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Growth at ‘Any Cost’ Is Over: CFO Panel
At the CFO Leadership Conference, speakers noted inflation, tight labor markets, and higher interest rates change the way CFOs pursue growth.
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Vincent Ryan
| May 19, 2022
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Beware of Zombie Businesses in Your Portfolio
Looming interest rate hikes will motivate CFOs to scrutinize low-return businesses and products.
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Kal Vadasz
| April 28, 2022
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Operating Expenses
Is the End of ‘Inventory Lite’ in Sight?
A 15-year surge in corporate cash flow may come to an end if companies can't generate any more inventory efficiencies.
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| October 7, 2021
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Risk Management
Limit ESG Disclosures to Cash-Flow Impacts: Economists
The SEC should avoid forcing companies to disclose how business operations affect the environment and society, says the Financial Economist Roundtable.
By
Vincent Ryan
| October 6, 2021
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Strategy
10 Key Principles for Effective Capital Deployment: Part 2
Acquire carefully, beware of leverage, have rules-based buyback processes, don’t bank on dividends, and realize that value creation is hard work.
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David McCann
| March 13, 2020
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Strategy
10 Key Principles for Effective Capital Deployment: Part 1
Here are the principles that provide a foundation for establishing an enduring capital deployment process to drive long-term value creation.
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David McCann
| March 12, 2020
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Strategy
Effective Capital Allocation: A Force Multiplier
For IAC finance chief Glenn Schiffman, a disciplined, rigorous approach to making investment decisions is the key to winning superior returns.
By
David McCann
| June 3, 2019
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Strategy
For Aflac, Slow Growth Means Extra Cash Flow
And for CFO Fred Crawford, investing the excess cash means weighing opportunities against the baseline return afforded by stock buybacks.
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David McCann
| April 25, 2019
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Strategy
The Key to Regional Investment: Understanding Complexity
With its big investment in Latin America, Softbank will have to manage significant complexity that varies greatly from market to market within the region.
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David McCann
| April 23, 2019
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Strategy
Companies’ Stated Cash Intentions Merit Skepticism
Treasury and finance professionals say they'll deploy more of their cash this quarter — but they've said that before, and often.
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David McCann
| January 29, 2019
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Technology
Digital Investments Carry Increasing Financial Risk
Machine learning and AI solutions are difficult to deploy, often overhyped, and may have little bottom-line impact: Gartner.
By
David McCann
| November 20, 2018
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Workplace Issues
Rolls-Royce: Restructuring a British Institution
Chief restructuring officer Declan Guerin's mission is to make Rolls-Royce "simpler, leaner, and more agile."
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Efe Otokiti
| October 10, 2018
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Risk Management
The Next Step in Risk Management’s Evolution
The challenge for today’s risk organization is to have an influential role without turning risk management into a “check the box” regulatory exercise.
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Chad Runchey, Prudential Financial, Ernst & Young, and Nick Silitch
| September 7, 2018
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Strategy
Are Your Capital Allocations Strategic?
Your company’s strategy isn’t static, so your capital allocations shouldn’t be either.
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Frank R. Hopson
| July 30, 2018
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Strategy
What’s It Like to Be a Public Utility CFO?
The job is more interesting and presents more weighty challenges than many would expect, says Linda Sullivan, finance chief at American Water Works.
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David McCann
| July 27, 2018
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Profit & Loss
Five Keys to Succeeding as CFO of a PE-Backed Company
Above all, a CFO has to provide the financial sponsor with an ongoing and accurate window into the company’s performance.
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Ayla Queiroga and Jason Madden
| July 11, 2018
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