Corporate Finance: Page 8

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    Leaders of Miami investment firm face securities charges

    777 Partners Co-Founder Joshua Wander and CFO Damien Alfalla are named as defendants in a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    By • Oct. 27, 2025
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    Porsche’s operating profit plunges 99% as CFO manages EV reset: Trial Balance

    CFO Jochen Breckner says tariffs, dwindling Chinese demand and delayed vehicle models will weigh on earnings before margins can recover next year.

    By , • Oct. 27, 2025
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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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    Nvidia poised to be the first company with a $5T market cap

    Technology firms moving fast to create AI tools dominate the list of companies expected to reach significant market-cap milestones over the next year.

    By • Oct. 27, 2025
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    Meet the CFOs who podcast

    Some finance chiefs are turning to the airwaves to grow their personal networks, boost their companies’ brands and, in some cases, earn some extra money.

    By • Oct. 24, 2025
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    How Hightouch’s CFO Cherry Miao scaled finance to a $1.2B valuation

    The data activation company's finance leader shares how she developed a disciplined, people-focused strategy that produced real results. 

    By • Oct. 23, 2025
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    CFOs aim to keep SG&A costs below revenue growth

    Gartner’s 2026 Budget Assumptions survey shows finance chiefs targeting growth with a careful eye on headcounts.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
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    How Liquid Death’s new CFO plans to keep the brand’s hype alive

    Ricky Khetarpaul aims to guide the beverage company’s bold leap into energy drinks while keeping growth efficient and disciplined.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
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    Feds serve former Builder.ai CFO with a subpoena amid investigation: Trial Balance

    While on a layover in Dallas, former finance chief Andres Elizondo was served by FBI agents as prosecutors examine the collapse of the Microsoft-backed AI startup.

    By , • Oct. 20, 2025
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    Mid-market CFOs turn to readiness, retention and realism for 2026

    New research from the CFO Alliance and Diligent Institute shows mid-market finance leaders are entering 2026 focused on credibility, transaction discipline and people strategy.

    By • Oct. 17, 2025
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    The ‘bleisure’ divide reveals generational differences in business travel

    New data shows younger professionals see business travel as lifestyle currency, not just a job requirement, leaving leaders to try and align policy with sentiment.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    Accounting firms hop into business advising

    A new survey by information services firm Wolters Kluwer finds a notable uptick in the number of accounting firms offering business advisory services.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    8 takeaways from the Fall CFO Leadership Conference

    From AI skepticism to workforce development and gender representation, CFOs gathered in Austin, Texas, to discuss how their role is being redefined in real time.

    By • Oct. 10, 2025
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    Progress on gender diversity in boardrooms stalls out in 2025

    Government resistance to DEI initiatives triggers the pullback, according to a new report.

    By • Oct. 9, 2025
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    Finance’s $1.4T gap between strategy and execution

    Separate surveys from vendors Personiv and Medius reveal a widening disconnect between leadership priorities and the daily realities of finance teams.

    By • Oct. 8, 2025
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    ‘Healthy tension’ drives C-Suite pair at Double Good

    CFO Ahern Dull and Chief Growth Officer Jessica Doyle seek common ground as they hold each other accountable at the youth group fundraising company.

    By • Oct. 7, 2025
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    Hedge fund manager charged with hiding multimillion-dollar losses from investors: Trial Balance

    Prophecy Asset Management and CEO Jeffrey Spotts are alleged to have concocted fake documents and “sham transactions” to conceal massive fund losses.

    By , • Oct. 6, 2025
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    7 expectations for finance execs at the Fall CFO Leadership Conference

    Next week’s conference in Austin, Texas, will explore business transformation efforts, rising healthcare costs and AI’s role in the finance function.

    By • Oct. 3, 2025
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    Converge CFO on tripling EBITDA, navigating PE and leading change

    In her first year as CFO, Ying Miao has focused on efficiency, talent and technology while balancing the demands of a private equity-backed board.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    Pace of US bankruptcy filings continues to climb

    Even as equity markets surge, unsettled underlying economic trends are pushing more companies to seek protection from the courts.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    ‘Very frank conversations’ at the heart of CFO-CRO relationship at Planet DDS

    Stephen Fong, finance chief at the dental practice software provider, strives to balance fiduciary duty with CRO Mike Huffaker’s plans for growth.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    CFO conferences to attend in 2026

    At events across the globe, finance chiefs can expect to hear about the growing role of artifical intelligence, rising healthcare costs, leading under private equity and more.

    By • Updated 18 hours ago
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    In an increasingly automated world, soft skills still reign: CFO Live recap

    As finance teams and clients alike weigh new tech tools, leaders emphasize the need for clear and concise communication, among other skills.

    By • Oct. 1, 2025
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    Happy 40th birthday, Excel — CFOs reflect on its lasting role in finance

    Four decades after its debut, finance chiefs say Excel’s consistency, flexibility and shared language keep it central to corporate finance even as AI reshapes the tech stack.

    By • Sept. 30, 2025
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    Investors fall victim to alleged $112M retail Ponzi scheme: Trial Balance

    An investor group that once owned RadioShack and other distressed retail brands is at the center of the allegations.

    By , • Sept. 29, 2025
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    New Jersey CFO stole nearly $2M from low-income housing complex, prosecutor says

    John O’Donnell has been sentenced to seven years in New Jersey prison for the crime.

    By • Sept. 26, 2025