Future CFO

OCTOBER 16, 2022

When it comes to AI in corporate finance, there are five top use cases for FP&A leaders to consider, said Gartner recently. According to the research firm, the top five use cases include demand/revenue forecasting, anomaly and error detection, decision support POC (percentage of completion) revenue forecasting, and cash collections. Organisations ignoring these use cases should have a good reason for doing so because they offer the best combination of feasibility and business benefit, said M

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Strong enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can help businesses prepare to survive an impending and potentially inevitable recession.

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Planning 279

Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s an uphill task for Contract Development and Manufacturer Organizations (CDMOs) to ensure product quality at the rapid pace demanded by customers, especially when they must deal with safety, control, and regulatory regimes in fields such as pharmaceuticals, biotech, and other areas of the life sciences.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Today’s edition of “ Nobody Knows Anything ” is about a once-dominant mobile phone maker. Exactly 15 years ago, Forbes’s new cover story lauded Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia’s CEO. The headline trumpeted: “Nokia, one billion customers – can anyone catch the cell phone king?” It was posted online October 26, 2007 — 15 years ago today.

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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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The Reformed Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I’m going to tell you a quick story in the order in which it happened. You were there. You will be familiar with the sequence of these events. But you may not have reached the shocking conclusion that I have. At least not yet. Wait for it… Our story begins in 2019… It was the best of times, it was the best of times. The tail end of a decade of uninterrupted asset price appreciation for the top decile of.

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CFA Institute

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Africa presents an almost limitless opportunity for investors looking to do well and do good.

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Investments Economics Marketing 125

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Cronos, a Canadian producer of marijuana-based products, settled with regulators over charges of faulty accounting and lax controls.

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Accounting 363

Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In the past three years, the biotech sector has seen a boom in venture capital (VC) funding. Research from McKinsey has shown that VCs invested in 2,200 biotech start-ups worldwide in 2016, and that increased to 3,100 in 2021. These biotech companies raised over $34 billion globally in 2021.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 18, 2022

At the beginning of each quarter, I prepare a short but in-depth conference call for RWM clients. The team & I put together the most revealing and informative slides. In that half hour, I blow through ~40 slides that capture and explain what is going on. About a quarter of the October 2022 slides were focused on real estate. This is atypical. The reason we emphasized real estate this Q is that housing is very often where we see FOMC policy having its most immediate effect.

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The Reformed Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Every bear market has these two things in common: They end Expected returns go up The first thing is self-explanatory. The second thing should be obvious but from my talks with thousands of investors over the years, I have found that it is most certainly not intuitive to most people. When I tell you that expected returns are rising as stock prices fall, this is an overly simplistic way of saying that investors only get.

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Marketing 138

Simply Treasury

OCTOBER 5, 2022

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Foreign Exchange 130

CFA Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The investment community needs to develop common standards to apply when conflicts like the Russia–Ukraine War break out.

Investments 118

Investments Risk Management Economics 118

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Most companies have, to some degree, embraced cloud computing but do not always clearly identify return on investment.

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CFO Investments 362

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

Investments

Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic unsettled the supply chain, and the Ukraine-Russia war, ongoing cyberattacks, and trade disputes have only continued the trend. This has put pressure on manufacturing, with particular challenges for companies that source components and products from disparate geographies. Life sciences , which involve complex supply chains and various types of subcontractors, have been hit particularly hard.

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Manufacturing Marketing 213

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Imagine the impact of markets losing a ~quarter of their value in one trading session. That was what happened 35 years ago today: October 13 th , Black Monday a/k/a the 1987 crash. If you are a relatively young investor, you may be unfamiliar with what happened that day or why. The 87 crash impacted many market-related elements. We can trace lots of today’s market structure to that event, and the changes it wrought subsequently.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The first twinges of a credit crunch are hitting companies at the lower end of the corporate food chain. Beef up before the squeeze intensifies.

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Simply Treasury

OCTOBER 5, 2022

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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.

Accounting

CFA Institute

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Not all traditional investment management techniques are applicable to digital assets, but sector breakdowns, DCF models, and risk factor modeling are solid starting points.

Investments 116

Investments Performance Measuring Risk Management Economics 116

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Organizations are at an increased risk of cyber attacks with this new popular phishing technique that does not require a password.

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Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

What is UBIX? UBIX is an Advanced Analytics and AI Platform designed for the business user. The general-purpose platform can address any number of use cases from the front office to the back office, such as customer analytics, financial analytics, HR analytics, demand forecasting, procurement, and more.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 16, 2022

This is pretty mind-blowing: a podcast that is entirely generated by artificial intelligence where Joe Rogan interviews Steve Jobs. One of the most important women in Apple’s history never worked for Apple Margot Comstock took her winnings from a TV game show and bought a computer. It led to a magazine, which turned into a major hub for the nascent community of developers and fans of one of the most important computers in history.

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Technology 137

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.

Accounting

The Reformed Broker

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Thanks for checking out piece from last Sunday “You weren’t supposed to see that” – it went crazy viral all over the place. I can’t believe how much feedback came in. Mostly in agreement with my conclusion but not all of it, there were some reasonable counterarguments too. And if you haven’t subscribed yet, don’t wait.

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Simply Treasury

OCTOBER 5, 2022

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CFA Institute

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Should we be worried about the jobs that might be lost to machines?

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Economics Investments 113

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Presidio’s CFO and CTO share their outlook on the return on investment for tech spending, and what’s necessary for a functional tech/finance partnership.

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