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Corporate Finance Explained | Divestitures and Asset Sales: When Selling Creates More Value
What if the smartest growth strategy for a company is to sell one of its best businesses?In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained, we break down the hidden logic...
Corporate Finance Explained | Why Treasury Needs Strategic Banking Partners
What would happen to your company if its primary bank disappeared overnight?In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained, we break down the hidden architecture of co...
Corporate Finance Explained | When the Bonus Pool Eats the Strategy
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained, we break down the hidden mechanics of executive compensation and how poorly designed incentives can quietly distort dec...
Corporate Finance Explained | Transfer Pricing and the Battle Over Global Profits
Transfer pricing is one of the most important concepts in corporate finance, international tax, and multinational business strategy. In this episode of Corporate Finan...
Corporate Finance Explained | Inventory Economics: How Inventory Strategy Shapes Profitability
What if inventory isn’t an operational issue… but one of the biggest hidden drains on your company’s cash?In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained, we break down...
Corporate Finance Explained | How Finance Leads Through a Recession
What if recessions don’t actually destroy companies… but expose the ones that were already fragile?In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained, we unpack what reall...
Corporate Finance Explained | Capital Structure Optimization: Balancing Debt, Equity, and Risk
What if borrowing billions of dollars could make a company stronger… or destroy it?In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained, we break down capital structure and ...
Corporate Finance Explained | Private Capital Raising: PE, VC, and Private Credit
What if the biggest companies in the world are no longer built in public markets?In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained, we unpack the hidden world of private ...
What's New at CFI | PowerPoint and Pitchbooks
In this episode of What’s New at CFI, we break down one of the most practical and career-defining skills in finance: building professional PowerPoint presentations and...
Corporate Finance Explained | Internal Controls and Fraud Prevention: Protecting Financial Integrity
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained, we dive into one of the most critical but overlooked foundations of finance: internal controls and fraud prevention. Wh...
What's New at CFI | SQL Fundamentals
In this episode of What’s New at CFI, Meeyeon Park speaks with Joseph Yeates about the refreshed SQL Fundamentals course and what has changed in the updated version.Th...
Corporate Finance Explained | Dividend Strategy: How Companies Decide When to Return Cash
What should a company do with billions in cash? Reinvest in growth, pay down debt, or return it to shareholders?In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPo...
What's New at CFI | Strategic Problem Solving
Are you solving the right problem or just solving it quickly?In today’s fast-moving world of AI, shifting markets, and constant complexity, the biggest risk in finance...
Corporate Finance Explained | Corporate Banking Relationships
What happens when a company can’t access its own cash?In March 2023, billion-dollar startups suddenly found themselves unable to make payroll. Not because their busine...
What's New at CFI | AI Prompting for Financial Analysis
In this episode of What’s New at CFI, we introduce our latest practice lab: AI Prompting for Financial Analysis, designed to help finance professionals use AI tools li...
Corporate Finance Explained | Corporate Governance: How Boards Shape Financial Outcomes
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we break down corporate governance and why the structure of a company’s board can determine whether sharehold...
Members Spotlight | Albert Lee
In this episode of CFI Member Spotlight on FinPod, we sit down with Albert Lee, CPA, an FP&A leader, Chicago Booth MBA candidate, and founder of Axiom FP&A Partners, w...
Corporate Finance Explained | Post-Merger Integration: Why Most M&A Deals Fail
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we discuss the reality behind one of the most dramatic events in corporate strategy: mergers and acquisitions...
Corporate Finance Explained | ESG and Financial Materiality: What Actually Impacts Performance
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we break down one of the most debated topics in modern business: ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)....
Corporate Finance Explained | How Companies Set Financial Targets
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we examine how financial targets shape behavior inside organizations and why targets are never just neutral p...
What's New at CFI | Strategic Problem Solving with Jeroen Kraaijenbrink
In this episode of What’s New at CFI on FinPod, we introduce a brand new course designed to help professionals tackle one of the most overlooked skills in business: St...
Corporate Finance Explained | M&A Strategy: Why Companies Buy Other Companies
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we break down one of the most dramatic and misunderstood areas of corporate strategy: mergers and acquisition...
Corporate Finance Explained | Cost of Capital
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we dive into the invisible number that decides whether growth creates value or destroys it: cost of capital.H...
Corporate Finance Explained | Corporate Forecasting: Why Predictions Go Wrong
Forecasting is supposed to be the corporate crystal ball. In reality, it’s the nervous system of the organization, and it’s almost always wrong.In this episode of Corp...
Member Spotlight | Alex Murray
In this episode of CFI’s Member Spotlight, we sit down with Alex Murray, a UK-based financial analyst whose path into finance started far outside the typical “cookie-c...
Corporate Finance Explained | Competitive Moats: How Companies Build Long Term Advantage
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we break down competitive moats and the financial mechanics that allow a small subset of companies to sustain...
Corporate Finance Explained | Dynamic Pricing: How Data Driven Pricing Protects Margins
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we examine dynamic pricing and why pricing is one of the most powerful and misunderstood levers in corporate ...
Corporate Finance Explained | The Economies of Scale
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we examine economies of scale, why growth strengthens some businesses while destroying value for others, and ...
Corporate Finance Explained | Scenario Planning and Sensitivity Analysis in Uncertain Markets
In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we examine corporate scenario planning and why it has become a core capability for finance teams operating in...
Corporate Finance Explained | Capital Allocation Excellence: How Leaders Decide Where Money Goes
Everyone talks about visionary products and relentless hustle, but what really sets industry giants apart? In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we...
