Jan 3, 2025 · Dive Brief: Community Health Network will pay $6.3 million to its former CFO and Chief Operating Officer, Thomas Fischer, in an “employment related settlement” as part of a $145.7 million payment agreement relating to alleged violations of the Federal False Claims Act, according to company financial statements.

CFO Dive’s 2025 outlook roundup: Trends to watch In the new year, financial executives must prepare for significant federal policy shifts as well as for the next chapter in the still-unfolding story of generative AI.

Nov 18, 2024 · Calculating ROI on business travel . Business travel plays a key role in an organization's revenue. Per an Oxford study, 28% of current business would be lost without in-person meetings.However, an ACTE survey revealed, only 13% of organizations actively measure trip success rate and trip ROI.. The challenge is how to measure this success rate.

Nov 4, 2024 · Growing the Right Relationships. Consulting Allianz Trade in North America’s financial health insights also helps companies to avoid working with customers who are unlikely to pay them and maintain their cash flow in the event that occurs — as trade credit insurance may help replace covered losses through bad debt.

Jan 22, 2025 · Dive Insight: Several organizations have recently singled out the U.S. as an especially promising economy in 2025. The International Monetary Fund on Friday forecast that U.S. GDP will expand 2.7% this year, only a slight slowing from its estimate of 2.8% growth in 2024. “Underlying demand remains robust, reflecting strong wealth effects, a less restrictive monetary policy stance and ...

Jan 2, 2025 · Sentiment shifted last year, as consumers and B2B industrial customers, experiencing what Echter called “price fatigue,” pushed back against hikes after indices that had justified hikes began to decline. Then, too, the Federal Reserve’s multi-year campaign to slow the pace of price pressures brought the consumer price index rise to a 2.7% annual rate in November from 9.1% in July 2022.

Dec 10, 2024 · Dive Brief: Disney CFO Hugh Johnston is continuing to focus on slashing costs as the entertainment company looks to fund “big bets” including streaming and its parks and cruises, he said Monday during a fireside chat at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Dec 18, 2024 · Dive Brief: The Federal Reserve trimmed the main interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in its third straight reduction since September, while indicating that it may slow the pace of easing in 2025 compared with its prior projection.; Policymakers cut the federal funds rate to a range between 4.25% and 4.5% after weighing signs of a cooling labor market against data showing ...

Aug 20, 2024 · Dive Insight: A veteran of global technology company Integra LifeSciences Holdings, Coleman joined the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company as its CFO in September 2022 as part of a flurry of leadership shifts following the launch of an internal accounting probe by its audit and finance committees, CFO Dive reported at the time. That same month, Dentsply also appointed Simon Campion as its ...

Sep 20, 2024 · Dive Brief: A majority (83%) of CEOs surveyed globally predict that companies will shift to require a “full” return of employees to in-office work in the next three years, an increase from 64% the prior year, KPMG said, reporting on the findings of a survey of 1,300 chief executives conducted in July and August.; The report also revealed a generational divide in the executives’ sentiment ...