Strategy & Operations: Page 56


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    Sprinkles' new CFO to guide cupcake maker's growth, navigate inflation

    Like many companies facing rising input costs, Sprinkles recently raised prices, bringing the average cost of one of its cupcakes to $4.50.  

    By Feb. 4, 2022
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    Fewer companies expected to issue low-yield convertible bonds

    The last two years marked a high point for zero-coupon bonds. Rising interest rates are taking that option off the table. 

    By Robert Freedman • Feb. 4, 2022
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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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    CFOs should adopt strategies of activist investors: Gartner

    CFOs should advance beyond the role of reviewer or advisor and serve as an “activist,” crafting a business strategy and investment portfolio that maximizes long-term value.

    By Feb. 4, 2022
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    More states step up to guide LIBOR transition, provide stopgap solution

    States are recognizing that they may not be able to wait for a federal solution. 

    By Feb. 3, 2022
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    Opinion

    Intangibles are your valuation key, even if capital tightens

    If 2022 is the year investors start applying more scrutiny to the companies they fund, the value of your intangible assets can be the difference in getting, or not getting, the price you want.  

    By Tyler Capson • Feb. 3, 2022
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    SPAC industry promotes myths in a 'deep fraud,' former SEC official says

    Promoters of SPACs have upheld several "myths" to ensure steady income from a boom in the so-called blank-check companies, according to a former senior SEC official.

    By Feb. 2, 2022
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    How Vimeo refashioned its funnel from consumers to business

    CFOs and the rest of the C-suite must be all-in if a company is to transform itself from one model to another, CEO Anjali Sud says.

    By Robert Freedman • Feb. 2, 2022
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    DE&I gains in private equity firms despite being rare deal-breaker – EY

    Private equity firms are feeling some pressure from limited partners to pursue diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to Kyle Burrell of EY.

    By Feb. 2, 2022
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    Fewer companies plan to hold cash this quarter: survey

    More companies plan to deploy cash this quarter compared with Q4. They intend to grow their businesses, pay down debt and improve employee hiring and retention.

    By Feb. 1, 2022
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    Talent shortage turns audits into tactical issue

    Delays mean companies can face hurdles raising capital, securing financing or making financials available to buyers interested in an acquisition.

    By Robert Freedman • Feb. 1, 2022
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    Office rent decline gives CFOs potential cost-saving opportunities

    Since early in the pandemic, effective U.S. office rents have fallen 13.3% and office vacancies have risen to a nearly 20-year high, according to Cushman & Wakefield. 

    By Jan. 31, 2022
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    CFOs slow to upgrade cash tracking despite pandemic: Forrester

    Aligning accounts payable and accounts receivable can reduce fraud, increase agility and spark profit-boosting insights. Yet few companies are seizing on the opportunity.

    By Jan. 31, 2022
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    Long-term investor frees new Fender CFO to think bigger than exit

    Servco Pacific allows Fender to consider strategic opportunities that private equity would typically shy away from, according to Matt Janopaul.

    By Jan. 28, 2022
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    Supply chain overhaul brings benefits with tax complexity: EY

    Although the pandemic revealed the costs of relying on a global supply chain, companies that bring production home may face a big tax bill.

    By Jan. 28, 2022
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    C-suite sees war for talent topping risks in 'expensive' 2022: PwC

    Executives will face rising travel costs this year as the pandemic evolves into an endemic, according to Tim Ryan of PwC. 

    By Jan. 27, 2022
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    Inflation will persist through 2023 even if pandemic fades: Conference Board

    Federal Reserve efforts to curb inflation will probably collide against several inflationary forces, including reshoring of production and shortages of both workers and semiconductors.

    By Jan. 27, 2022
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    What your cap table looks like after the company has managed through several quarters will tell you more than how well its initial raise performed, says Alan Black.

    By Robert Freedman • Jan. 27, 2022
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    NEXT Insurance CFO aims to focus growth, spending

    “The old question that never gets old is, ‘how do you balance growth and profitability?’” Teodora Gouneva said. 

    By Jan. 26, 2022
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    CFOs need to change how they discuss inflation: Gartner

    Rising price pressures have pushed inflation toward the top of agenda items during earnings calls, prompting some needed changes in tactics by CFOs.

    By Jan. 26, 2022
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    Bank of America to give restricted-stock bonuses to rank and file

    Full-time, U.S.-based employees making less than $500,000 a year will get 65 to 600 restricted stock units, scheduled to vest over four years beginning in 2023, the bank said Tuesday in a memo.

    By Robin Bradley • Jan. 26, 2022
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    CFOs 'managing blind' the rising pressure for ESG gains: Accenture

    Companies lack the expertise and consistent metrics for satisfying growing investor demand for sustainable operations.

    By Jan. 25, 2022
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    Efforts to reach younger customers paying off, American Express CFO says

    Revenues last year were well above original expectations, Amex CFO Jeff Campbell said during a call with analysts, and that's "part of what emboldens us to launch our new growth plan."

    By Caitlin Mullen • Jan. 25, 2022
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    Kraft Heinz looks inside to tap new CFO Andre Maciel

    Maciel has the type of cultural profile that 3G Capital likes and the skill set they love, according to Josh Crist, co-managing partner at Crist | Kolder Associates. 

    By Jan. 25, 2022
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    Sales rising but more companies expect falling profits: NABE

    A steady increase in profits may falter at some companies this quarter in the face of shortages caused by the omicron variant of COVID-19.

    By Jan. 24, 2022
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    Net recovery rate: the vital KPI you might be overlooking

    Companies are leaving money on the table by writing off too many chargebacks. Better data can make it cost effective to improve your net recovery rate.  

    By Monica Eaton-Cardone • Jan. 24, 2022