CFO News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

India's retail investment boom is driven by tech and gamification but raises risks. Regulatory reforms on transparency, investor education, and gamification practices are essential to ensure long-term financial stability.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 19, 2024

In fact, the business life cycle has become an integral part of the corporate finance, valuation and investing classes that I teach, and in many of the posts that I have written on this blog. Tech companies age in dog years, and the consequences for how we manage, value and invest in them are profound.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 10, 2022

But do you know exactly what it is and how it can benefit your investments? And just as important, do you know where to find the best compound interest investments? In my estimation, compound interest is critical to successful investing. That’s what compound interest can do with your savings and investments. The $26.28

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CFO News

JUNE 6, 2023

The Aditya Birla Group has announced that it will foray into the branded jewellery retail business with an investment of around Rs 5000 crore. This business will be housed in a new venture, “Novel Jewels Ltd”, that will build large-format exclusive jewellery retail stores across India, with in-house jewellery brands.

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CFO News

JUNE 17, 2024

Jewellery retailer Bluestone is in talks with Peak XV Partners, Steadview Capital, and Think Investments for a $100 million pre-IPO round. The investment is expected to value Bluestone at around $900 million pre-money.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Is it possible to invest in real estate with no money? You can invest in real estate with little to no money upfront, but it’s more complicated than the promoters make it seem, and you’ll need to be patient. Physical Real Estate Investing: Four Things to Consider. How to Invest in Physical Real Estate with No Money.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 4, 2023

Within the industry, it is estimated that Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) supported 3.2 million jobs in 2021 , according to a study commissioned by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit). What Are Real Estate Investment Trusts? How Many Real Estate Investment Trusts Are There in Total?

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

If you have $500 to invest right now, you probably feel on top of the world. Many multi-millionaires started investing small sums, even $10 or $25 per month! The key to making your $500 grow is to put in an investment that suits your risk tolerance and goals and add more regularly. 13 Best Ways to Invest $500.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

After investing in over 800 firms, Chinese tech company Tencent Holdings said it would bolster its international investments and in industries like “smart retail.” The firm rarely offers an overview or makes details of its investment activities known.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Slumping markets have investors pulling back from funding startups that make internet-connected devices for retailers, threatening to choke an innovation pipeline for emerging tools like smart shopping carts and inventory management robots. Over the same period, investment dollars in IoT startups fell 57.2% billion, PitchBook said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

And in the world of retail, those choices — about where to invest — are becoming harder and colder for some executives as they try to figure out where commerce is going in the next few years, and what is worth putting fresh money into. Hard, cold choices are usually involved. More Consumer Appeal.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. COVID-19, of course, didn’t cause physical retail’s steep decline — it just accelerated it. Retail is now about logistics and the last mile.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 9, 2024

Balancing Risks and Returns in Investment Strategies: A Detailed Guide for CFOs in Africa For CFOs operating within the diverse economic landscapes of Africa, making informed investment decisions is crucial. Understanding Risk and Return Investment decisions are all about balancing potential rewards against possible risks.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

As the year winds down – and holiday shopping picks up – clarity is emerging about which retail investments might pay off in the new decade, and which merchants might be in trouble. The two retailers cut their annual forecasts for the second time this year. Take retail chain Target as one example. Delivery Growth.

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CFO News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani stated that Reliance Retail ranks in the top five global retailers by store count and in the top 30 by revenue. The company invested Rs 4,330 crore in the last financial year, leveraging equity and debt, and transferred supply chain assets to Reliance Logistics and Warehouse Holdings.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The CFO role has been seeing shifts in the retail industry recently, as the position is seemingly no longer tied to the finance function per se, according to Ernst & Young. Acing the technology revolution One of the key takeaways from the discussion was the integral role of technology in modern retail operations.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 3, 2023

Global VC investment dropped for the sixth consecutive quarter in Q2’2023 – falling from US$86.2 In Asia, VC investment fell for the 6th consecutive quarter, reaching only $20.1 The Americas accounted for the largest share of VC investment with $42.9 The Americas accounted for the largest share of VC investment with $42.9

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

an investment company owned by the Singapore government, are in talks to invest as much as $1 billion for Tokopedia , sources told Bloomberg News. The Indonesian eCommerce retailer backed by SoftBank Group Corp. ’s the Chinese multinational technology company specializing in eCommerce, retail, Internet, and technology, led a $1.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

