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Corporate Finance Explained | Project Finance and Funding Large Scale Investments
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we break down project finance and explain how companies fund massive infrastructure projects without putting ...
Corporate Finance Explained | Corporate Culture and Financial Performance
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we break down how company culture affects financial performance and why culture should be treated as a real a...
Careers in Finance | Nirav Shah
In this episode of Careers in Finance on FinPod, we sit down with Nirav Shah, founder and partner at Versor Investments, to unpack his path from software engineering t...
Corporate Finance Explained | Cash Flow Forecasting
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we break down cash flow forecasting, why profitable companies still fail, and how liquidity, not earnings, de...
Corporate Finance Explained | Zero-Based Budgeting
In most companies, budget season is a predictable exercise in "incrementalism," taking last year’s numbers and adding a 5% bump. But what happens when leadership drops...
Corporate Finance Explained | Financial Due Diligence
In corporate development and finance, the excitement of an acquisition often masks the underlying risks. Financial Due Diligence (FDD) is the structured investigation ...
Careers in Finance | Hayley Rosenlund
Hayley Rosenlund’s career is a masterclass in navigating the high-pressure world of Capital Markets while maintaining personal integrity. From her early days at the LS...
Corporate Finance Explained | The Finance Behind Corporate Sustainability
"Going green" has transitioned from a PR commitment to a core financial strategy. For corporate finance teams, the challenge is no longer whether to invest in sustaina...
Corporate Finance Explained | How Corporate Culture Drives, or Destroys, Financial Performance
In corporate finance, we often focus on balance sheets, cash flow, and NPV. However, there is an "invisible factor" that dictates whether those numbers hold up: Corpor...
Corporate Finance Explained | Corporate Spin Offs: Why Companies Break Up to Unlock Value
Corporate success is often measured by growth and diversification, but for many conglomerates, being too big leads to a "conglomerate discount." This is the moment whe...
Corporate Finance Explained | How Leveraged Buyouts Work: Inside Private Equity’s Most Powerful Tool
The Leveraged Buyout (LBO) is one of the most powerful and high-stakes tools in modern finance. It is the primary engine of the private equity (PE) industry, where a m...
Corporate Finance Explained | Understanding Goodwill: The Intangible Asset
In the high-stakes world of M&A, Goodwill is arguably the most important yet invisible asset on a modern balance sheet. It represents the "engine of ambition," but as ...
Corporate Finance Explained | How Inflation Impacts Strategy, Costs, and Capital Decisions
Inflation is no longer just a macroeconomic headline; it is a systematic distortion of the corporate financial engine. For finance teams, high inflation makes historic...
Corporate Finance Explained | How Sports Franchises Make (and Lose) Money
Professional sports franchises are some of the most recognizable brands on earth, yet many operate with negative annual cash flows. This deep dive moves past the score...
Corporate Finance Explained | Corporate Spin-Offs: How Breaking Up Creates More Shareholder Value
In finance, success often means getting bigger, yet time and again, the market cheers when a huge company decides to intentionally break itself up. Why does spinning o...
Corporate Finance Explained | How Inflation Impacts Profitability & How Companies Adapt
Inflation is a brutal, immediate pressure point on corporate finance, forcing CFOs and analysts to completely overhaul their operating models. In this episode of Corpo...
What's New at CFI | Excel Data Visualization & Dashboards
Excel Data Visualization & Dashboards: Turn Raw Data into Executive-Ready StoriesExcel is the foundational tool for analysis, but simply having data isn't enough; you ...
Corporate Finance Explained | The Business of Bankruptcy: How Companies Collapse and Come Back
FinPod: Corporate Bankruptcy Strategy - Reorganization vs. LiquidationWhen a major corporation files for bankruptcy, it’s not always the end, it's often a high-stakes ...
Member Spotlight | Marlon Uniada
CFI Member Spotlight: From Local Accounting to Global Finance with MarlonMarlon's journey is a powerful testament to the value of self-directed learning and global amb...
Corporate Finance Explained | How Stock Market Indices Shape Valuations and Strategy
FinPod: The Hidden Power of Stock Indices: S&P 500, Dow, & Corporate StrategyEveryone sees the headlines ("The S&P 500 is up"), but few understand the mechanics behind...
