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SEC enforcement attorney predicts 'a lot more fraud' in crypto markets

CFO Dive

The SEC will turn to litigation if needed to achieve “clarity” as it fights abuses in cryptocurrency markets, according to an attorney in the agency’s Enforcement Division.

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6 Reasons to Hate Budget and Annual Planning Processes

Fpanda Club

Budget and annual planning cycle - these words can make many people tremble. Aimed at determining firm’s short-term objectives and transforming them into operational plan by allocating available resources, annual planning exercise is mostly considered by its stakeholders to be a curse rather than a savior. There are many reasons to hate budget effort.

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Book Review: Asset Allocation

CFA Institute

William Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman, and David Turkington offer advice on a wide range of asset allocation topics, backing up their recommendations with solid quantitative analysis.

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What is a GMP-Compliant Facility?

Navigator SAP

Sometimes a slight manufacturing variance is acceptable. But sometimes it is not.

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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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Cloud adopters hobbled by 'on-premises computing' mindset: McKinsey

CFO Dive

Making six “persistent and pernicious mistakes,” many companies waste money and fail to derive the full value from their move to cloud computing.

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3 Tips for Successful Nonprofit Board Development

The Charity CFO

As a nonprofit Executive Director, the amount of time you invest with your board of directors can vary wildly depending on your organizational culture and the time of year. But make no mistake: Nonprofit board development is critical to your success. And it’s becoming increasingly important to your funders too. . Foundations want to know that your board is doing its job and doing it well.

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How to Build an FP&A Function

Embark With Us

If the last few years have taught us anything, it's to expect the unexpected. Up is down, left is right, toilet paper and used cars are the new Pokémon cards and PS5s – nothing makes sense anymore. And to state the obvious, such upheaval and uncertainty don't make life easier for a company's decision-makers.

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How employers can help struggling hybrid workers

CFO Dive

Employers can't just take one approach toward this issue but there are a number of ways to adjust old structures to new work realities.

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Asked And Answered– 10 Questions Every CFO Should Be Asking Their Controller

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In the world of the CFO, there is one constant amid all the changes. The CFO must always be ready to lead and manage a successful finance team. In order to be successful, the CFO needs to collaborate closely with the Controller to define and implement financial strategies that can be supported through financial operations. Learn the ten questions you should be asking your Controller to establish best practices and project and plan for the future growth of your organization.

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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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Financial Oversight Guidelines for Nonprofit Boards

The Charity CFO

Financial oversight is one of the primary roles of your nonprofit board of directors. . Every nonprofit is required to have a board of directors. According to the National Council of Nonprofits , the board has a responsibility to “steer the organization towards a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies.”.

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ASU 2020-06 and You: Simplifying Accounting for Convertible Instruments

Embark With Us

It wasn't so long ago when the very thought of accounting for convertible debt sent shivers down the spines of even veteran accountants. Thankfully, the FASB heard the screams and night terrors, giving the guidance a much-needed overhaul in the form of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2020-06.

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Moderna may seek to claw back payments to ex-CFO

CFO Dive

The vaccine-maker Moderna said it has the right to recoup any and all payments to ex-CFO Jorge Gomez if the company determines he engaged in any wrongdoing, according to an amended SEC filing Friday. An earlier filing said he would be provided a 12-month salary totaling $700,000 under a severance agreement.

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Survey: Close to half of office workers in Singapore want to quit

Future CFO

Close to half (48%) of office workers in Singapore say they would consider quitting their job in the next six months, said automation software company UiPath recently when releasing results of its 2022 Office Worker Survey. The main reason for that is office workers’ feeling of increased pressure at work as a result of colleagues resigning in the past year, the company noted.

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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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[Podcast] Why Marketing Matters with Emily Heck

The Charity CFO

When it comes to marketing, many nonprofits shift right to thinking about development. But development and marketing are different skills, with different needs and separate goals. A robust marketing strategy that’s founded in clear and powerful branding, can help you raise money while also increasing your visibility in the community and around the world.

