Barry Ritholtz
JANUARY 2, 2025
A regular theme around these parts is “ Nobody Knows Anything. ” Specifically, nobody knows what will happen in the future. This is true about equity and bond markets, specific company stocks, and economic data series. We do not know which geopolitical hot spot will erupt in turmoil; we have no idea where or when the next natural disaster will hit.
CFO Dive
JANUARY 2, 2025
Traders in interest rate futures have increased the probability that Fed policymakers this month will hold the federal funds rate at its current level.
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Navigator SAP
JANUARY 2, 2025
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition is positioned as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises. With a focus on midmarket and large enterprises, the solution is designed to support essential manufacturing, supply chain, and financial processes, making it a strong choice for organizations aiming to modernize operations and adopt composable ERP strategies.
CFO Dive
JANUARY 2, 2025
Compliance is becoming a bigger part of a sustainability executive’s role, coupled with greater oversight from legal and CFO teams, according to the research firm.
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Navigator SAP
JANUARY 2, 2025
The digital commerce platform market grew by 11.5% in 2023, reaching $8.9 billion. Although growth rates have moderated compared to the pandemic surge, the sector remains poised for steady expansion, with projections for increased revenue into 2024 and 2025. This summarized analysis evaluates the competitive landscape, focusing on SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Cloud while highlighting key competitors in the space.
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Navigator SAP
JANUARY 2, 2025
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition stands out as a Leader in the cloud ERP market for service-centric enterprises, offering a modern, fully managed SaaS solution with comprehensive capabilities across financial management, procurement, and human capital management (HCM). It is particularly well-suited for midmarket, large, and global enterprises aiming to modernize operations and embrace composable ERP strategies.
Global Finance
JANUARY 2, 2025
Baruch Lev is Philip Bardes professor emeritus of Accounting and Finance, Kaufman Management Center, Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. Feng Gu is chair and professor of Accounting and Law at the School of Management, State University of New York at Buffalo. Together, they recently published The M&A Failure Trap: Why So Many Mergers and Acquisitions Fail, and How the Few Succeed (Wiley).
CFO Share
JANUARY 2, 2025
Imagine waking up a few days after Christmas, toddlers running around your house, tripping on toys, and thinking only about coffee. You take your first sip, open the headlines on your phone, and discover your largest competitor suddenly ceased operations. That happened to me last week, and I nearly spat my coffee out. Bench’s recent and unexpected closure , once a dominant force in the outsourced bookkeeping industry, has sent shockwaves through my industry.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
India's rural and urban consumption gap is reducing significantly, thanks to government initiatives like direct benefit transfers and improved rural infrastructure. The report indicates decreasing inequality and poverty rates, with states such as Bihar showing notable progress. However, challenges remain in regions like Uttar Pradesh.
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
Global Finance
JANUARY 2, 2025
When Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina in 2023, many believed the nation was headed toward disaster. A libertarian economist and TV personality who claimed to take telepathic advice from his five cloned English mastiffs, Milei also described himself as an anarchocapitalist and tantric sex guru. He also advocated for the legalization of organ sales, the unrestricted ownership of firearms and the dismantling of the central bank.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and the Ministry of Railways reported moderate progress, utilising 54% and 67% of their annual allocations, respectively. However, the Ministry of Defences capital outlay reached only 41% of the FY25 budget estimate, compared to 53% during the same period last year.
CFO Dive
JANUARY 2, 2025
With tariffs proposed by the incoming Trump administration poised to potentially spur inflation, a top consultant predicts companies will consider price hikes again this year.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
Indias economic growth faces a major challenge with rising joblessness, threatening the nation's demographic dividend. Economists urge the government to focus on labor-intensive industries, vocational training, and MSME support in the upcoming budget to create jobs and sustain growth.
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Bleisure travel — where employees combine work and leisure — has been around since the advent of corporate travel and is here to stay. Successful bleisure policies strike a balance between employee preferences and company goals — workers report a 64% improvement in work-life balance, while companies benefit from reduced travel costs and increased workforce innovation.
Global Finance
JANUARY 2, 2025
One of the most closely watched efforts introduced by Donald Trump upon his return to the White House is undeniably DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Two of Trumps closest alliesmulti-billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur turned politician and former presidential candidatewill lead the new body. DOGE is an advisory group rather than a federal department.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
Employment generation across the agriculture, manufacturing, and services sectors saw a significant increase during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure in the last 10 years compared to the preceding decade under the Congress-led UPA government, according to figures compiled by the Reserve Bank of India.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
Political interference is the Achilles heel of any regulatory system: among other mechanisms, the central bank may use disclosure rules and the pressures of globalisation to increase political support to maintain its desired independence.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
India's IPO boom in renewable energy and other sectors has skyrocketed several entrepreneurs to billionaire status, with strong domestic equity inflows and upcoming significant listings like Flipkart and PayU, despite anticipated market corrections due to global tensions and economic headwinds.
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.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
Sandip Sabharwal analyzes mixed auto sales data and positive retail sales, particularly focussing on Avenue Supermarts growth. The valuation of D-Mart remains expensive but shows potential for revival. Contrarian opportunities in NBFCs are highlighted, and the impact of ITC Hotels demerger on Indian Hotels competitiveness is discussed.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
This follows nearly 1218 tumultuous months for one of the early movers in the quick commerce business. The discussions come at a time when the sector is witnessing heightened activity and peak investor interest. Retail Retail, which holds a 25.8% stake in Dunzo, has not yet given the green light to the proposal of Biswas to quit the struggling instant delivery startup.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, has raised concerns about India's high fiscal deficit, stating that it is much more than other developing countries and hampering private investments.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
The challenges faced by rural India are multifaceted. From unemployment to reskilling, maintaining the soil quality to dealing with the weather, the list of pain points for rural people is just increasing day by day. Currently, unemployment is the biggest worry, as many of them cannot move to urban areas for jobs, because wages do not cover living expenses in the cities.
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CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
The recent tribunal ruling mandates that family trusts cannot add non-relatives as beneficiaries without facing tax implications. The decision affects the flexibility of trusts in succession planning, emphasizing that partnership interests qualify as shares and are taxable under section 56(2)(x).
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
Union Budget 2025: The government is expected to keep the allocation for centrally sponsored schemes in 2025-26 at around 5.05 lakh crore. Efficiency improvements and stricter monitoring helped save 30,000 crore in the current fiscal and a transition to a single nodal agency is enabling better fund utilization.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has questioned Religare Enterprises executive chairperson Rashmi Saluja regarding a money laundering case. Saluja, along with other executives, is alleged to have misappropriated company funds and to have influenced the filing of false FIRs. The investigation continues, with Saluja denying all charges.
CFO News
JANUARY 2, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has dismissed settlement applications filed by Zee Entertainment and Punit Goenka. The regulator has referred the matter for further investigation, subsuming the allegations of the show cause notices with the ongoing investigation.
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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