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Anaplan on Google Cloud: Enterprise planning with even more choice and flexibility

Anaplan

Enterprise planning looks and operates differently for every business despite the fact that end goals are similar: cutting costs, optimizing resources, and reducing processes while simultaneously increasing security, tightening compliance, and enhancing agility. Despite taking different routes to get from point A to point B, the common denominator is this: Successful, scalable planning is underpinned […].

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Volkswagen Clawback

Corporate Finance

Volkswagen's Dieselgate scandal has been ongoing for the past five years. Recently, former CEO Martin Winterkorn has agreed to pay the company €11.2 million ($13.7 million) in a clawback. Although Winterkorn was not found to be responsible for the development of the defeat device, he was in a meeting when the defeat device was discussed. In his role as CEO, he breached his duties by not investigating the defeat device and its possible use.

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Accelerate Finance & Accounting (Virtually) at Perform 2021 – Register For Free Today

Planful

Join us for an engaging virtual experience with exciting keynotes, major product announcements, tips and tricks, and plenty of virtual fun. We’re accelerating as we look towards the end of 2021, even as our lives and businesses remain as unpredictable as ever. Now is not the time to pause; it’s time to move forward, recognize […]. The post Accelerate Finance & Accounting (Virtually) at Perform 2021 – Register For Free Today appeared first on Planful.

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The Future of AI and Big Data: Three Concepts

CFA Institute

Andrew Lo and Ajay Agrawal explore how biases, regulations, and economics and wealth distribution will shape the future of fintech.

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The Human Side of Finance: The Intersectionality of People, Culture, Adaptability, and Resilience

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.

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Why flash reports are top of mind for growth-minded CFOs (and easier to build than you think!)

Anaplan

Flash reports gained affection from growth-minded CFOs over the past year. No longer a nice-to-have, these reports are being used to infuse agility into decision making.

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How to Strengthen your Capital Allocation Model Post Pandemic

Planful

COVID-19 left many leaders uncertain about their capital allocation model. In fact, 56% of CFOs worldwide said, “their capital allocation strategy needs to be completely rethought” following the pandemic. After an unexpected crisis like COVID-19, it’s tempting to approach capital allocation decisions as quick fixes. Your expenditures are based on the short-term fires you need […].

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Quality Losses Matter More to Investors Than Quality Gains

CFA Institute

How does the stock market collectively respond to quality losses versus quality gains?

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Welcome Cities of Saints & Oaks! CFO Leadership Council Announces Two New Chapters

CFO Leadership

The CFO Leadership Council Welcomes Salt Lake City & Raleigh. Time to cut the ribbon! The CFO Leadership Council proudly welcomes two new chapters to our community – Raleigh (City of Oaks) and Salt Lake City (City of Saints)! For those counting, that now makes 28 chapters across North America! Now more than ever, as these unprecedented challenges continue and the CFO role evolves, finance leaders need a trusted network of their peers to lean on.

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Why accountants should be interested in acquiring basic coding skills

Future CFO

More than half of surveyed accountants (57%) had no knowledge of coding but many of them are interested in acquiring this skill, said ACCA recently when releasing results of a survey. According to the accountancy body, 40% of the 992 ACCA members surveyed in November 2020 are interested in learning how to code. “Not every professional accountant may need to code, but even a basic understanding can add value to their organisations, help to differentiate themselves and open future career opportuni

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

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.

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How to Strengthen your Capital Allocation Model Post Pandemic

Planful

COVID-19 left many leaders uncertain about their capital allocation model. In fact, 56% of CFOs worldwide said, “their capital allocation strategy needs to be completely rethought” following the pandemic. After an unexpected crisis like COVID-19, it’s tempting to approach capital allocation decisions as quick fixes. Your expenditures are based on the short-term fires you need to put out.

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Animal Pandemics: An Overlooked Risk?

CFA Institute

When an animal pandemic hits, the results for investors are not pretty.