“If this becomes a tsunami of retailers rejecting their leases, it’s going to trigger another part of the sea change — the mortgages held by the landlords.”. Toronto-based investment group Brookfield has been forced to skip mortgage payments as stores in its malls miss rent payments, PYMNTS previously reported.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 20, 2024

At the Money: Benefits of Quantitative Investing (March 20, 2024) Throughout history, investing has been a lot more “Art” than “Science.” For most of the last century, investing was a lot more art than science. What Works on Wall Street was the first quantitative equity investing work, more or less for the layperson.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

The stats suggest the strength of the B2B FinTech market’s ability to attract big-ticket funding rounds despite an overall dip in investment. PYMNTS outlines the latest investments below. Further, the company is stepping into the FinTech arena, with plans to roll out financial products like credit facilities for retail buyers.

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CFO News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

India's retail sector is seeing a transformation with the rise of premiumisation. This trend is evident in both metropolitan and smaller cities, with international luxury brands also entering the market, boosting foreign investment.

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Global Finance

JUNE 6, 2024

We invest in innovative solutions that maintain a human touch, and our open innovation model integrates with startups and other partners. Portilho: For years, BTG Pactual discussed plans to bring a retail banking experience to the market. Our retail funding base has consistently grown.

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CFO News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is reportedly looking to invest $600 million in Mukesh Ambani's retail empire, Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL), at valuations significantly higher than those in the previous round three years ago. ADIA already holds a 1.2%

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CFO News

JULY 7, 2023

Global investment firm Bernstein in a May report valued the holding company of Reliance Retail, called Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL), at $131 billion (₹10.82 RIL owns 85% of RRVL, which in turn owns more than 99% of Reliance Retail. lakh crore).

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VCFO

JUNE 2, 2023

Navigating a New Era of Retail – Three Financial and Operational Factors The market and operating environments of retail businesses have undergone dramatic transformations since the turn of the millennium; transformations that accelerated significantly more with the outset of the COVID pandemic.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

that focuses on early-stage firms, led the investment round. The startup has since expanded into eCommerce with a service targeted at retailers and other online merchants, Chipper Checkout. Other services on Chipper’s expanded menu include investments, cryptocurrency trading and API payments solutions. Stripe, the U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Silicon Valley checkout-free, autonomous retail startup AiFi has secured a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to $30 million, the company said in a press release on Monday (Oct. He added that Qualcomm is “very impressed” with AiFi's edge-computing solutions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Retail rents have plummeted to historic lows in New York City amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as bankruptcies and vacancies penetrated the area, CNBC reported on Friday (Jan. Further, the biannual report released by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), found that retail rents in Manhattan declined across all 17 corridors it tracks. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Spend management was the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to partnerships and investments in firms aiming to help companies keep track of expenses. Spendesk Lands $18M Investment. Spendesk’s new investment comes from Eight Roads Ventures and brings the overall raised to $68.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

When it’s said and done there was only one story that mattered in the retail universe this year and it was the rise of the digital-first economy. They and others have succeeded because they entered the market independent of traditional retail, and because their business model fit the needs of the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2020

Funding Circle said it will only be focused on Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loans for now, and in doing so, will be unable to service retail lenders as it usually does. According to Funding Circle, that means lending for retail investors will be turned off. The loans will come through the U.K.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The central bank of Russia is seeking to place a yearly cap on the amount of cryptocurrency that retail investors can purchase, CoinDesk reported. As PYMNTS reported previously, MicroStrategy was the first public company to invest most of its treasury in the digital currency in the summer. “We

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Future CFO

JANUARY 4, 2023

Digital native retail businesses are expected to see resounding success in the coming few years, but their existing strategies might need a tweak soon as traditional retailers are catching up, said Bain & Company recently. Digital native retail businesses are retailers which initially operated exclusively online, Bain defined.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Mubadala Investment Co. has put more cash into Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd , a division of Reliance Industries Ltd. Reliance Industries, the global conglomerate whose businesses include retail, energy, textiles, natural resources and telecommunications, announced on Thursday (Oct. crore in Reliance Retail.

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CFO News

AUGUST 22, 2023

: Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd, the retail business of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd, is looking to raise Rs3,048 crore through an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) of its warehousing and logistics infrastructure assets, shows a draft document filed with Sebi.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Future Retail is attempting to prevent partner Amazon from meddling further in its $3.4 Reliance's growing footprint includes a $750 million investment from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), which will give the sovereign wealth fund a 1.2 percent stake in Reliance Retail.

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