Key lease accounting trends: Then and now
CFO Dive
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Are you a lease accountant navigating 2024? We dive into the trends that have shaped the year, from interest rate volatility to ESG disclosures & the accountant shortage.
CFO Dive
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Are you a lease accountant navigating 2024? We dive into the trends that have shaped the year, from interest rate volatility to ESG disclosures & the accountant shortage.
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The business model of many financial advisory firms revolves around serving clients who are able to pay a certain minimum in annual advisory fees, which reflects not only the value that the advisor can provide for the client, but also the amount that the advisor must charge in order to provide the level of deep planning and investment management that higher-net-worth clients expect (while also earning enough profit to make the venture worthwhile).
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Barry Ritholtz
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
At the Money: Can You Have Too Much Money? Brian Portnoy, Shaping Wealth (September 18, 2024) Can money buy you happiness? How much money is too much? Does wealth offer diminishing returns? In this edition of At the Money, I sit down with Brian Portnoy to explore these questions. Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s guest: Brian Portnoy is founder and CEO of Shaping Wealth , which helps advisors and their clients to achieve “funded contentment,” and operates as an outsourced Chief Beha
CFO Talks
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Cost-Effective Strategies for Maximizing Capital Employed As a CFO, one of the critical tasks is to ensure that capital employed in your business is used efficiently to generate the highest possible returns. Maximizing capital employed doesn’t always require hefty investments; instead, you can use cost-effective strategies to ensure that every rand works hard for the company.
Speaker: Melissa Hurrington
Finance isn’t just about the numbers. It’s about the people behind them. In a world of constant disruption, resilient finance teams aren’t just operationally efficient. They are adaptable, engaged, and deeply connected to a strong organizational culture. Success lies at the intersection of people, culture, adaptability, and resilience. Finance leaders who master this balance will build teams that thrive through uncertainty and drive long-term business impact.
The Finance Weekly
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Sixty-four percent of tech companies pivot towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline operations. Tech giants like Apple, IBM, Cisco, Dell, and Intel were among the 48 companies that announced a whopping 26,024 job cuts. Over 400 tech companies have made similar announcements, affecting more than 130,000 workers, with January having the highest count of job cuts at 34,107.
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CFO News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
Deloitte reported a $67.2 billion global revenue for FY2024, marking a 3.1% increase. With notable growth in Tax & Legal and a strategic FY2025 restructure, the firm targets enhanced integrated solutions and tech-driven transformation.
The Charity CFO
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
With a focus on the concept of collaborative funding, Tosha is joined today by the Executive Director of Young Futures , Katya Hancock. Young Futures is a 501c(3) organization with a mission to make it easier to grow up in the digital world. The organization focuses on young persons aged 10 -19, where they believe young people should still feel hopeful and optimistic about their futures.
Tips Watch
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com First off, let’s point out that the Federal Reserve has not yet lowered interest rates by a single basis point and, in fact, the federal funds rate has been stable since July 2023.
Global Finance
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The valuation of the largest companies in the world fluctuates day to day, even minute by minute, but true success is a marathon, not a sprint. You heard the news: propelled by the AI frenzy, the chipmaker Nvidia passed the $3 trillion market cap and became the most valuable company in the world by market capitalization—for a few days last June, that is.
Speaker: Yohan Lobo
In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.
CFO Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Finance chiefs are “uniquely positioned” to take point on AI’s adoption ahead of its coming strategic impact, Thomson Reuters’ interim head of data and analytics said.
Navigator SAP
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The idea is a simple one: an end-to-end backend software solution that is simple enough for startups and fast-growing businesses to roll out quickly and affordably but is modular and flexible enough that the software will continue supporting the business as it grows The less simple part is how to buy SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
Barry Ritholtz
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Marty’s Zweig’s Trading rules 1) The trend is your friend; don’t fight the tape hard return; 2) Let profits run take losses quickly; 3) If you buy for a reason and that reason if discounted or is no longer valid then sell 4) if the values don’t make sense then don’t participate (2 + 2 = 4) 5) The cheap get cheaper the deer get deer; 6) Don’t fight the Fed (less valid than #1); 7) Every indicator eventually bites the dust; 8) Adapt to change; 9) Don’t let your
Musings on Markets
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The big story on Wednesday, September 18, was that the Federal Reserve’s open market committee finally got around to “cutting rates”, and doing so by more than expected. This action, much debated and discussed during all of 2024, was greeted as "big" news, and market prognosticators argued that it was a harbinger of market moves, both in interest rates and stock prices.
