CFO Briefing’s fourth edition is out — with a shortlist of the hot-button issues finance chiefs are facing in the coming six months. Plus: How Kellanova manages currency risk in Nigeria.
Biogen Has Up to $10 billion for Its Next M&A Bets
On the heels of its up to $1.8 billion transaction for HI-Bio, Biogen is already looking for $8 billion to $10 billion in new deals, which could be funded by existing cash as well as debt.
From Nvidia to Chipotle, Stock Splits Are Back. Here’s Why
CFO Briefing’s third edition is out. This week’s highlights include why stock splits are turning into employee-retention tools, how 3M prepares for potential new litigation, and what finance chiefs worry about.
A Third of CFOs See US Elections Impacting Investment Decisions
Monetary policy, inflation and labor remain the top worries for finance chiefs for the coming 12 months, with nearly one-third of executives in a survey saying they are delaying, scaling down or permanently canceling investments due to uncertainty surrounding the US presidential election.
How CFOs Are Waiting Out a Cautious Fed
And here it is, the second edition of Bloomberg’s CFO Briefing! I spoke to the CFOs of Coca-Cola, Cisco and Adobe about Fed policy and its impact on their business and heard more from Grab’s CFO on how to get profitable.
Salesforce CFO Amy Weaver’s Three Rules for Chasing M&A
Salesforce has taken a more prudent approach to dealmaking since agreeing the $27.7 billion purchase of Slack in 2020. I caught up with CFO Amy Weaver to talk about the company’s current plans for M&A and what it looks for when pursuing a target.
Unpacking Alphabet’s CFO Search
Bloomberg’s inaugural CFO Briefing is out, with the latest on America’s biggest CFO job, Nissan’s view on the yen and the US presidential elections as well as exclusive M&A talk from Biogen.
Bloomberg CFO Briefing
On June 9, I’m launching a weekly newsletter at Bloomberg News, focusing on CFOs and business through the lens of corporate finance. Bloomberg’s CFO Briefing will hone in on corporate finance and other topics that matter to executives, including technology, geopolitics and economics, harvesting Bloomberg Terminal data. It will also serve as a launchpad for offerings for TV, radio, podcast and events at a later point in time.
Nvidia Leads Companies Minting Money as Interest Earned From Cash Surges
With interest rates at more than decade-highs, corporate finance chiefs are finding that money can indeed beget money.
Billionaire-Led QXO Hires Barclays Banker as First Finance Chief
QXO Inc., the new company of trucking billionaire Brad Jacobs, hired a Wall Street banker to run its finances as it gets closer to becoming a publicly-traded business.