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Papa John’s taps Nike exec for CFO
Ravi Thanawala takes on his new role next month as the company seeks to open more locations.
By Elizabeth Flood • June 26, 2023 -
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By Arvind V. S. • June 26, 2023 -
Trendline
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.
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Treasurers trim cash allocations to banks: AFP survey
This year big companies cut back their bank deposits and allocated more of their short-term cash to government security-backed funds.
By Chris Gaetano • June 23, 2023 -
Accountants need to advance ‘social agenda’: ACCA
The accounting profession should not delay in helping ensure a “just transition” and promoting social welfare, the ACCA said.
By Jim Tyson • June 23, 2023 -
Opinion
B2B must embrace digital payments
“B2B organizations have been slow to adapt to the changing demands and expectations of Gen Z,” writes a payments company vice president. “This is a huge mistake, and it can cost them dearly in the long run.”
By Justin Main • June 23, 2023 -
SEC General Counsel defends climate risk disclosure rule
Republican lawmakers accused the SEC’s top attorney of stonewalling requests for information on the agency’s regulation and enforcement.
By Jim Tyson • June 22, 2023 -
Judge delays hearing on suits piling up against SVB, execs
Just over three months after SVB Financial Group was closed by regulators, at least four proposed class actions have been filed against the firm and its former top executives.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 21, 2023 -
Powell signals Fed likely to hike rates again this year
High inflation has persisted far longer than Fed policymakers and private sector analysts expected, Powell said in testimony to a House committee.
By Jim Tyson • June 21, 2023 -
How Infinera’s CFO practices what she preaches
CFO Nancy Erba dishes on how she strives to lead by example when it comes to women in the workplace.
By Elizabeth Flood • June 21, 2023 -
Visa hires CFO replacement
Card giant Visa has selected Chris Suh as its new chief financial officer. Suh, formerly at gaming company Electronic Arts and tech titan Microsoft, will receive a $3 million signing bonus and $20 million in longer-term compensation.
By Lynne Marek • June 20, 2023 -
Smallest businesses hold gloomier outlooks: Amex
The survey’s findings dovetail with a number of recent reports that are revealing flagging business and consumer confidence in a number of corners of the economy.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 20, 2023 -
Remote work erodes productivity by 4%: NY Fed
Employees who worked remotely before the pandemic continue to be 8% less productive than their peers who worked in the office before the onset of COVID-19, the New York Fed found in a case study.
By Jim Tyson • June 20, 2023 -
Carlyle Group promotes insider to CFO seat
Following longtime CFO Curt Buser’s decision to retire, the global investment firm has appointed a company veteran and Goldman Sachs alum to the financial helm.
By Elizabeth Flood • June 20, 2023 -
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AI may annually boost US productivity 0.7% through 2040: McKinsey
Unlike many prior advances in technology, generative AI will likely prove most jarring to highly educated workers, McKinsey said.
By Jim Tyson • June 16, 2023 -
EY CEO’s retirement sounds new leadership alarm
Carmine Di Sibio’s exit and the firm’s abandonment of “Project Everest” may signal a new era of leadership, as well as a new structure to complete the breakup of EY’s consulting and auditing arms.
By Elizabeth Flood • June 16, 2023 -
Kroger execs still feel inflation’s pinch, glimpse relief
The grocery giant is still grappling with rising prices as well as the end of pandemic-era food benefits that is constraining budgets of many lower-income customers.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 15, 2023 -
Suppliers gained clout as DPO dipped: Hackett
The number of days payable outstanding — a key gauge of cash flow health — fell 8% last year or 4.7 days, according to the Hackett Group.
By Chris Gaetano • June 15, 2023 -
Trump-leaning counties gain half of investment under Biden: Brookings
A Biden administration program to create a “leading-edge, techno-industrial base” and strengthen the middle class has disproportionately benefited Trump supporters.
By Jim Tyson • June 15, 2023 -
Five Below poaches McDonalds alum for CFO
The extreme-budget retailer is reshuffling its C-suite, with Ken Bull’s promotion to COO and Kristy Chipman’s appointment to CFO.
By Elizabeth Flood • June 15, 2023 -
Wells Fargo CFO warns of commercial real estate weakness
Wells Fargo CFO Michael P. Santomassimo is the latest big bank executive to detail commercial real estate distress and its potential impact on lenders.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 14, 2023 -
EY Global Chairman walks out following failed split
EY’s planned split, announced in September, collapsed as the accounting giant continues to go through layoffs and other troubles culminating now in an early exit from their CEO.
By Elizabeth Flood • June 14, 2023 -
Fed pauses tightening while raising end-of-year rate projection
Before its next meeting in late July, the central bank plans to assess the impact from the most aggressive monetary tightening in four decades.
By Jim Tyson • June 14, 2023 -
Inflation cools, increasing odds of pause in Fed rate hikes
Traders in interest-rate futures predict the Fed on Wednesday will forgo a rate increase, postponing a further tightening until late July.
By Jim Tyson • June 13, 2023 -
Chico’s promotes senior finance exec to CFO seat
As Patrick Guido moves on to “another opportunity,” former interim CFO and current chief accounting officer David Oliver takes the financial helm.
By Elizabeth Flood • June 13, 2023