Finance grads: This is not your parents’ workplace
Anaplan
MAY 27, 2021
Corporate finance is a more dynamic, influential career choice than in past decades. To thrive there, you need to be flexible, adaptable, and comfortable with ambiguity.
Anaplan
MAY 27, 2021
Corporate finance is a more dynamic, influential career choice than in past decades. To thrive there, you need to be flexible, adaptable, and comfortable with ambiguity.
Corporate Financial Weekly Digest
MAY 28, 2021
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Planful
MAY 27, 2021
Jeff Ignacio, head of Revenue and Growth Operations at UpKeep, joined me on the Being Planful podcast to explain why and how he transitioned from FP&A to the operational side of Sales. At UpKeep, Jeff is part of a fast-growing company that’s helping hard-working technicians, facility managers, and maintenance teams become more productive. But how […].
CFA Institute
MAY 27, 2021
Dividends and buybacks are poised for a comeback this year.
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.
CFO Leadership
MAY 26, 2021
During the COVID pandemic, the world’s regulatory processes have finally become digitized. Old fashioned paper-based work has been replaced by online processes leading to greater efficiencies. However, digitalization also allows regulators worldwide to process large volumes of data using AI and related technology. As a result, the volume of information required to be reported has also dramatically increased, leading to an additional burden on hard-pressed businesses.
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Planful
MAY 26, 2021
CFOs are increasingly optimistic about 2021, but experts warn that FP&A should remember the lessons learned during 2020. New risks are always right around the corner, and what worked in 2020—capturing and utilizing more data, with more advanced technologies, for faster and better decision making—will likely come in handy again soon. Finance is also collaborating […].
CFA Institute
MAY 27, 2021
Why did the United States fail in its pandemic response?
Castle Corporate Finance
MAY 25, 2021
Here at Castle, we believe that understanding your own personality style – or ‘leadership preferences’ – along with that of your colleagues, can improve business success. That is why the second part of our Perfect Fit series assesses your business leadership and directing style and the impact this can have on you as an owner and leader. CLICK HERE TO REVEAL YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE.
Corporate Financial Weekly Digest
MAY 28, 2021
On May 24, the National Futures Association (NFA) issued Notice to Members 1-21-16, announcing the effective date for NFA Member swap dealer and major swap participant dues increases. NFA Bylaw 1301 imposes annual dues on NFA Member swap dealers (SD) and major swap participants (MSP). The current annual dues amounts have remained unchanged, except for a reduction in MSP annual dues, since NFA established its swap regulatory program in 2013.
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.
Planful
MAY 27, 2021
Jeff Ignacio, head of Revenue and Growth Operations at UpKeep, joined me on the Being Planful podcast to explain why and how he transitioned from FP&A to the operational side of Sales. At UpKeep, Jeff is part of a fast-growing company that’s helping hard-working technicians, facility managers, and maintenance teams become more productive. But how did he get from FP&A to revenue operations?
CFA Institute
MAY 23, 2021
What are some of the major misconceptions about women and investing?
Future CFO
MAY 27, 2021
The C-suite can no longer afford for their tax functions to be consumed by routine compliance and reporting activities, said Deloitte recently when releasing results of its Tax Transformation Trends survey which collected responses from more than 300 tax and finance executives globally. . “To truly deliver value to the business, the tax fuction needs to rethink its resourcing model and transform its technology infrastructure to create capacity and control costs,” said Phil Mills, Deloitte Global
Corporate Financial Weekly Digest
MAY 28, 2021
On May 26, Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division (MPD) published updated responses to frequently asked questions regarding CFTC Regulation 4.27 and Form CPO-PQR (FAQs). These FAQs update the 2015 FAQs that addressed issues on Form CPO-PQR from filing mechanics and deadlines to more technical questions. In October 2020, the CFTC adopted a Final Rule amending Form CPO-PQR and CFTC Regulation 4.27, the provision requiring Form CPO-PQR reporting.
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CFO Plans
MAY 26, 2021
By Umesha Lakshani, Client Group Controller at CFO Plans Inc. A startup is a chaotic place. It has to be! The team is learning, trying, sweating, pushing, wearing multiple hats and trying to stay afloat. It is no crime that setting up a payroll properly is the last thing in the founders’ mind. . Recently, I had the pleasure of cleaning up a newly signed start-up at CFO Plans.
