Kristin Broughton

The buy-now-pay-later company struck a deal to sell up to $4 billion of its loans to private credit firm Sixth Street.

Companies took advantage of favorable financing conditions this year to issue debt at levels not seen since the pandemic, adding cash to the balance sheet to pay for future refinancing needs and other projects. Underpinning the surge in debt issuance: credit spreads, a metric that finance chiefs watch when deciding when to pull the trigger on a bond sale. Whether debt issuance remains as strong in 2025 will depend in part on whether spreads remain attractive, advisers said.

Corporate bond issuance surged in 2024, fueled by spreads that hit historically low levels.

Fazal Merchant, a former finance chief of DreamWorks, came out of retirement to join Wiz and plans to ready the company for a public offering.

Cosmetics brand E.l.f. Beauty considers hedging while Medtronic turns to dynamic pricing in emerging markets.

Some U.S. companies are stepping up efforts to minimize the pain inflicted by the strong dollar on their earnings after a recent surge in the value of the greenback capped off years of broad, if fitful, gains against other currencies.

The maneuver has rarely paid off over the past 10 to 15 years, the CEO said.

Macy's hired Thomas Edwards to be its next CFO and COO, roles he has held at Versace owner Capri Holdings for eight years.

Jim Moylan, who is retiring in August, is helping the networking equipment maker respond to tariffs, including imposing a surcharge for some customers.

Jim Moylan, the longtime Ciena finance chief, has steered his company through tumultuous economic moments, including the 2008-09 financial crisis and the pandemic.