CFO

CFO is a monthly publication based in the United States that caters to chief financial officers (CFOs) and other financial leaders in various companies. It was first introduced in 1985. The magazine was acquired by The Economist Group in 1988, and later, in 2010, it was sold to Seguin Partners, a private equity firm. In 2016, Argyle Executive Forum, a company focused on delivering business insights and leadership content to top professionals from Fortune 1000 companies across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, purchased CFO from Seguin Partners.

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Can Trump oust Powell? Court cases may shift precedent: Trial Balance

3 days ago | cfo.com | Adam Zaki

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Trial Balance is CFO.com’s weekly preview of stories, stats and events to help you prepare. After publicly criticizing him multiple times this year, the White House said Friday it is evaluating options for removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Why intoxicating hemp is a growing threat to regulated cannabis businesses

6 days ago | cfo.com | Adam Zaki

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. For CFOs dealing with a competitor who has less regulatory scrutiny because of a technicality or slight difference in product, the current challenge for cannabis companies competing against hemp-derived cannabis products will sound like familiar territory. Hemp (cannabis containing less than 0.3% delta-9 THC) is federally legal under the 2018 Farm Bill.
The regulatory and tax challenges of cannabis in 2025

6 days ago | cfo.com | Adam Zaki

An article from This multi-part series offers finance leaders insight into the state of cannabis finance and the regulatory hurdles that continue to complicate its accounting practices. The cannabis business offers CFOs a real-time case study in navigating complex regulation and business development. As the industry expands amid shifting federal and state rules, finance leaders can examine how companies adapt their accounting, tax strategy and growth plans.
The cost-benefit of rescheduling cannabis

6 days ago | cfo.com | Adam Zaki

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Cannabis products have undergone legalization processes in several states, making the legal and financial challenges arising from varying rollout processes, differences in state legality and the federal government’s Schedule I classification of cannabis an intriguing topic for CFOs navigating complex regulatory and market conditions in other industries.
Zeta CFO Chris Greiner on risk, forecasting and public speaking

1 week ago | cfo.com | Adam Zaki

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. When Chris Greiner stepped away from the CFO role to lead product, operations and sales at a healthcare analytics company, he didn’t expect it would completely reshape how he viewed finance. But carrying a bag, managing a go-to-market strategy and reporting to shareholders from the front lines gave him a new perspective of the real job of a CFO.
4 steps for CFOs to mitigate tariff risk

1 week ago | cfo.com | Lauren Muskett

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The following is a guest post from Vivek Saxena, finance and accounting service line leader at Genpact. Opinions are the author’s own. If the past several weeks have taught us anything about the ongoing tariffs discussion, it’s that none of us can accurately predict the future, not even tomorrow.
The science, art and soul of being a CFO beyond the spreadsheet

1 week ago | cfo.com | Lauren Muskett

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The following is a guest post from Stacey Ryan-Cornelius, global CFO at Ogilvy. Opinions are the author’s own. Finance leaders, particularly in creative industries, are often perceived as obstacles — number crunchers, bean counters, budget enforcers, the rainstorm of reality that crashes down on creativity’s wildest parades.
The CFO’s guide to an effective delegation of authority policy

1 week ago | cfo.com | Lauren Muskett

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The following is a guest post from Kelley Pruetz, principal research lead at APQC. Opinions are the author’s own. Delegation of authority policies provides a framework for making many of an organization’s most important financial decisions. Effective DOA policies help to mitigate risk, ensure compliance and empower the right people to act on behalf of the business.
Former Siena Heights University CFO says she was fired for finding fraud: Trial Balance

1 week ago | cfo.com | Lauren Muskett |Adam Zaki

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Trial Balance is CFO.com’s weekly preview of stories, stats and events to help you prepare. Debi Andrews, the former CFO of Siena Heights University, a small Catholic college in Adrian, Michigan, claims she was fired for refusing to lie to the school’s board of directors about budget irregularities and for allegedly advising a colleague to file a sex discrimination complaint against university president Douglas Palmer.
A CFO’s guide to IP litigation, inspired by UGG’s trademark battle

1 week ago | cfo.com | Adam Zaki

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. For finance teams, there are lessons to be learned that often happen in adjacent industries or professional disciplines. In the legal world, the outcome of the global intellectual property battle for the term “ugg” is one that finance chiefs — especially in a world of growing risk responsibility and the importance of IP integrity — should be paying attention to.