Musings on Markets
MAY 24, 2021
As we approach the mid point of 2021, financial markets, for the most part, have had a good year so far. Looking at US equities, the S&P 500 is up about 11% and the NASDAQ about 5%, from start of the year levels, and the underperformance of the latter has led to a wave of stories about whether this is start of the long awaited comeback of value stocks, after a decade of lagging growth stocks.
Future CFO
MAY 27, 2021
Controllers must optimise their governance processes to balance risk management processes without stifling the productivity that the technology provides, as robotic process automation (RPA) moves from the testing phase to full adoption in most finance departments, said Gartner recently. According to the advisory firm, its research has found that enterprise-wide adoption of RPA will grow from 55% of organisations in 2019 to 90% by 2022. .
Corporate Financial Weekly Digest
MAY 28, 2021
On May 25, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that on June 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) would hold a public meeting via teleconference. At this meeting, the AAC will receive a report from the subcommittee that has been evaluating CFTC policy with respect to the implementation of amendments to enumerated agricultural futures contracts with open interest.
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Corporate Financial Weekly Digest
MAY 28, 2021
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has published its 2021 Annual Budget Summary (Budget Summary), which outlines how FINRA plans to deploy resources in 2021 to meet its various regulatory responsibilities. As described in the Budget Summary, FINRA’s 2021 operating revenues are projected to be lower than 2020 operating revenues, due to the unique set of circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic that contributed to increased revenues due primarily to higher trading volumes
Corporate Financial Weekly Digest
MAY 28, 2021
On May 25, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published the 2021 FINRA Industry Spotlight (Industry Spotlight), which is FINRA’s annual statistical report covering the brokerage firms, registered representatives and market activity that FINRA regulates. The 2021 edition includes new statistics on US Treasury volume and corporate financing filings.
Future CFO
MAY 25, 2021
Singapore has surpassed Hong Kong as Asia’s most resilient economy for the first time, said FM Global recently when releasing its global resilience index. The island city-state is the region’s biggest mover, rising 10 places to rank 12th overall due to the inclusion of new, more incisive global earthquake data incorporated into the 2021 index calculations, FM Global pointed out.
Future CFO
MAY 24, 2021
Singapore’s GDP grew 1.3% in Q1 of 2021 compared with a year ago, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry 's data released on Tuesday. The percentage has been the highest growth rate in Singapore since Q4 of 2019 and much higher than its official advance estimate of a 02% expansion. The country’s GDP expanded 3.1% quarter-on-quarter, higher than its earlier estimate of 2%.
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Future CFO
MAY 23, 2021
Remote work is a trend that shows no sign of slowing down. It alleviates commutes, allows organizations to hire talented employees wherever they may live, and provides more flexibility and work-life balance. It also builds in redundancy and resiliency if a workplace isn’t available due to anticipated or unforeseen circumstances, from a renovation or broken air conditioning in summer, to a disaster like a fire or flood, to work-from-home mandates.
Future CFO
MAY 23, 2021
Digital transformation started long before the pandemic. Remote work or work from home started around the time of digital transformation – long before the pandemic. Corporate spending has been evolving as employee spend undergo fewer oversight. However, as employees and companies struggle to find the answer between work-from-home and work-in-the-office, there is an opportunity for companies to transform corporate spend management.
Future CFO
MAY 23, 2021
There’s never been a more critical time to see spending. . It’s always a good time to keep an eye on your budgets and cash, but with the catastrophic changes business have worked through during the pandemic, spend visibility has gone from consequential to crucial. Ask yourself, for example: . How many more employees are making spending decisions for your company?
Future CFO
MAY 23, 2021
Moving business forward in an unpredictable market. There’s always been a strain on budgets, but never like this. Never before have i’s been so strategically dotted and t’s so carefully crossed. Controlling travel and expense (T&E), to put it mildly, is more critical than ever. Think about it. Even when it was “business as usual,” were you completely confident in your ability to stay on top of travel and expense costs, for example?
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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