Corporate Finance: Page 10
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Federal regulatory activity dropped steeply in H1 2025
Analysis by information services firm Wolters Kluwer shows a sharp decline in both the number and severity of penalties for financial services businesses in the first half of the year.
By Dan Niepow • Aug. 7, 2025 -
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Q&AHow Glenn Schiffman shapes financial strategy at Fanatics
The CFO of Fanatics explains how finance helps power growth, brand impact and long-term value across the sports commerce giant’s growing portfolio.
By Adam Zaki • Aug. 7, 2025 -
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TrendlineTop 5 stories from CFO.com
From CPA licensure changes to undergoing a digital transformation, these are the most popular stories CFOs are reading.
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July earnings update: Boeing, UnitedHealth Group, Starbucks, Coca-Cola and BlackRock
Cathy Smith of Starbucks talks long-term cost structure, John Murphy of Coca-Cola focuses on margin expansion and Kim Kuryea of General Dynamics highlights record backlog and cash flow.
By Adam Zaki • Aug. 6, 2025 -
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3 ways to reduce AP process costs: Metric of the Month
Reducing the time spent resolving payment issues can yield significant savings to help free up cash for reinvestment.
By Perry D. Wiggins • Aug. 6, 2025 -
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Alaska approves 120-credit CPA pathway without governor’s signature: Trial Balance
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who has spent much of his career in education, chose not to sign or veto the state’s new CPA licensure law, which lowers education requirements for the profession.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • Aug. 4, 2025 -
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Microsoft CFO calls for ‘intensity’ after strong Q4 earnings
In a leaked internal memo, CFO Amy Hood told employees that the year ahead will require “intensity, clarity and bold execution.”
By Dan Niepow • Aug. 1, 2025 -
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Nvidia’s CFO crosses billion-dollar net worth mark
As the chipmaker shatters market records, its finance chief Colette Kress joins the rare billionaire CFO club with her substantial equity stake in the AI chip giant.
By Adam Zaki • July 30, 2025 -
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Trump’s EU trade deal brings CFOs relief without guarantees: Trial Balance
A 15% rate will replace the 30% tariff previously proposed by President Trump, but uncertainty remains for companies doing business overseas.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • July 28, 2025 -
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Q&ARiveron CFO Tony Ciotti on breaking barriers between finance and operations
The longtime operations leader and former Grant Thornton managing director explains the rise of the COFO and lessons learned from past financial crises.
By Dan Niepow • July 28, 2025 -
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The IPO market may be back, but only for prepared CFOs
CFOs looking to go public soon must nail forecasting, defend their most critical KPIs and incorporate pricing discipline in their offerings to succeed, says Armanino’s Dean Quiambao.
By Adam Zaki • July 25, 2025 -
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The rise of solo business travel and its impact on costs
With fewer team off-sites and more one-on-one and small group meetings, business travel looks very different in 2025.
By Adam Zaki • July 24, 2025 -
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How LegitScript’s CFO and CTO are building systems to scale smarter
CFO and COO Jaylene Kunze and CTO and CPO Tom Cook share how they align on ROI, business efficiency and hitting exit goals for private equity investors.
By Adam Zaki • July 24, 2025 -
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Industries that got paid the fastest in 2024 — Hackett
Hackett Group research shows biotech, retail and industrial improved their days sales outstanding figures, while semiconductor and telecom firms waited longer to get paid.
By Adam Zaki • July 22, 2025 -
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Q&ACFG Merchant Solutions CFO on risk and regulation in alternative finance
Richard Polgar reflects on how he designed his finance function for the fast-moving industries of invoice factoring and revenue-based financing.
By Adam Zaki • July 22, 2025 -
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Japan’s bond market volatility casts shadow over FASB-ASBJ meeting: Trial Balance
As fiscal pressure rapidly builds in Japan, U.S. and Japanese accounting standard-setters met in Tokyo to discuss alignment in areas like M&A and environmental credits.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • July 21, 2025 -
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Q&AKPMG’s Atif Zaim on CFO challenges, leading with intention and the 150-hour rule
In part two of the conversation with KPMG’s new deputy chair and U.S. managing principal, Zaim discusses how today’s leaders must think beyond client delivery and internal development.
By Adam Zaki • July 18, 2025 -
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A two-part sit-down with KPMG’s Deputy Chair and US Managing Principal Atif Zaim
After officially taking the position on July 1, Zaim talked exclusively with CFO.com to discuss his previous time at KPMG, navigating the present and preparing for the future.
By Adam Zaki • July 18, 2025 -
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Q&AKPMG’s Atif Zaim on taking his biggest role yet
In a sit-down interview with CFO.com, Zaim discusses his next chapter as deputy chair and managing U.S. principal, how the firm uses technology and what’s kept him around since 1994.
By Adam Zaki • July 18, 2025 -
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US firms’ cash conversion cycle improved in 2024: Hackett
Across the largest 1,000 publicly traded nonfinancial companies in the U.S., the time it took to convert investments to cash averaged 37 days last year, down from 38.3 days in 2023, according to the Hackett Group’s annual working capital survey.
By Dan Niepow • July 17, 2025 -
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PCAOB Chair Erica Williams is stepping down
Williams’ departure follows rising political pressure and the PCAOB’s recent narrow escape from dissolution.
By Adam Zaki • July 16, 2025 -
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Less than half of public accounting staff hold CPA licenses: Trial Balance
The larger the accounting firm, the fewer CPAs it has on staff, according to new data from Inside Public Accounting.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • July 14, 2025 -
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June earnings update: Paychex, FedEx, Carnival, Chewy, Petco and Lululemon
Paychex’s Bob Schrader on reinvesting post-acquisition, FedEx’s John Dietrich details cost discipline and Lululemon’s Meghan Frank addresses tariff pressure and managing expenses "prudently."
By Adam Zaki • July 11, 2025 -
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How the Fed’s latest standoff is part of a long-standing American tradition
With inflation cooling and rates holding firm this Fourth of July, CFOs are caught in a political and monetary standoff rooted in centuries of conflict over central bank independence.
By Adam Zaki • July 1, 2025 -
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CFO targeted in ‘scorched earth’ cyberattack by Scattered Spider: Trial Balance
On a four-day hacking spree, hackers hijacked cloud admin rights, impersonated staff to block the company’s response and erased firewalls on their way out.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • June 30, 2025 -
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Q&AHow EY’s finance transformation team is approaching AI strategy
Deirdre Ryan, EY’s global finance transformation leader, details how her team is guiding both clients and EY’s own finance function through AI adoption.
By Adam Zaki • June 27, 2025
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