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New INX CFO urges crypto-mainstream compatibility

CFO Dive

The company's launch last year of the the first digital security token to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission serves as a blueprint for other companies that may be looking to raise capital from alternative assets.

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4 Reasons Why Enterprise Resource Planning is Critically Important

Navigator SAP

There’s a reason why 96 percent of the top 20 percent of businesses rely on enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, according to Aberdeen research. ERP is at the center of the modern digital business, the nerve-center that allows an organization to monitor, automate and manage operations end-to-end unlike what came before. Whether you are a startup or a business that has not yet embraced digital transformation, there are dozens of reasons why you should consider ERP.

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How Sharp Is the Sharpe Ratio? An Analysis of Global Stock Indices

CFA Institute

To test the Sharpe Ratio’s effectiveness, we constructed monthly return distributions for global stock market indices to see if any had too much skewness.

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How Complex Are Your Business Finances?

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No two businesses are exactly alike. Every business has unique financial needs. Suppose your company finances are complicated and include multiple entities or locations. In that case, you may be looking for more powerful real-time accounting solutions to provide you with a better view of your entire operation and help with things like taxation, HR, multiple currencies, and more.

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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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SEC pushes crackdown on COVID-19 scams

CFO Dive

Several companies have sought to cash in on public anxiety and investor eagerness by making false claims about the availability of products to combat the coronavirus.

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Extremely Successful? Extremely Lucky!

CFA Institute

What's more critical to investing success: luck or skill?

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What Are APIs and Why Are They Important to the Banking Industry?

FISPAN

Financial Application Programming Interfaces (Financial APIs) are the key to securely and efficiently exchanging consumer-permissioned data and are a catalyst for new innovations, revenue opportunities and integrations in the financial services industry.

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Most CFOs, CEOs see cybersecurity gaps: Accenture

CFO Dive

Many companies face excessive risks after failing to weave cybersecurity into the full fabric of business strategy, Accenture said.

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Will CFOs maintain enterprise digital investments if inflation persists?

Future CFO

CFOs are likely to maintain or increase enterprise digital investments in the next two years even if inflation persists, according to a Gartner survey of 199 senior finance leaders on May 13, 2022. Key findings. At the enterprise level, 46% of respondents said they are scaling up their plans of enterprise digital investments, while 32% said that no changes were planned The findings come even as CFOs indicate they are planning cost reductions in other areas of the business if inflation persists t

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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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The 5-Minute Guide to Nonprofit Finances

The Charity CFO

It’s a myth that all stakeholders need to be experts in every aspect of nonprofit finances. Even on nonprofit financial committees, some members may be skilled in accounting, others in banking, and others in investing or financial analysis. Yet all nonprofit leaders, including board members, directors, and finance committee members, should have at least a basic understanding of nonprofit finances.

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How The Pandemic Altered the Future of the Banking Experience

FISPAN

An Executive Insight with FISPAN’s CEO Clayton Weir as he discusses how the recent COVID-19 pandemic altered the future of commercial banking by accelerating the need to eliminate manual processes which has led customers to seek digital solutions from their financial institutions.

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Inflation outlook hinges on future wage growth: Summers

CFO Dive

History suggests that with inflation and unemployment at current levels, the U.S. may be headed toward a recession, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said.

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Decarbonisation: One third of businesses missed 2020 targets

Future CFO

Almost a third of businesses globally failed to deliver against decarbonisation targets set for 2020 when it comes to ESG, said Bain & Company. . Bain’s analysis of data from CDP, a non-profit that runs the world’s largest environmental disclosure system, shows that 31% of businesses who set and published scope 1 and 2 absolute emissions reduction targets* due in 2020 did not meet them.

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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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[Podcast] Building Public Support with Strategic Communication Campaigns with Houda Elyazgi

The Charity CFO

How intentional is your nonprofit with your communication plans? Is there a strategy behind the image your organization is presenting to the world? Houda Elyazgi joins A Modern Nonprofit to talk about building integrated and strategic communication campaigns to help build momentum and get public support for your most important initiatives. Houda Elyazgi is the Chief Client Officer at Saxum, an integrated digital agency obsessed for good.

