Risk Management: Page 12


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    Return-to-office delays burden regional bank real estate portfolios

    “There's been a Frankenstein from the pandemic that's been created, and we don't know how to stop it,” TD Bank’s Gregory Carlisle said last week.

    By April 2, 2024
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    AT&T hit with proposed class action suit over massive data breach

    The breach was a “direct result” of AT&T’s failure to implement adequate cybersecurity procedures, the suit alleges.

    By April 2, 2024
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    Compensation: solving the cost-talent puzzle

    In today’s strong labor market, CFOs leery of raising wages find creative ways to find and retain key employees.

    By CFO Dive staff
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    IPO market strengthens as economy defies recession forecasts: EY

    Investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence may spur companies to go public in coming months, EY said.

    By April 1, 2024
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    Inflation ‘bursts’ may exceed Fed’s 2% target due to public debt: Brookings

    Policymakers face several inflationary forces, including rising spending on defense and aging populations, economists said in a Brookings paper.

    By March 29, 2024
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    Ford CFO: Bridge collapse will likely ‘lengthen’ supply chain

    The automaker will have to divert parts to other ports along the East Coast or elsewhere in the U.S., Ford’s finance chief said Tuesday.

    By March 27, 2024
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    Open Lending taps CFO for interim CEO, COO

    Open Lending is leaning on its CFO of four years to position it for growth as it prepares for the “inevitable” recovery of the auto lending industry.   

    By March 26, 2024
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    AI scales up fraud controls, but humans still vital

    AI analytics technology is turbocharging anti-fraud measures through its ability to process oceans of financial data.

    By Chris Gaetano • March 26, 2024
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    Tax-free M&A comes in crosshairs of bipartisan Senate legislation

    An effort to scuttle deal-making tax exemptions coincides with signs of life in M&A after a severe slump last year.

    By March 25, 2024
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    Office real estate value likely to plunge 26% through 2025: Moody’s

    An above-average amount of commercial real estate debt will soon mature and property owners will need to refinance at the highest rates in years, Moody’s said.

    By March 22, 2024
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    Companies plan 4.5% pay raises this year, outpacing inflation: Payscale

    As price pressures fall, pay increases will help employees recover from the highest inflation in four decades, Payscale said.

    By March 21, 2024
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    Fed forecasts three, quarter-point rate cuts in 2024, holds main rate steady

    Central bank officials upgraded their projection for 2024 economic growth to 2.1% while predicting unemployment will end the year at 4%.

    By March 20, 2024
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    CFOs play it safe on AI spending

    Close to two-thirds (62%) of CFOs responding to a Deloitte poll anticipated an allocation of less than 1% of their organization’s budget for GenAI next year.

    By March 19, 2024
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    SEC busts company behind $300M crypto Ponzi scheme targeting Latinos

    Under the leadership of Gary Gensler, the SEC has intensified efforts to protect investors involved in what he calls the “Wild West” of crypto assets.

    By March 15, 2024
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    Audit committees rank cybersecurity as top priority amid SEC crackdown

    Cyberattacks are just one of several rapidly changing threats confronting audit committees, according to the Center for Audit Quality and Deloitte.

    By March 14, 2024
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    EU lawmakers pass sweeping AI rules with global reach, stiff penalties

    Penalties include up to €35 million or 7% of a company’s total worldwide annual turnover — whichever is higher — for violations of a ban on “emotion recognition” in the workplace.

    By March 13, 2024
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    Inflation exceeds forecasts, affirming Fed’s caution on initial rate cut

    Futures trading suggested that the odds that policymakers will cut the main interest rate by at least a quarter point on May 1 have plunged to 11% from 52% a month ago.

    By March 12, 2024
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    New SEC cyber rules draw ‘question-begging’ breach disclosures

    Filers may be opening the door to investor confusion by reporting breaches that don’t appear to be “material” as described, without explaining why they’re doing so.

    By March 12, 2024
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    AI deepfakes targeted in Biden’s State of the Union speech

    The president’s remarks come amid growing concerns about the potential use of deepfakes to wreak havoc in elections or perpetrate fraud against businesses.

    By March 12, 2024
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    CEO confidence, capital spending plans rise: Business Roundtable

    Like CEOs, economists at large companies have grown more optimistic and foresee stepped up spending on business fixed investment this year, Wolters Kluwer said.

    By March 11, 2024
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    Visa spends ‘billions’ battling cybersecurity threats

    “We are all in an arms race to protect this ecosystem, to protect the network,” Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said at an investor conference last week.

    By Lynne Marek • March 11, 2024
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    Regional bank execs push back on CRE risk fears

    Regional banks are working to manage exposure to the office sector, but executives say they will skirt a regional banking crisis.

    By March 8, 2024
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    Powell assailed by Democrats calling on Fed to cut rates from 23-year high

    The Fed chair said that policymakers will likely begin trimming borrowing costs sometime this year if data show that inflation is steadily falling.

    By March 7, 2024
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    Powell predicts commercial real estate woes will most afflict smaller banks

    The Fed, bankers and commercial real estate executives have warned of turbulence as property owners struggle to refinance debt at higher rates.

    By March 6, 2024
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    Gender diversity on boards correlates with high credit quality: Moody’s

    Investors seek greater gender and racial diversity on corporate boards, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    By March 5, 2024
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    Tech startup Slice raises $7M for equity compensation platform

    The funding will help the startup to further develop the platform while expanding its geographic reach, according to CEO Maor Levran.

    By March 5, 2024