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Corporate Finance
CFOs Being Cautious With Balance-Sheet Cash
Many finance execs plan to maintain their higher cash balances until at least September, finds the AFP.
By
Vincent Ryan
| June 28, 2021
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Working Capital
Corporate Cash Holdings Metric Offers Mixed Signals
About one-third of companies saw their cash balances fall in the first quarter, but did that indicate investment or poor financial performance?
By
Vincent Ryan
| May 11, 2021
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Fixed Assets
CFOs Remain Cautious With Corporate Cash
U.S. companies have not relinquished their liquidity buffers or their habit of keeping cash in ultra-safe investment vehicles.
By
Vincent Ryan
| July 17, 2019
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Human Capital
Salary Growth for Finance Professionals Slows
Executive and management-tier finance professionals got smaller raises in 2018, but finance staff received slightly bigger boosts.
By
Vincent Ryan
| May 27, 2019
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Technology
Scammers Target ACH Transactions
"Fraudsters are now trying to use ACH transactions as vehicles for their scams as they move away from checks and wires," said the AFP.
By
Vincent Ryan
| April 9, 2019
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Financial Performance
Finance Execs Fearful of Spending Tax-Cut Proceeds
In addition, they remain extremely conservative about how they "invest" excess cash.
By
Vincent Ryan
| July 11, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
Email Compromise Scams Show No Signs of Abating
Business email compromise scams are evolving into new areas and levels of sophistication, making them difficult to detect, says AFP.
By
Vincent Ryan
| April 10, 2018
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Corporate Finance
Companies May Spend a Bit More This Quarter
But overall they remain conservative about using their cash reserves, an Association for Financial Professionals survey shows.
By
David McCann
| January 29, 2018
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Talent Management
CFO Base Pay Rose 2.8% in 2016
But average pay raises for controllers and management-level finance team members were higher, according to the AFP.
By
Vincent Ryan
| May 11, 2017
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Risk
Corporate Payments Still Attracting Fraudsters
Seventy-four percent of finance professionals report that their companies were victims of payments fraud in 2016, according to the AFP.
By
Vincent Ryan
| April 4, 2017
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Credit
Balance-Sheet Cash Likely to Rise, Not Fall, in 2017
Absent an economic slowdown, strong free cash flow and accessible debt markets will keep companies from having to tap reserves.
By
Vincent Ryan
| January 30, 2017
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Risk
Companies More Reluctant to Deploy Short-Term Cash
Global uncertainty weighed on U.S.-based companies as they accelerated their cash hoarding in the third quarter.
By
Vincent Ryan
| November 3, 2016
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Equipment Financing
Businesses Satisfied (But Not Content) with Transaction Bankers
Twenty-three percent of finance executives are renegotiating banking contracts and 25% are actively seeking new banking partners, says AFP.
By
Vincent Ryan
| October 7, 2015
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Talent Management
Bonuses ‘Bountiful’ for Treasurers and Others Last Year
Seventy-two percent of organizations awarded bonuses to their treasury and finance employees in 2014, at an average 18% of base salary, according to AFP.
By
Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| May 21, 2015
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Hiring
Finance Staffers Earn Larger Pay Increases
CFOs earned a 2.8 percent rise in base pay in 2013, but gave staff-level finance personnel an increase of more than 4 percent.
By
Vincent Ryan
| June 2, 2014
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