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While big M&A deals abound, many smaller ones hit pause button
Rate cuts and improved valuations stoke large acquisitions, but election concerns delay other transaction timelines.
By David McCann • Oct. 14, 2024 -
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Bankruptcy bandwagon gets more crowded
Recent pace of filings is 43% higher than the annual average between 2005 and 2023.
By David McCann • Oct. 9, 2024 -
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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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7 possible discussion topics at CFO Leadership Conference West: Trial Balance
Here are the expected CFO talking points from one of the most coveted and legacy leadership groups in the CFO networking space this week.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • Oct. 7, 2024 -
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CFOs’ faith in the future remains strong
Amid headwinds, finance execs still eye 7% revenue growth and 4% pricing growth in 2025.
By David McCann • Oct. 7, 2024 -
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86% of controllers expect their roles will change in five years
Over a quarter of those expecting change say the new work will require a different or unknown skill set, according to new data from EY.
By Adam Zaki • Oct. 2, 2024 -
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar attempts to quell investor fears via email: Trial Balance
After the departure of three technology executives, the company's recently hired CFO sent an email to investors attempting to reassure the company's potential and growth opportunities.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Energy CFOs see good times ahead
Only 15% think the effects from global economic conditions will be negative for the industry.
By David McCann • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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30% of CFOs are scaling back investments amid election uncertainty: Duke-Fed Q3 survey
While the majority of CFOs do not anticipate election-related uncertainty to hinder investment plans, a meaningful minority are preparing for a negative impact.
By Adam Zaki • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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Stripe shows signs of IPO, despite CEO comments
The company, which offers payments processing software, has kept its plans close to the vest, but industry insiders say they’ve seen clues.
By Patrick Cooley • Sept. 24, 2024 -
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Private equity’s growing buy-in to public accounting stirs concern: Trial Balance
The upcoming election could impact the trend of PE firms buying stakes in large public accounting firms, potentially reducing equity-based partner roles and adding to the industry's talent challenges.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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AICPA, NASBA propose competency-driven CPA licensure path
The AICPA and NASBA say they’re working together to address the accounting shortage and controversial 150-credit hour requirement by creating a new set of requirements to earn a CPA license.
By Adam Zaki • Sept. 18, 2024 -
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Budgets for base salaries expected to soar again in 2025
For a third year in a row, workers’ salaries are set to grow at a pace rarely seen in decades.
By David McCann • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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Boeing CFO says strike’s financial impact depends on its duration: Trial Balance
After making aggressive goals around free cash flow and manufacturing numbers, Boeing CFO Brian West says the company wants to “hammer out” a deal.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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5 Future of Finance event takeaways for CFOs
From protecting data in AI models to filling open finance roles, finance leaders came together to discuss several hot topics at this week’s CFO.com virtual conference.
By Lauren Muskett • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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Invoice fraud costs average company more than $1M per year
Forty-three percent of finance executives admit they’ve fallen victim to a deep-fake scam.
By David McCann • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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BLS jobs report data indicates continuing economic shift: Trial Balance
Recent job report figures indicate a furthering of the decrease in availability of full-time work, and immigration's impact on the job market for American-born workers.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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August earnings update: CFOs of Affirm, Nvidia, Intuit, Eli Lilly, Yeti and Bumble offer outlook
Kelly Dilts discusses Dollar General’s customers’ purchasing behavior, Affirm has a “killer quarter” and Nvidia’s Colette Kress highlights new areas for growth.
By Adam Zaki • Aug. 30, 2024 -
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PE firms set their sights on an M&A surge
Private equity dealmakers are more bullish than their corporate counterparts on the M&A market’s outlook well into 2025.
By David McCann • Aug. 21, 2024 -
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Goldman Sachs lowers US recession risk to 20%: Trial Balance
The investment bank’s economists said if the August jobs report is healthy, they would “probably cut [the U.S.] recession probability back to 15%.”
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • Aug. 19, 2024 -
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Layoffs at Dell and possibly Cisco raise concerns about job market and AI: Trial Balance
In the context of recent global market dips and doubt around AI, this month's batch of layoffs so far doesn’t indicate a promising job market for the remainder of the year.
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • Aug. 12, 2024 -
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Elliot Management letter says AI is overhyped and Nvidia is in ‘bubble land’: Trial Balance
The leaked letter to investors said AI uses are “never going to be cost-efficient, are never going to actually work right, will take up too much energy or will prove to be untrustworthy.”
By Lauren Muskett , Adam Zaki • Aug. 5, 2024 -
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Auto industry’s innovation push brings ‘startup’ capital structure: Hackett Working Capital Survey
“[Automakers are] still experiencing some pretty good growth..but it’s all happening while their costs are getting higher."
By Adam Zaki • July 31, 2024 -
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The CFO Earnings Dispatch
Monthly updates on interesting takes from CFOs on their company's earnings calls.
By Adam Zaki • Updated Dec. 11, 2025 -
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July earnings update: CFOs of Alphabet, Tesla, BlackRock and AT&T offer outlook
CFOs from publicly traded companies of all sizes verbalized various takes during their earnings calls this month.
By Adam Zaki • July 30, 2024 -
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CFOs evaluate generative AI’s promises: Trial Balance
CFOs expectations for AI and gen AI are high.
By CFO Editorial Staff • July 29, 2024
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