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KKR launches Akrapoint with $350 million commitment for equipment finance

KKR launched Akrapoint Commercial Capital with a $350 million commitment from funds it manages to finance vocational assets, trailers, and equipment.

The Early Scale: Gartner Reports 58% of Finance Teams Now Use AI

AI isn't just a future necessity, it's a present imperative for sectors from finance to logistics. This edition covers the accelerated integration and its new efficiencies.

Gartner says 58% of finance teams now use AI

A Gartner survey cited by CFO Dive puts finance AI adoption at 58% in 2024. Gartner’s finance membership pitch points to benchmarks and “AskGartner” as the next

Apollo’s €3bn Bayer deal shows ‘non-control’ financing is spreading to operators

Apollo’s €3bn investment tied to Bayer’s LARC unit points to a playbook: raise big checks without ceding control, now showing up in AI compute and industrial ca

IOI’s SAP-linked platform posts 60% fewer manual entries, a benchmark for multi-entity operators standardizing finance and supply chain

IOI says its SAP-based ONE IOI platform cut manual entries 60% and doubled decision speed, putting concrete metrics on what “single instance” can deliver.

Gartner: AI platforms market to hit $64B in 2026, but 45% of finance AI spending misses strategic outcomes

Gartner forecasts the AI platforms and models market will grow 63% to $64B in 2026, while a parallel survey finds finance AI budgets are misaligned with board p

Stop Chasing Titles, Build a Career That Matters: A CAO’s Advice on Long-Term Success

Career advice in finance and accounting often centers around promotions, titles, and compensation. But in an era where professionals frequently change jobs every few years—the average American worker now stays in a role for less than four years—industries are facing growing talent shortages and reevaluating what long-term career success looks like. The question many…

The Must-Have Financial Advisor Tech for 2025

Advisors face a crowded tech landscape in 2025, but separating genuine innovations from hype requires a strategic approach to building their ideal toolkit