September, 2022

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How CFOs can cut real estate costs

CFO Dive

Subleasing and landlord buyouts are options for CFOs looking to trim office space spend but retrenchment also poses complex challenges, experts say.

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Best Ways of Increasing Throughput in Small Business

Navigator SAP

You need to operate at maximum capacity as a small business to get more profits. This means that throughput is an important metric you need to follow closely–throughput refers to the amount of a product or service that a company can produce and deliver to a client within a specified period of time. Simply put, it’s the speed at which something is processed.

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You’re not good at this.

The Reformed Broker

A recession so contrived and man-made that every economist, politician, business owner, college student, CEO, rapper and professional athlete has been able to see it coming in real-time for months and months… Take a picture, you may never see anything so obviously about to happen ever again. A child could have foreseen it. At a certain point, a person who is charge of price stability should probably look in the mirr.

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What Is In Your Control?

Barry Ritholtz

Around the world, markets lost 5% or worse just last week. Year to date, the S&P 500 is down more than 23%; the Russell 2000 small caps are off more than 26%; Emerging markets are down almost 28%; and the Nasdaq Tech index is off more than 31%. All jokes aside , September has lived up to its reputation as a challenging month for equities. After the brutal sell-off, a relief rally was due, hence the green on your screen this morning.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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Elon Musk's Escape Hatch

Global Finance

Elon Musk aims to be the second buyer in history to get out of a merger due to material adverse effects, but it won’t be easy.

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CFOs see hiring woes persisting into 2023: Gartner

CFO Dive

Hiring and retaining workers, forecasting and cost-cutting are the top three most difficult tasks on CFOs’ to-do lists over the next 12 months, according to a recent Gartner survey.

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Advanced Landed Cost Automation for SAP Business ByDesign

Navigator SAP

Watch Advanced Landed Cost Automation for SAP Business ByDesign.

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Value Creation

The Reformed Broker

All of the value creation for investors comes from the actions they take in falling markets, not rising ones. If you’re not yet in retirement and not finished putting money into your retirement accounts, every 5% the market falls is an increased opportunity for you to buy things that will be worth much more in the future when you eventually sell them.

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The First Totally Honest Stock Market Story

Barry Ritholtz

The First Totally Honest Stock Market Story. FRIDAY’S MARKETS. By Vinnie Foster Wynans III. Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal. The market rallied early this morning for reasons nobody understands and nobody predicted. CNBC analysts confidently asserted it had something to do with the Senegalese money supply but others pointed to revised monthly figures showing a poor tuna haul off the Peruvian coast.

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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Is The Key To Better Spend Management

Speaker: Claire Grosjean

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.

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Authority And Freedom by Jed Perl: A Review

CFO News Room

A book entitled Authority and Freedom sounds like it could be a lesson regarding political libertarianism and government, or a discussion on the philosophical relationship between the two concepts. Jed Perls’ book is neither, as the subtitle is “ A Defense of the Arts.”. The book has two premises. The artistic enterprise, no matter what genre (visual art, music, poetry, sculpture, architecture, novela) involves a balance between the authority of the genre’s tradition and its materials, and the i

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Dollar Strengthens

Corporate Finance

Amid high inflation, rising interest rates, and a faltering stock market, one bright spot has been the performance of the U.S dollar. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has risen 17 percent against the British pound, 25 percent against the Swedish krona and Japanese yen, and an astounding 40 percent against the Argentinean peso. Two currencies that have strengthened compared to the dollar are the Mexican peso and Brazilian real.

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SEC presses for economic risk disclosures

CFO Dive

The SEC’s focus on disclosures related to turbulence in the economy comes as the agency pushes companies to disclose more about executive pay.

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Why Cloud ERP is a Great Fit for CDMOs

Navigator SAP

Contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) face unique challenges. They’re outsourced to handle drug and therapy development as well as to manufacture pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and biological materials. And beyond that, they are often a key part of research and development prior to manufacturing as well.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Bear in mind

The Reformed Broker

Okay don’t press the <Buy> because of this but maybe reconsider pressing the <Sell> button if you haven’t already… The AAII sentiment poll hit 60% Bears this week. History says the more pessimistic the investor class becomes, the better the prospective returns look six months out. The way I think about this is that the only thing that could make investors really bearish is a big sell-off in t.