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Energy Valuation Services: Tips, Best Practices, and Insights from the Field

Embark With Us

There aren’t too many industries under a more powerful and exacting microscope than energy. Between extreme volatility in commodity prices, rising ESG tides, and a constant barrage of global headlines – mostly from surging gas prices – there isn’t much room for error in the sector. That is, if there’s any at all.

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Recession 'not inevitable,' Moody's says

CFO Dive

CFOs considering changes to wages, prices and other critical points of business strategy must filter an unusual range of conflicting economic forecasts.

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Jollibee appoints new CFO

Future CFO

Fast food chain Jollibee Group recently announced its appointment of Richard Shin as its new CFO. Shin has succeeded Ysmael V. Baysa who retired from the group lately. According to the company, Shin brings nearly three decades of financial and business leadership experience across multiple industries, including FMCG, retail, and aquaculture. Before joining Jollibee Group, he worked as the Group CFO and Executive Committee Member of Grobest Group Holdings Limited, a private equity company.

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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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Renewable Energy Funds: Through a Gender Lens

CFA Institute

As ESG investing continues to grow, applying a gender lens to public equity funds focused on climate solutions is critical.

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How to Create a Flexible, Agile FP&A Function

Centage

Just as content is king in the world of marketing, when it comes to financial decision-making, data is everything. Unfortunately, many of today’s small and medium-sized businesses are making choices based on tools that lack the sophistication to provide accurate, up-to-the-minute information. If you want to outsell the competition, then upgrading your financial planning and analysis (FP&A) efforts is of the utmost importance.

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Prepping for the next phase of stimulus fraud probes

CFO Dive

Federal authorities appear to be operating under a strong mandate to ferret out perceived fraud and abuse in the oft-confusing world of COVID-19 stimulus programs.

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Moody’s: Global growth forecasts slip with Russia-Ukraine war, China lockdowns

Future CFO

Global growth forecasts for 2022 and 2023 are lower as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and pandemic lockdowns in China add to supply shocks and stoke inflation, said Moody’s recently. Advanced economies will expand 2.6% in 2022 and emerging market countries will grow 3.8%, down from March forecasts of 3.2% and 4.2%, respectively, the credit rating agency pointed out.

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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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Zwarte zondag in Leuven (postscript bij het dispuut tussen Marieke Wyckaert en Hans De Wulf over unanimiteit bij soortsplitsing)

Corporate Finance Lab

“Het gaat niet om de gelijke behandeling van aandeelhouders als zweverig principe, het gaat om pacta sunt servanda “ Deze blogpost is ingegeven door een ernstig geval van FOMO naar aanleiding van het dispuut op 1 juni 2022 ter ere van 5 jaar Corporate Finance Lab in Leuven (zie hier voor de slides en de documentatie). Ik kon er jammer genoeg echt niet bij zijn, maar slaagde er in extremis wel in de discussie tussen Marieke Wyckaert en Hans De Wulf online mee te pikken.

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Benefits of Fractional HR Leadership

VCFO

This article was co-authored by Teresa Foltz , vcfo Houston Senior People Operations/ HR Consultant, and Paul Hagerty , vcfo Dallas Senior People Operations/ HR Consultant. Outsourcing HR – 8 Benefits of Virtual or Fractional HR Leadership. Employees have always been a company’s most important asset, but the events of recent years have driven that point home in a bigger way than ever.

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May notches lowest job gains since pandemic recovery: ADP

CFO Dive

ADP reported nonfarm private sector employmers added 128,000 jobs in May, marking the lowest gains since the start of pandemic recovery and potentially indicating a modest decline in unemployment figures.

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To sound like a leader, think about what you say, and how and when you say it

Future CFO

The “executive voice” is less about performance and more about strategic instincts and being aware of the signals you send in daily interactions and communications. The post To sound like a leader, think about what you say, and how and when you say it appeared first on FutureCFO.

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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.