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CFO Dive
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
There is a “widening gap” between how executives and employees think about their workplace environments that needs to be taken into account, the report warned.
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) released the latest edition its annual survey outlining the state of state-registered RIAs, showing that the number of state-registered firms and their assets declined slightly in 2023 (perhaps due to many firms seeing their AUM hit the $100 million mark amidst strong market performance and organic grow
CFO Share
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The federal reserve will lower interest rates , ending a three-year strategy to stamp out inflation. During that time, I’ve seen startups turn to zombies as they failed to raise VC funding, growth stumble as digital marketing turned upside-down, and small businesses struggle to pass price increases onto customers. I’ve also seen dozens of our clients seize the opportunity a high-interest environment creates to differentiate their products, focus on their core, and deepen their competitive
Tips Watch
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Too often, the bond market tricks you. It happened again Thursday in the wake of Wednesday’s “sort-of surprise” action by the Federal Reserve to cut short-term interest rates by 50 basis points.
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Finance teams are balancing more than ever, but manual processes shouldn’t slow you down. In this ebook from BILL, discover how AI is transforming finance—automating AP, expense tracking, and document management to reduce errors, increase efficiency, and improve financial control. Learn how real companies are using AI-powered automation to streamline workflows, detect anomalies, and gain deeper insights.
CFO Dive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Heightened pressure to deliver strategy could push CFOs to adopt GenAI faster than previous technologies, Billtrust CEO Sunil Rajasekar said.
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
In the nearly 2 years since the launch of ChatGPT, there has been an explosion of new technology solutions incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI). Today, AI is now almost ubiquitous across many of the tools that we use, from smartphone cameras to search engines to office productivity software. For financial advisors, too, a ballooning number of new advisor-focused AI tools has appeared over the last 24 months, purporting to save advisors' time and staffing needs by automatically performing p
Barry Ritholtz
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Now THAT’S a financial conference! If you are reading this on the 19th, I may be still asleep. I am writing this on my flight home, scheduled to land at midnight Wednesday; I was alcohol-free all week (ok, one Mexican lager Tuesday afternoon at my RWM-crew pool swim after the Animal Spirits Live !), and while I feel pretty good, its been a long week.
CFO News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO of NITI Aayog, envisions a transformative economic future for India, projecting a doubling of the economy by 2030 and highlighting its potential as a global powerhouse.
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Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, emails, and shared drives no longer need to slow you down. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.
CFO Dive
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The accounting associations are seeking public comment on an alternative route to getting a CPA license that doesn’t require a fifth year of college.
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Welcome everyone! Welcome to the 403rd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Eric Stein. Eric is a partner at East Bay Investment Solutions, a firm that provides fractional Chief Investment Officer services based in Charleston, South Carolina, that supports over $6 billion in assets under advisement across 26 advisory firms they serve.
Barry Ritholtz
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
This week, we speak with Victor Khosla, Founder and CIO of Strategic Value Partners. Before establishing SVP in 2001, Victor served as President of Cerberus Capital. In the 1990s, he built and managed the distressed credit desk at both Citi and Merrill Lynch, establishing two of the top proprietary trading businesses. SVP has grown 5x in size over the past 10 years, now manages over $18B in AUM with 200 employees.
CFO News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Avalon Teechnologies: Subramaniam stepped down to pursue opportunities outside the company, as noted in his resignation letter to the stock exchange.
Speaker: Susan Richards
Your past-due accounts are growing, cash flow is tightening, and the pressure is on. The big question: Do you handle the collections internally or outsource to experts? Both strategies come with advantages and risks - but which one delivers the best impact for your business? In this session we’ll dive deep into the in-house vs. outsourcing debate, examining cost-effectiveness, efficiency, compliance risks, and overall recovery success rates.
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