting’

CFO Dive

Cyber insurance provider Reslience said 2023 is on track to become “the most financially damaging year” for ransomware victims since 2021.

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What Else Might be Driving Sentiment?

Barry Ritholtz

One of my favorite responsibilities as chief investment officer at Ritholtz Wealth Management is the quarterly conference call I do for our clients. I run through 30 charts in 30 minutes that explain where we are in the economic cycle, what markets are doing, and what it means to their portfolios. I like to finish with a thought-provoking, often “investing-adjacent” idea they might not have previously considered.

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Price cuts eat into Tesla margins, fail to boost demand

CFO Dive

Tesla faces contracting margins and slumping market share, with multiple price cuts for its EVs failing to persuade consumers to shell out for new cars.

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CPG Industry Supply Chain Management: A Detailed Blueprint

Navigator SAP

Issues within supply chains are key CPG industry challenges , where vast, global, and often complex supply chains need to be managed at every touchpoint, from material suppliers to logistical services, manufacturers, growers, and distributors–ending with consumers.

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The Growth Architect: How Financial Leaders are Unlocking Potential

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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Powell signals Fed likely to forgo rate hike on Nov. 1

CFO Dive

After rapidly hiking rates to a 22-year high, policymakers aim to finely tune monetary policy and curb inflation to 2% without triggering a downturn.

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KIOCL CFO Manoj Kumar Jhawar resigns

CFO News

CFO: Jhawar has resigned from the company citing personal reasons.

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CPG Data Insights: Uncovering the Untold Story of Consumer Behaviors

Navigator SAP

As an investor in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry, you should continuously study the behavior of your target consumers to know what they want and how you can deliver it to them promptly and consistently. To understand consumer behavior, it’s important to have the right data and to fully understand the latest CPG industry trends.

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Where will the next 10 crore jobs in India come from?

CFO News

​India has added 6.9 crore workers during the decade 2011-12 to 2021-22. Out of this, an additional 1.5 crore people found work in agriculture, 2.1 crore in industry and 3.3 crore in services. The maximum increase will be seen in services (4.7 crore) followed by industry (2.7 crore).

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CPG Industry Trends: Unpacking the Future of Consumer-Packaged Goods

Navigator SAP

It’s no secret that the consumer products industry has rapidly morphed, especially due to the advancement of the e-commerce industry. Many consumers can get the products they need at the click of a button and their orders will be delivered right to their doorsteps within days–if not hours.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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Biocon Biologics appoints Kedar Upadhye as CFO

CFO News

Cfo: Upadhye replaces MB Chinappa who will take up a finance role at the Biocon Group.

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Consumer Goods Manufacturing Process: An Insider's Guide to Production Mastery

Navigator SAP

The number of moving parts and variables within CPG manufacturing command accurate, real-time oversight, with issues such as poor supply chain management and a lack of inventory controls among the key CPG industry challenges. Introducing integrated, agile consumer product software can deliver an enhanced understanding of areas where productivity and efficiency may benefit from improvement at each production stage.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 123: Does Every Prospective Client Fit A Niche, Or Do Advisor Specializations Leave More Underserved?

Nerd's Eye View

Much of the marketing and practice management advice in the financial advisory space comes back to 1 recommendation: Specialize in a niche. Niching offers several advantages, allowing advisors to be more specific in their marketing, more targeted in their prospecting calls, and more efficient in their processes (since clients within a similar niche are likely to have similar problems, especially in niches of profession).

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Consumer Goods Inventory Management: Mastering the Art of Stock Control

Navigator SAP

Inventory management and stock control are essential for business success, especially if you’re in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry. So, investing in the right stock control and inventory management system is important to keep your business running.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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New 5-year TIPS gets a real yield of 2.440%, again lower than expected

Tips Watch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Today’s Treasury auction of $22 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security generated a real yield to maturity of 2.440%, continuing a recent trend of mildly disappointing results for TIPS at auction.

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Business Growth – Cash and Capital Structure

VCFO

When Growth Outpaces Cash – How Capital Structure Corrects It A new vcfo client recently concluded their highest sales quarter ever but wondered why they were struggling to pay vendors. Clearly, they were growing. It was just as clear, however, that their growth was unsustainable without significant changes to bolster their underlying support mechanisms.

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Solara Active appoints PV Raghavendra Rao as CFO

CFO News

Previously, Rao was working with Sequent Scientific Limited as CFO.

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Samuel, Son & Co., Limited selects ION’s Reval for global treasury and risk management

Reval

NEW YORK – 19 October 2023: ION Treasury, a global provider of treasury. The post Samuel, Son & Co., Limited selects ION’s Reval for global treasury and risk management appeared first on ION.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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The Evolving Role of CFOs in Private Equity Portfolio Companies 

E78 Partners

The Chief Financial Officer plays an indispensable role within Private Equity Portfolio Companies, steering the financial direction and strategy of these organizations. With private equity sitting on trillions in dry powder , the office of the CFO ensures that companies can measure performance accurately, manage the business efficiently, and make informed investment decisions.

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Byju’s taps private equity funds to prepare for Aakash sale

CFO News

Byjus: Bain, KKR and Carlyle keen on control, open to backing ex-CEO Chaudhry and Ranjan Pai as anchor investor; Byju’s parent denies sale plans

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Five-year refinancing needs drop to lowest level since 2017

Future CFO

Five-year refinancing needs drop to lowest level since a Moody’s study in 2017, said the credit rating agency when releasing a study recently. Rated nonfinancial high-yield (HY) companies in Asia, excluding Japan, have US$135 billion of bonds maturing over the next five years (2024-28), according to the firm. A pendulum shift in risk appetite stemming from China 's (A1 stable) property downturn is driving investors toward more stable investments, Moody’s added.

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India pushes back against Russia demands to pay for oil in yuan

CFO News

Some Russian oil suppliers are demanding payment in yuan, according to a senior Indian official directly involved in the negotiations and another senior person at a state-owned oil refiner. The two people asked not to be identified as the discussions are private.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Driving success as a finance leader

Future CFO

Coming from a standpoint of the 2022 macroeconomic backdrop, where finance leaders were required to go beyond numbers and drive on-ground executions, one can’t help but ask: what does it take to bring success to an organisation amid all the challenges? “2022 was a year where businesses toed the line between profitability and growth,” said Rizza Maniego-Eala , chief finance officer, treasurer and chief risk officer at Globe Telecom, Inc.

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Brookfield, Cerberus, Deutsche Bank among lenders keen to fund Hindujas’ Reliance Capital bid

CFO News

While major lenders have offered term sheets of up to ₹6,000 crore, smaller funds have shown interest in providing loans ranging from ₹800 crore to ₹1,000 crore, contributing to the larger financing package.

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CFOs need to keep up with low carbon transition

Future CFO

Chief financial officers are now turning out to hold a critical role in companies’ low-carbon transition. Because of this, finance leaders are in need to gain expertise to navigate around growing range of risks , said Climate Bonds Initiative ’s Fabrizio Palmucci. Fabrizio Palmucci According to a research by Climate Bonds Initiative and the CFO coalition of the UN Global Compact , CFOs can leverage their expertise in capital allocation and fundraising to drive low-carbon transition.

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FTA with UK gathers steam, committee of secretaries reviews pact

CFO News

The pact will have 26 chapters. Product-specific rules, value addition, change in the chapter heading, and certification are being discussed in the rules of origin chapter, where an in-principle agreement has been reached.

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.