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RIP Financial Conferences

Barry Ritholtz

The traditional finance conference was murdered this week. A stake was driven through its heart by innovators tired of the old ways. It was, to be fair, a mercy killing. Living in the past, running on inertia, nobody bothered to tell the patient that it was time to say your goodbyes before we pull the plug. The industry had forgotten why it even exists: To serve an audience that wants to get out of the office, hang with its peers, and learn how to be better at what it does.

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Cineworld Lights Dim Despite Returning Crowds

Global Finance

Movie-goers have returned after the pandemic but it wasn't enough to save Cineworld from bankruptcy.

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U.S. inflation rose 0.1% in August: What it means for TIPS, I Bonds and Social Security COLA

Tips Watch

This report is going to roil financial markets. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Surprises, surprises. Financial markets, which had been rallying over the last week on expectations of falling prices, got an inflation reality check today: Seasonally adjusted U.S.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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Companies mull benefits of interim CFOs

CFO Dive

Interim CFOs can cut through politics to help navigate companies through murky waters, experts say.

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CDMOs, CMOs and CROs: What's the Difference?

Navigator SAP

The pharmaceutical industry has undergone significant evolution within the past 15 years. Recently, biopharmaceutical companies have become increasingly reliant on outsourced contract services for various elements of their value chain. This is taking place in an environment where these companies face pressures to cut costs and accelerate time-to-market as they aim to meet the challenges of the pandemic and deal with resource and capital constraints—all while needing to comply with regulations.

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The Inflation Game: War, Peace, and the Perils of Central Banking

CFA Institute

Recession is now a virtual inevitability.

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Inflation Expectations: A Dubious Survey

Barry Ritholtz

One of the things we know about inflation expectations is that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell relies heavily on them. He thinks about expectations, gives speeches on them, and uses the data series when enacting Federal Reserve policies to combat inflation. The problem is that all consumer surveys (including inflation expectations) are deeply problematic.

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Are Robots Replacing You? Keeping Humans in the Loop in Automated Environments

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

As businesses increasingly adopt automation, finance leaders must navigate the delicate balance between technology and human expertise. This webinar explores the critical role of human oversight in accounts payable (AP) automation and how a people-centric approach can drive better financial performance. Join us for an insightful discussion on how integrating human expertise into automated workflows enhances decision-making, reduces fraud risks, strengthens vendor relationships, and accelerates R

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6 Nonprofit Bookkeeping Tips to Save You Time & Money

The Charity CFO

If you manage a nonprofit, you know very well that every day there are a million and one things to be done. And, of those a million and one things, bookkeeping is not at the top of your favorite things to do list. . Good bookkeeping requires extreme accuracy and attention to detail. But it’s often seen as “busywork,” it rarely makes the priority list, and under-staffed nonprofit teams often fall behind.

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Charts tell the story: The Federal Reserve has room to move (and keep) rates higher

Tips Watch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to open a “passbook savings account” at a nearby savings & loan. As I recall, that account was paying 5% interest. At the time, I wasn’t impressed.

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US faces risk of long stagflation struggle: Moody’s

CFO Dive

The odds of recession will rise if inflation fails to steadily fall toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, according to Moody’s Analytics.

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CDMO Races Along on a Digital Transformation Journey

Navigator SAP

As COVID-19 has infected and killed millions across the globe, it has spurred researchers to accelerate the delivery of therapeutics and vaccines. But the reality is that the process of drug and vaccine research and development is time-intensive, requires high capital outlays, and takes place in a complex multi-party ecosystem that includes regulatory agencies.

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Book of Secrets on the Month-End Close

Based off SkyStem's popular e-Book, the book of secrets to the month-end close will be revealed in this one-hour webinar. Learn leading practices when it comes to building a strong and sustainable month-end close that has room to grow and evolve. Learn about the power of precise estimates, why reconciliations are critical to closing the books, how and when to automate, and how the chart of accounts play into your close process.