Corporate Finance: Page 16


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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 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 Sept. 25, 2024
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    Top 5 stories from CFO.com

    From CPA licensure changes to undergoing a digital transformation, these are the most popular stories CFOs are reading. 

    By CFO.com staff
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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 , 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 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 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 , 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 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 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 , 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 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 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 , 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 , 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 , 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 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 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 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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    M&A market ticks up YoY, spurring hopes for big surge ahead

    166 deals valued at more than $100 million were completed globally during the second quarter of 2024.

    By July 23, 2024
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    Sam Altman-backed project releases data on largest US basic income study: Trial Balance

    On average, recipients worked 1.3 fewer hours per week and were 2 percentage points less likely to be employed. 

    By CFO Editorial Staff • July 22, 2024
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    47% of the world’s ‘unicorn’ companies are in the US

    The United States looks particularly primed for strong IPO activity over the next couple years.

    By July 16, 2024
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    MIT’s Acemoglu talks AI hype: Trial Balance

    This week’s docket includes a Q&A with Mandy Fields of e.l.f. Cosmetics, data on the surge of Asian IPO dominance and a new edition of the CFO Peer Audit series.

    By CFO Editorial Staff • July 15, 2024
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    Hackett Working Capital Survey: All cash conversion cycle elements degraded last year

    “It's really the continuation of inflation and supply chain issues [and] the market dynamics driving overall inventory that is making it much harder for companies to manage inventory,” said Hackett Group director Shawn Townsend.

    By July 10, 2024
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    After long decline, the number of restatements ticks upward

    “It is too early to tell if the increase in restatements toward the end of the sample period is a true inflection point or simply a brief disruption of the previous downward trend.”

    By July 3, 2024