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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Top CFO trends of 2021

 
Top Trends of 2021
 
 
 
 
CFOs who navigated the many business challenges and trends in 2021 may enter the new year feeling a pang of whiplash.

Congress pushed up total pandemic aid and economic stimulus to $5.7 trillion, the economy and labor market rebounded faster than expected, and scores of CFOs reported their companies’ biggest profit margins in decades.

At the same time, supply chain blockages persisted, many ‘help wanted’ signs went unanswered and investors seeking transparency on sustainability gained an ally in the Securities and Exchange Commission.

And if that’s not enough, COVID-19 mutated into two market-jarring variants and inflation far outran the pace predicted by the Federal Reserve and many private-sector forecasters, hitting a 39-year high in November.

The manic-depressive mix of trends in 2021 underscored the value of flexibility and detailed scenario planning.

Some CFOs took several measures to shore up their balance sheets against inflation, including building inventories, rethinking their hedging strategies and harnessing real-time data through advanced analytics.

5 CFO tips for limiting harm from inflation

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Finding strength in adversity, CFOs learned from the pandemic by safeguarding business continuity, streamlining internal audit and diversifying their sources of capital. They also sharpened their focus on employee well-being, which at some companies meant expanding the geographical definition of “remote work.”

4 CFO lessons from the pandemic

Should CFOs let remote employees play 'paycheck arbitrage?'

Some CFOs fine-tuned their pricing — and burnished their appeal to customers — by switching from subscription to usage-based pricing.

SaaS companies quickly replacing subscriptions with usage-based pricing

Similarly, CFOs channeled a growing movement for sustainability into an opportunity to gain insights about financing and their internal operations and industries.

11 CFO tips for riding the rising tide in ESG activism

Despite the headwinds, CFOs in hot markets took advantage of easy money and abundant liquidity by increasing the size of their capital raising.

Capital raises, along with expectations, getting bigger, VC funder says

Although COVID-19, high inflation, clogged supply chains and other harsh trends will spill into the new year, CFOs in 2021 learned first hand how to limit the harm and, where possible, find opportunity.

Jim Tyson
Reporter, CFO Dive
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Top Higher Ed Trends of 2021

 
Top Trends of 2021
 
 
 
 
The pieces below offer important insight into several of the trends that defined the last year for higher education.

As the pandemic dragged on, we saw more about the ways it affected admissions and enrollment: supercharging test-optional admissions policies, forcing colleges to build the year's recruiting classes digitally and leaving some institutions starved for students. We witnessed adaptation in the classroom as colleges tried out hybrid-flexible courses and in some cases discussed emphasizing skills over degrees.

We also saw financial pressures pile up, in some cases forcing colleges to close and in others driving merger conversations. And we witnessed trends unfold that cut to the heart of higher ed's mission, as politicians, administrators, professors and members of the media struggled over who should lead colleges and what their core values should be.

These trends are important for leaders to understand, even if they aren't easy to navigate. Thank you for reading and for trusting us to bring them to you.

We'll be back in your inbox Monday with a special edition featuring some of our best work from 2021 that we've yet to have the chance to highlight in one of our end-of-year newsletters. As always, please reach out to me with questions or comments. And if you know someone who might find our work useful, send them the following link so they can subscribe: https://www.highereddive.com/signup/insiders/?signup_referred_by=5f93078d7aa51972095c9316.

Thank you for reading,

Rick Seltzer
Senior Editor, Higher Ed Dive
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