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2019 started on a sour note with financial markets deep in correction territory, after one of the worst Decembers on record for North American equities. The sell-off was not limited to stocks; cyclical commodities and other risk assets were also in sharp retreat. Money flooded into the safest of assets, lowering global bond yields despite a tightening bias in global monetary policy. Markets were convinced that a weakening world economy, increased protectionism, heightened political risks, and tighter monetary policy were running the risk of a global recession.
In this issue of CFO Insights, we’ll examine how finance executives can contribute to remaking the culture to facilitate digital transformation and thereby advance the company’s "digital maturity"—the extent to which a company can exploit the opportunities enabled by digital transformation.
This Heads Up discusses the recent issuance of FASB Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2019-10, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates. The ASU (1) provides a framework to stagger effective dates for future major accounting standards and (2) amends the effective dates for certain major new accounting standards to give implementation relief to certain types of entities. Specifically, ASU 2019-10 changes some effective dates for ASU 2017-12 on hedging, ASU 2016-02 on leasing, ASU 2016-13 on current expected credit losses, and ASU 2017-04 on simplifying the goodwill impairment test.
As companies innovate with growing speed for an increasingly diverse customer base, the business case for diversity and inclusion in technology has never been clearer. CIOs can fuel more effective and ethical innovation by embedding diversity and inclusion within technology teams.
Digital transformation and the increase in reliance in digital usage can create a need for increased human connection between brands and their customers, workforce, and partners. We conducted over 80 interviews with subject matter experts to identify seven distinct global marketing trends for 2020 including: Agility, Participation, Talent, Purpose, Human experience, Trust and Fusion.
Make no mistake: CPOs are facing a challenging global business landscape and reacting accordingly — yet many do not feel prepared to tackle these challenges head-on. The “Deloitte Global CPO Survey 2019 ” found a growing trend toward safeguarding against external risks as the current economic environment presents a number of emerging issues from every corner of the globe
In this issue of CFO Insights, we’ll explore why companies often have so much difficulty recognizing qualified job candidates who are right in front of them; what they can do to help thaw a culture that freezes employees in place; and the less obvious benefits that can come with making internal candidates easier to access.
Despite ups and downs on the global front, Canadian growth was exceptionally strong in the second quarter of 2019. Overall, the country’s economic activity expanded by 3.7 percent—a welcome change from the two prior quarters of virtually no growth. But, with slower global growth and plenty of risks looming on the horizon, the key question is: will this pace of growth last?
Gender diversity and inclusion initiatives have taken centerstage in IT organizations. But success in this area isn’t consistent across all companies. What are IT teams doing right, and what can others do to ensure progress is being made?
