Caroline Crosdale

French, German and Irish regulators contacted their Italian colleagues to better understand the basis of the temporary ban.

Many startups were unable to access their funds during SVB's demise in part because they lacked CFOs.

With rising interest rates, out-of-control inflation and declining government support, 2023 marks the return of bankruptcies.

Li Qiang's lack of governing experience might be the very reason China's President Xi Jinping elevated him to such a powerful position.

Russia's war in Ukraine claims another casualty: the profits of European energy companies.

When the number of employees present in the office fluctuates daily, it becomes challenging for employers to justify maintaining empty cafeterias.

Audit companies face an audit by a government oversight agency and are found lacking.

Stephanie Linnartz will become CEO of Under Armour after spending 25 years at Marriott International.

Massive layoffs are affecting the tech sector worldwide with some 971 companies laying off more than 150,000 employees in 2022.

The FTC is suing to block the merger of Nvidia and Arm as well as the purchase of virtual-reality startup Within by Meta (Facebook).

CFOs are particularly eager to reduce debts that are linked to floating rates. 

Now that remote work has become the new normal for some companies, they are cutting back on office space to cut costs.

Some companies are eschwing the bond market for their financing needs.

Retreats are now regaining appeal after Covid-19 lockdowns forced teams to work purely from home.

A new SEC seeks to align CEO and close collaborators’ compensation with corporate results.

Multiple, competing Libor replacements are gaining momentum on both sides of the Atlantic.

Revlon has been struggling for years under a massive debt load and interest payments last year were double its operating income.

More than 300 companies went public via mergers with SPACs over the past two years, but many of these listings proved to be problematic.

Public companies are increasingly going private.

Iowa's largest home lender is changing how borrowers are vetted to boost minority home ownership.

Macron’s triumph does not give him a political mandate.

A survey by the Society of Human Resources Management shows that 86% of employers are willing to welcome back quitters.

Like BP, Norway’s Equinor and France’s TotalEnergies, Shell’s leadership decided that the war with Ukraine made it impossible to maintain its business in Russia. 

Companies and governments the world over have decided to postpone or cancel initial public offerings amid the economic instability caused by the war in Ukraine.

Academics and analysts acknowledge the severity of Russian sanctions. Nevertheless, there are still a few ways around them.

Small-cap and microcap companies often need to pay more attention to retail shareholders to make sure they understand the business and to avoid unexpected stock volatility.

A Goldman Sachs executive takes the reins at Hertz after the company filed for bankruptcy during the 2020 pandemic.

Michel Combes, a graduate of the France’s elite Ecole Polytechnique, has three decades of experience in the telecom industry. 

The acquisition also lets Microsoft get its foot into the metaverse’s door.

Supply chain troubles force CFOs to come up with creative solutions.

UBS's C-suite just got more diverse.

Splitting companies up into smaller, more manageable businesses is now in vogue.

CFOs must now tackle real-time emergencies and have the quick reflexes needed for crisis management.

During the worst part of the pandemic, M&A negotiations between banks were frozen but now bank M&A transactions are at their highest since 2008.

Britain's fourth-largest supermarket chain will now be owned by Americans.

Six-month lockup periods used to be the strong recommendation from banks that underwrote traditional IPOs; no longer.

Best Buy alum Sharon McCollam becomes CFO and president of the grocery powerhouse.

The growth of e-commerce growth and data breaches are reviving virtual cards.

Young companies are looking for veteran CFOs to navigate the SPAC explosion.

Rather than building up their reserves, financial institutions are reviving share buybacks and increasing dividends

The daughter of an immigrant, union leader Daniela Cavallo ascends to a leadership position within the German automaker's corporate structure.

Germany looks for outside help to deal with Wirecard's troubles.

Blackrock is incentivizing the hiring and promotion of minorities and women.

Paolo Rubano, Finance Transformation director at Italian insurance giant Generali Assicurazioni after a decade at France’s Axa, discusses the need for major multinationals to be more agile, more digital and more customer-centric.

The explosion of small investors moving unpopular stocks like Gamestop has bigger companies looking for ways to connect with them via social media.

The tech and medical sectors are leading the way on M&A.

Banks reward corporations that are serious about ESG.

French neobank Nickel partners with smokeshops instead of building a traditional network of brick-and-mortar branches.

London was once Europe's premier finance hub but Brexit has upended that.

Powerful investors are known for tackling gender wage gaps or unconscious bias, but hate speech is new.