Talking Points
A coalition of more than 25 National Indigenous Organizations has unveiled a new National Indigenous Economic Strategy (NIES), the first such strategy to be built and designed exclusively by Indigenous leaders, institutions, and organizations from across Canada. The strategy has four strategic pathways, People, Lands, Infrastructure and Finance, with 107 …
CFO CV
RYU Apparel Inc. (TSXV: RYU) (OTCQB: RYPPF) (FWB: RYA), creator of award-winning urban athletic apparel, welcomes Robert Lelovic, CA, CPA as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFQO). Lelovic brings two decades of experience building public companies across diverse industries from Silicon Valley technology companies to the energy sector in the …
Growing Beyond Groceries: Understanding the Financial Power of The Ecosystem Expansion
Grocers are in a unique position to expand beyond their core retail offerings. It can be challenging to build an ecosystem—but the rewards could be worth it. By Steven Begley, Jenny Hu, Jonatan Janmark, Nicholas Landry, and Tom Youldon There are few locations more central to our lives than grocery …
How Will Soft Skills Give CFOs a Sharper Edge?
By Randall Tavierne Dealing with the unexpected is an occupational hazard for chief finance officers (CFOs) of private companies, but they have been sorely tested during the past year as the priority has moved to responding to the unprecedented health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Practical concerns — …
The Role of Finance Continues to Evolve
By Daniel Oh The roles of CFOs and controllers have been greatly transformed in recent years with the increased demand for accounting automation and the need to adapt to change. Today, their responsibilities could include corporate planning, strategy, and connecting the dots between financial and operational data to drive business …
Top 10 Opportunities for Technology Companies in 2022
By Barak Ravid and Stephan van Rhee When we wrote about the top 10 opportunities for technology companies last year, social distancing was the world’s main weapon against the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, thanks to vaccines, we are able to control the pandemic better, but the volatility in the markets has …
Filling the Gap: Scope of Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Laws Expanded
By Jack Franklin, Zain Rizvi and Gillian R. Stacey The Canadian federal government has fulfilled its promise to expand Canada’s anti-money laundering (AML) regime to cover crowdfunding platforms and certain payment service providers (PSPs) that previously operated outside the scope of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing …
ELFA Report Forecasts 2022 Equipment Markets
The 32nd Annual What’s Hot/What’s Not: Equipment Market Forecast 2022 from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) reveals industry perceptions of 15 equipment markets based on a survey of 85 ELFA members. The survey results point to construction, trucks/trailers, medical, machine tools and hi-tech/computers as the leading sectors for …
Understanding The Opportunities for AI-Cameras and LiDARs for Smart Road Infrastructure
By Dr. Georges Aoude After the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) sparked a new wave of autonomous vehicles (AVs) coming to the automotive market in the next few years, much focus as of late has been on the technology of these vehicles themselves. However, the technology embedded in road infrastructure is …
The Frank S. Capon Distinguished Service Award
Nicole Archibald Awarded Financial Executives International Canada’s (FEI Canada) Highest Honour Each year, Financial Executives International Canada (FEI Canada) honours one member who has contributed significantly to improving the organization. FEI Canada is delighted to announce the 2022 Frank S. Capon Distinguished Service Award has been awarded to Nicole …