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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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Building a Business Case for Finance Automation

Speaker: Danny Gassaway and Wayne Richards

Finance leaders are prioritizing efficiency and digital transformation, yet many hesitate to automate due to uncertainty. Without a clear understanding of its impact, organizations risk falling behind competitors who are leveraging automation to drive productivity and cost savings. Join Wayne Richards and Danny Gassaway from AvidXchange for a practical guide on bringing accounts payable (AP) automation to your organization.

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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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Fall In Love With the Month-End Close

It's the time of year to give our close process some TLC. Join us in this one hour webinar where we discuss how to adopt leading practices and infuse technology into the month-end close process to improve our experience and increase our productivity during month-end and quarter-end close. Learning Objectives: This course's objective is to understand how the month-end close can be improved with automation and adoption of leading practices.

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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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Next-Level Fraud Prevention: Strategies for Today’s Threat Landscape

Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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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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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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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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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

2025 will feel familiar, in some regards. The procurement and supply chain category management landscape will remain turbulent, with geopolitical tensions, worries over fresh tariffs, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions posing significant challenges. But you should also expect some lightning-fast changes in 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to upend the way enterprises and procurement, supply chain, and category management professionals operate.

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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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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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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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Cash Flow Secrets Every Upskilled CPA Should Know

Speaker: Debra L. Robinson

CPAs know the drill: taxes, compliance, rinse, repeat. But what about the sneaky cash flow that’s quietly messing with your organization’s success? It’s time to step into the spotlight and expose the “dirty little secrets” of cash flow to fuel strategic growth. By upskilling your accounting practices and shifting focus from tax compliance to the strategic movement of money, you can transform your role from reactive accountant to proactive financial strategist.

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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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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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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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Profit in the Details: Rethinking Spend for Monumental Impact

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