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Gain insights into the management of big data and its impact on personal and professional lives in the finance industry.
03/13/2017
Structured data versus unstructured data: What's the difference?
03/06/2017
The latest FP&A Board roundtable centered on the reasons why business partnering continues to prove such an obstacle for FP&A professionals.
03/02/2017
In a recent AFP Conversations podcast, Anne-Marie Rice, director EMEA at AFP, discussed trends in FP&A, which she sees as the future of the finance function.
02/27/2017
Everyone needs to take the right amount of risk, and that implies driving risk-based decision-making into all levels of activity in your organization.
02/24/2017
Greg Litster, president of SAFEChecks, provides some tips to help treasury and finance professionals thwart business email compromise (BEC) scams.
02/23/2017
Clearly, there are a lot of valuable skills accounting professionals can bring to the FP&A role. But there’s also a lot they must learn.
02/21/2017
SWIFT's global payments innovation (gpi) service allows treasurers’ banks to provide them with faster, more transparent and traceable cross-border payments.
02/16/2017
AFP's new Executive Guide, underwritten by BNP Paribas, helps treasurers navigate the process of managing bank relationships.
02/14/2017
While the final 385 regulations are not as far-reaching as the initial ones, determining compliance with them should be a key focus for treasurers in 2017.
02/13/2017
As the CTP turns 30, we speak with some practitioners on why they chose to earn the certification, and the changes it’s gone through over the past three decades.
02/08/2017
While upcoming elections in Europe are not expected to fundamentally change the EU's future, a shakeup in Italy would be particularly concerning.
01/30/2017
Grady Walker, Treasurer and Finance Director for Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, explains why capital structure is so important for today's corporate treasury executive.
01/27/2017
Aurora Gregory explains how treasury and finance professionals can become thought leaders by presenting at AFP 2017 in San Diego and other conferences.
01/25/2017
By understanding the interrelationships between all the risk management players, it may be possible to obtain insights to better manage financial risk.
01/23/2017
A mix of analytics and judgment is required when devising a hedging program to manage financial risk.
01/19/2017
Understand the challenges faced by customers in comparing bank fees due to a lack of policing of the AFP Service Codes, as reported by practitioner members.
01/18/2017
Geopolitical risk is having a bigger impact on earnings than ever before, according to the 2017 AFP Risk Survey, supported by Marsh & McLennan Companies.
01/17/2017
A big part of where FP&A sits on the maturity curve is determined by what budgeting and forecasting techniques it uses in the planning process.
01/11/2017
Kimberly Karg, CTP, assistant treasurer of Chanel, discusses how her organization implemented a treasury and risk management solution.
01/10/2017
Here are some general tips and information to help make your FP&A Exam day run a little more smoothly.
01/06/2017
There is one interest rate strategy that can be employed to not only potentially benefit from the normalization of the yield curve, but also accelerate the deductibility of capital loss carryforwards.
01/05/2017
Understand key considerations for adjusting hedge coverage over time, taking into account market expectations and derivative contract prices.
01/04/2017
A recently published AFP Guide outlines three pillars for constructing an effective partnership between finance and the operations.
01/03/2017
One tool every FP&A professional swears by is the dashboard, a quick one page capture of key performance indicators.
12/16/2016
Christine Watkins, vice president, global FP&A and business transformation for Molson Coors, discusses capex planning at her company.
12/14/2016
From a corporate treasurer’s perspective, building good relationships with rating agencies is a long-term, time-intensive process.
12/12/2016
The prediction likely to have a significant impact in 2017 is that predictive analytics could revolutionize electronic payments. Here’s how.
12/12/2016
AFP wants you to share your expertise with treasury and finance professionals at AFP 2017 in San Diego. Apply now to lead an educational session.
12/05/2016
Despite huge industry advancements, far too many treasury professionals are still struggling to meet the rapidly changing and growing demands of their day-to-day work.
12/05/2016
FP&A is spending more of its time and effort trying to work closely with the business to find solutions, improve decision-making and drive better results.
11/22/2016
Explore the increasing importance of speed in corporate treasurers' perspective on payments, as highlighted by Liz Oakes of McKinsey & Co. during a session at Payments International.
11/17/2016
Are strategic planning and long-range planning one and the same? Not at all, finance executives agree.
11/16/2016
There’s a concept called risk-adjusted forecasting. It’s a way to stress-test the forecast for the major risks facing the company.
11/09/2016
Managing cyberrisk is plagued by a fundamental challenge: how to characterize enterprise cyberrisk in a way that lends itself to management action.
11/02/2016
At the FP&A Roundtable, sponsored by Peleton, participants admitted that getting support from the top is not always easy.
11/01/2016
Kathryn Powers, Global Treasurer for World Vision International, discusses her organization's Pinnacle Award-winning solution. The Pinnacle Awards are sponsored by Wells Fargo & Company.
10/31/2016
Discover how a top fashion house implemented a treasury and risk management system at the AFP Annual Conference.
10/25/2016
What is the real value that FP&A adds to the enterprise? That was the overarching question facing participants of the FP&A Roundtable, sponsored by Peloton.
10/24/2016
A key theme of the opening panel discussion at AFP 2016 was the threat posed by the evolution of technology.
10/24/2016
Connect with your FP&A peers and industry leaders in Austin March 17-19 at the AFP FP&A Forum. Register by January 15 to save $400.