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Journalist covering CFOs. NOT a CFO. Read CFOLeadership.com and the Finance & Accounting Technology Briefing. See you at FATE expo Nov 13-14, 2025.

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Corporations Resist Bitcoin and Question Who Will Regulate

Corporations Resist Bitcoin and Question Who Will Regulate

Why finance and treasury departments are keeping their distance from the virtual currency. On a purely abstra…

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Big Data Helps Find Companies That Manipulate Earnings

Big Data Helps Find Companies That Manipulate Earnings

Analytical models from academia and the SEC could help expose everything from poor-quality earnings to outrig…

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I'm not exactly a fan of private equity ...

I'm not exactly a fan of private equity ...

but an E&Y study I wrote about yesterday claims they are creating value - with returns higher than the public…

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Systemic Risk: A New Canary in the Coal Mine?

Systemic Risk: A New Canary in the Coal Mine?

To spot when systemic risks are building, financial markets could use a new canary in the coal mine. Forget c…

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Selling Method: A Consumer Brand Gets Acquired

Selling Method: A Consumer Brand Gets Acquired

Andrea Freedman, the former CFO of Method Products, thinks there are lessons to be learned from Method's sale…

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Too Small to Survive

Too Small to Survive

Instead of capping the size of banks or downright eliminating gigantic financial institutions, how about cull…

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PCAOB chair charts new course for audit inspections

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By Vincent Ryan Verified
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The PCAOB has entered a new phase, similar to where it was in 2022: After threats to its existence, budget battles, salary cuts (that was new), close to wholesale replacement of the members and the chair, and intermittent signals of a new direction, it’s now laying out its grand plan.
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Share buybacks: Are you doing it wrong?

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Share buybacks have a definite place in the public company CFOs’ arsenal for deploying capital. Returning excess cash to equity holders (the owners) of the business is one of the moves that make the most sense when higher return investments aren’t available and earnings per share could use a boost. Less discussed is how to do it most effectively—that is, create maximum value for management and shareholders by timing the execution better.
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FASB and the SEC want more disclosures on these topics

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The annual Baruch College Financial Reporting Conference in New York is probably the nerdiest conference for accountants and CFOs that we know of, or would dare to attend. But it’s also a great place to hear from the people behind the lettered government agencies about their priorities for the year. And this year’s event on May 7 didn’t disappoint. While we hope to scatter more of what we learned throughout our coverage this year, here are three things we heard that you’ll want to know.
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