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The formation of GENIUS Act regulations marches on, with the US government seeking public comments this summer on various aspects that should be of keen interest to corporate treasurers. There are looming deadlines coming up in July and August. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking comment on proposed rules ensuring that payment stablecoin issuers and state-qualified payment stablecoin issuers comply with laws countering money laundering and finance of terrorism.

One of the arguments in favour of bringing in a chief financial officer from a different industry is that while technical capabilities can be acquired, personality or mindset is a lot harder to change. It has even been suggested that recruiting exclusively on industry experience leads to a degree of ‘intellectual inbreeding’ that creates excessive comfort with the status quo. When you bring in a CFO from outside your sector, you get someone who isn’t carrying your industry’s assumptions.

The facility, which is aligned with the Loan Market Association’s (‘LMA’) Green Loan Principles, is the second student accommodation financing by Aviva Investors as part of its Multi-Sector Private Debt strategy and follows the provision of a green loan towards construction of a 283-unit PBSA scheme in Elephant & Castle, London, in May.

COMAVA supports organisations in developing data-driven corporate performance management by combining business advisory with technology implementation. The company works across finance, controlling, ESG, accounting, data foundations, and IT infrastructure, helping customers bring people, processes, and data together to support more value-driven decisions and more efficient operations.

14th July 2026 — Citi Chair and CEO Jane Fraser said, “With net income up 45%, this was Citi’s best quarterly revenue in a decade with double-digit revenue growth for the firm and in four out of our five busineses.

The latest global CFO turnover index from Russell Reynolds Associates highlights the recruitment challenge facing corporates. While the percentage of listed companies that appointed a new CFO in the first three months of this year (4.9%) was down from the record level recorded in the same period last year (5.2%), the 89 appointments made between January and March meant it remained above the seven-year Q1 average. In addition, organisations continue to prioritise proven public company experience.

From nurturing treasury talent to promoting Ireland as a destination of choice, the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers (IACT) is nothing if not ambitious. As John James Dunne, founder of Elevate Treasury Advisory and a past President of the IACT, observes: “The scale of work delivered by the IACT Committee in such a short period has been truly remarkable.” When Dunne joined the IACT committee in 2022, the association already had a well-established mentoring programme in place.

In contrast to the first three months of 2026, which saw a record-breaking 12 mega deals (valued over $10 billion) completed, only three such deals closed in the second quarter, according to the WTW data run in partnership with the M&A Research Centre at Bayes Business School. Large deals (valued over $1bn) were also down during the same period, with 48 transactions closed in the last three months compared to 56 in the previous quarter.

6th July 2026 — American finance and risk leaders have a growth problem, and it starts with the word “no.” More than half (57%) say they would rather turn an opportunity down than build the case for it, even when the upside is clear.