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Michael Braude – Economic Update Monthly #23 | Episode 192

Treasury Talent

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. Today’s episode is a monthly economic forecast for Treasurers from our regular guest, Michael Braude. He is going to share what’s happening in the commodities, risk and bond markets amid this rapidly changing world. . In this episode we discuss: . Current movements in the bond markets. . Updates on the currency markets. .

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Meopta begins transformation with AP automation

Future CFO

Headquartered in Prerov in the Czech Republic and operating manufacturing facilities in the Czech Republic and the United States, Meopta has a rich tradition of developing, manufacturing and assembling world-class optical, optomechanical and optoelectronic products. As an international business, the company has seen invoice volumes growing year on year.

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Smarter Card Solutions: Meeting the Challenges of Mid-Market Travel & Expense

Our 2025 Center Travel Survey is clear: as corporate travel increases, so does corporate credit cards distribution, and a rise in off-platform travel booking. This 61% rise causes various challenges: compliance, spend control, reporting problems, and a lack of visibility across organizations. To evolve with the ever-changing needs of travelers, decision-makers need a better solution.

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Volkswagen Clawback

Essentials of Corporate Finance

Volkswagen's Dieselgate scandal has been ongoing for the past five years. Recently, former CEO Martin Winterkorn has agreed to pay the company €11.2 million ($13.7 million) in a clawback. Although Winterkorn was not found to be responsible for the development of the defeat device, he was in a meeting when the defeat device was discussed. In his role as CEO, he breached his duties by not investigating the defeat device and its possible use.

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IMF maintains its global growth forecast of 6%

Future CFO

The IMF maintains its global growth forecast of 6% in 2021 and 4.9%in 2022. The 2021 global forecast is unchanged from IMF’s April 2021 World Economic Outllook but with offsetting revisions, the fund noted, adding that differences in recovery among economies grow more uneven. While prospects for emerging market and developing economies have been marked down for 2021, especially for Emerging Asia, the forecast for advanced economies is revised up, IMF said, adding that these revisions reflect pan

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CFO directive: resetting the table stakes of business transformation

Future CFO

What constitutes elements of a digital transformation initiative? For some, it is modernising a company’s multiple touchpoints, so these are aligned with customer expectations. For others, it is about transforming the business model. Still, for others, it is about upgrading internal processes so that the business is more efficient, responsive, or resilient to changing market dynamics.

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Moody’s: Credit trends stabilising for Asia's high-yield companies

Future CFO

Moody's said recently that its proprietary indicators for the second quarter of 2021 have continued to improve, pointing to stabilising credit fundamentals as companies emerge from pandemic difficulties, although headwinds remain for weakly-positioned companies. Most of our proprietary indicators have improved to similar readings prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, Annalisa Di Chiara, a Moody's Senior Vice President pointed out.

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Bringing AI to Finance: How to Leverage Technology for Efficiency and Control

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.

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Survey: Only 19% of CFOs have automated nearly all finance processes

Future CFO

Only 19% of CFOs have automated nearly all their finance processes and are currently handling financial reporting digitally, said Workday recently when releasing results of a survey of more than 260 global CFOs. . With the majority of organisations in the midst of digital transformation, CFOs also reported gaps in their data, ultimately affecting performance over the past year, the technology company noted. .

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Flipping the odds of digital transformation: Intro

Future CFO

There are six critical success factors that can reverse the odds of digital transformation success from 30% to 80%. The post Flipping the odds of digital transformation: Intro appeared first on FutureCFO.

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Businesses struggle to get to grips with climate risk disclosures

Future CFO

Businesses around the world are struggling to manage climate risk disclosures and should consider taking urgent action to meet the requirements and expectations of regulators and investors, said EY recently when releasing its Global Climate Risk Barometer report. The report is based on an examination of the efforts made by 1,100 companies across 42 countries to publish their climate-related risks, based on the recommendations set by the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TFCD), E