Q1 corporate bankruptcies up 43% over last year

U.S. bankruptcy filings through March 31 increased year over year across all major filing categories. 

By David McCann • April 16, 2024

NYSE President Lynn Martin talks IPOs; CFOs tackle cannabis accounting: Trial Balance

IPOs have raised 3.5 times the amount raised a year before. 

By CFO Editorial Staff • April 15, 2024

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The Power of FP&A: A CFO's Essential Tool for Growth

If a CFO wants to grow amid the current economic headwinds, paying attention to FP&A and the talent that drives it is a must.

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Small Business Optimism Hits 11-Year Low: NFIB Report

Small business optimism dips as inflation concerns remain. 

By Adam Zaki • April 10, 2024

The Post-IPO Checklist: 7 Insights for CFOs

The more CFOs know about life after going public, the better.    

By Moira Conlon • April 9, 2024

45% of Execs Say Economic Conditions Better Than 6 Months Ago: Report

Forty-five percent of executives said global economic conditions were better than they had been six months earlier.

By David McCann • April 9, 2024

Jamie Dimon’s Annual Shareholder Letter, CFO Compensation Data, and More: Trial Balance

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said artificial intelligence is one of the most potentially transformative inventions of the past several hundred years. 

By CFO Editorial Staff • April 8, 2024

Autodesk to Audit Financial Practices, Delay Annual Report

The construction technology giant said it doesn’t believe the investigated areas will affect any previously issued financial statements or its most recent earnings release.

By Matthew Thibault • April 8, 2024

South Carolina’s $1.8B ‘Mystery Fund’ Likely a Result of Communication Breakdown

After coming across $1.8 billion of unaccounted-for cash, South Carolina’s state comptroller is questioning the treasurer’s practices, while the treasurer is blaming poor communication on behalf of the comptroller. 

By Adam Zaki • April 2, 2024

March Jobs Report, Moloco’s CFO, and Management Accounting: Trial Balance

Updates on the U.S. labor market highlight the first week of the new quarter.

By CFO Editorial Staff • April 1, 2024

CFO Optimism Rises in Q1: Duke/Fed Report

Fifty-three percent of finance chiefs said they’ve either slowed hiring, not filled openings, or laid off employees due to automation, according to the latest Duke-Fed CFO survey.   

By Adam Zaki • March 27, 2024

M&A Pros Confident Deals Will Surge

But while there should be significantly more transactions this year, the size of deals likely will lag somewhat behind that surge.

By David McCann • March 27, 2024

AI Accounting Startup Raises $100M, PCE Reading, and Housing Data: Trial Balance

This week we look ahead to the Friday release of the personal consumption expenditures index — the Fed's preferred measure of inflation. 

By CFO Editorial Staff • March 25, 2024

Do you know how much it costs your business to receive every dollar?

It’s time to talk about the real cost of getting paid–and why businesses across the United States are needlessly losing out every time they receive money.

By Lewis Turek, General Manager, North America, GoCardless • March 25, 2024

San Francisco 49ers, MLB Star Shohei Ohtani Wrestle With Poor Financial Controls

A failure to maintain and implement proper accounting controls impacted some of the world’s most successful athletes and professional sports organizations this week.

By Adam Zaki • March 23, 2024

Nvidia CEO on AI, Three Big Tech IPOs, FOMC Meeting: Trial Balance

A new installment of the Peer Audit series asks CFOs about effective digital communications.

By CFO Editorial Staff • March 18, 2024

Women Founders Raised 23% of All US VC Money in 2023

All-female-founded companies did less well, raising $3.2 billion from VCs last year, a single-digit percentage of total U.S. activity.

By Vincent Ryan • March 13, 2024

42% of FP&A Employees Say Company Pays for Upskilling: Report

Nearly 78% of respondents said their employers have trained them on technology and data and just under half (45%) reported receiving training on business knowledge.

By Adam Zaki • March 13, 2024

New York Stock Exchange Moves to Delist Apparel Retailer Express

Concerns about the company’s long-term financial health have continued to surface over the last year.

By Nate Delesline III • March 12, 2024

CPI Data, Reddit Sets IPO Terms, and Apex’s CFO: Trial Balance

Economists are projecting little change in February’s CPI numbers.

By CFO Editorial Staff • March 11, 2024

US Payrolls Grow 275K, But Unemployment Rises to 3.9%

“This is music to investors’ and the Fed’s ears — the labor market and inflation are cooling but not at a recessionary level,” said Michael Arone of State Street Global Advisors.

By Vincent Ryan • March 8, 2024

Futures Pricing Implies 42% Chance of Two Rate Cuts by July

“If the economy evolves broadly as expected, it will likely be appropriate to begin dialing back policy restraint at some point this year,” said Jerome Powell.

By Vincent Ryan • March 6, 2024

ESG Reports Make Middling Progress

“The goal of sustainability disclosure must be information, including the process to prepare it, that is on par with financial reports.”

By David McCann • March 6, 2024

Cost Management a High Priority in 2024

“This is a holistic cost challenge — one that's built up over five years of very rapid adjustments that companies have had to make.” 

By Vincent Ryan • March 5, 2024

Powell on Capitol Hill, Climate Disclosure Vote, and Metric of the Month: Trial Balance

APQC’s CFO Perry D. Wiggins shares three strategies to avoid a cash-flow crunch in his Metric of the Month column out on Wednesday.

By CFO Editorial Staff • March 4, 2024

Warren Buffett Lowers Expectations, PCE Data Arrives, and Stretto’s CFO: Trial Balance

This week, we look forward to personal consumption expenditure inflation data and Stretto’s finance chief recounting his journey to the CFO seat.

By CFO Editorial Staff • Feb. 26, 2024