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Predictive analytics: opportunities and limits for the future of finance

Jedox Finance

Predictive analytics is a discipline that’s been around in some form since the dawn of measurement. We’ve always been trying to predict the future; go back in history to look at prognosticators like Nostradamus and many other prophets. Predictive analytics have been practiced since the first line graph was drawn and someone put a ruler on the chart to ballpark the trend happening in their business.

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4 reasons CFOs should lead the charge on the great resignation

CFO Dive

Talent retention isn't just an HR problem, CFOs can have a huge impact as well. Read four reasons why.

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High inflation will be temporary

Future CFO

The current high inflation will cause significant but temporary credit effects in many countries, as the actions of central banks will help to push inflation lower next year, and ease further in 2024, said Moody’s recently. Present high inflation rates are unusual; since 1990 central banks in Europe, the US and elsewhere have played a significant role in keeping inflation low, said Colin Ellis, MD-Credit Strategy at Moody's.

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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.

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A Follow up on Inflation: The Disparate Effects on Company Values!

Musings on Markets

In my last post , I discussed how inflation's return has changed the calculus for investors, looking at how inflation affects returns on different asset classes, and tracing out the consequences for equity values, in the aggregate. In general, higher and more volatile inflation has negative effects on all financial assets, from stocks to corporate bonds to treasury bonds, and neutral to positive effects on gold, collectibles and real assets.

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Is Your Business Ready for a Part-Time CFO?

CFO Simplified

Is Your Business Ready for a Part-Time CFO? As a business owner, there are a handful of questions you repeatedly receive from your clients and prospects. At CFO Simplified, President Larry Chester is frequently asked one question by his clients and prospects: “How do you know when it’s time to hire a CFO?”. Larry believes there are two reasons why a business owner should look at hiring a CFO.

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Fed's Powell welcomes 'significant' tightening in financial markets

CFO Dive

Powell underscored the Fed’s determination to reduce inflation, just one of many items on a long roster of risks bedeviling CFOs.

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Southeast Asia private equity market hits record deal value of US$25B

Future CFO

The Southeast Asia private equity market had one of the most impressive turnarounds in its history, with deal value reaching an all-time record high of $25 billion, which more than doubled the 2020 figures, said Bain recently. . The previous year had seen a significant slowdown, with the market recording the largest fall across all Asia Pacific markets due to travel restrictions hampering deal-making and diligence processes, but the progressive “opening-up” of countries in the second half of 202

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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We believe Gartner Magic Quadrant reinforces the increasing importance of Integrated Business Planning

Anaplan

Gartner’s 2022 Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions recognizes Anaplan as a leading software to enable Integrated Business Planning. Here's why.

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Wat met de KMO in het insolventierecht?

Corporate Finance Lab

Een disputatio over de omzetting van de Herstructureringsrichtlijn tussen Dominique De Marez en Frederik De Leo. De Herstructureringsrichtlijn, die haar intellectuele wortels vindt in de Amerikaanse Chapter 11 procedure, bepaalt dat de lidstaten ervoor moeten zorgen dat betrokken partijen in afzonderlijke categorieën worden behandeld. Deze indeling in categorieën moet voldoende gedeelde belangen weerspiegelen op basis van verifieerbare criteria.

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Just 30% of CFO-CIO relationships are 'collegial': Gartner

CFO Dive

More collaborative partnerships likely yields better digital outcomes because the CFO and CIO “tend to act like members of the same team instead of creating decision-making friction," the survey report states.

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Average ransomware payment in Singapore hits US$1.16M

Future CFO

The average ransomware payment collected from organisations in Singapore — that had data encrypted in their most significant ransomware attacks — grew by more than sixfold to US$1.16 million in 2021 from US$187,500 in 2020, said Sophos recently when releasing result of a survey. . In addition 65% of Singaporean organisations surveyed were hit with ransomware in 2021, up from 25% in 2020, the firm noted.

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Solve Your Firm's Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.