CFOs have to balance unforeseen COVID-driven capital issues with the need for investment that drives long-term value creation.
Covestro, pressed by low pricing for its products, continues its focus on sustainability-oriented products that don’t necessarily convert quickly to profit.
Even as key corporate financial indicators continue to fall, some hope may be emerging that forecasts of an impending recession will prove inaccurate.
The incoming finance chief has an "impossible" problem in funding needed capex on top of a huge share buyback and dividend hike, analyst firm says.
If the U.S. Tax Cuts and Job Act doesn’t push companies to invest more in capex, a “stagflation scenario” could ensue.
For the retail CFO, getting a better return on capital in the omnichannel era requires new ways of thinking.
But big, public, non-financial companies are generating cash partly by cutting capex, study finds.
Digitization is forcing finance chiefs to shed some old habits.
To drive shareholder returns in health care, CFOs should stress financial policies that build financial flexibility rather than leverage.
A huge dollar amount has vanished from corporate America’s investment in capex.
Among S&P 500 sectors, only the materials and financials sectors expect to spend more in 2015 than they did last year.
A group of European CFOs creates an extensive resource to help their peers tackle sustainability issues.
