CFOs’ 2025 Worries Spill Over Into a New Year
Last year’s shocks, turns and surprises continue to reverberate. Plus, Gentera’s Mario Langarica on the USMCA and boosting the Mexican firm’s market share.
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Happy New Year and welcome to CFO Briefing, a newsletter dedicated to corporate finance and what leaders need to know. In this first issue of the year, I take a closer look at the key topics facing finance chiefs in 2026. I also chat with Gentera’s Mario Langarica.
It’s 2026, the new year is still a blank slate and resolutions – by and large – haven’t been broken yet (apparently, that doesn’t happen for another two or three weeks). After 2025’s shocks, turns and surprises, my sense is that the year ahead could turn out to be a little calmer. But independent of how things shape up, here are the key themes that will guide CFOs’ decision making. Spoiler alert: They’ll sound familiar to you.