INTHEBLACK February 2024 - Magazine - Page 9
“There are still large differences between women and men
in terms of what they do, how they’re remunerated and so on,
and the question is, why is this the case?”
CLAUDIA GOLDIN
Harvard economic historian and recipient of
the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences,
on the causes of wage and labour market
inequality between men and women
Source: Reuters
CFO S LESS
OPTIMISTIC FOR
THE NEW YEAR
PRIVACY IS
A GROWING
PRIORITY
Results from Deloitte’s CFO
Sentiment Report for the
second half of 2023 show
that only 12 per cent of CFOs
surveyed feel optimistic about
the Australian economy.
Other key findings include:
48%
remain optimistic
about their
company’s financial
performance,
down from 50%
six months ago.
40%
expect to reduce
headcount in the
next 12 months.
79% 75% 14%
rate uncertainty as
higher than normal.
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report cost control
as a top focus area.
think now is a good
time to take on risk.
A hybrid workforce,
greater adoption of cloud
technologies, increasing
use of generative artificial
intelligence (AI) and
the evolving regulatory
environment will lead
to an increase in risk
management spending
in 2024, according to the
latest estimates from global
research firm Gartner.
Spending on data
privacy and cloud security
is predicted to record the
highest ever growth rate in
2024, with each segment
expected to increase by
more than 24 per cent
year-on-year.
Gartner notes that
privacy remains a top
organisational priority, as
regulations that impact
the processing of personal
data continue to evolve.
By 2025, Gartner predicts
that 75 per cent of the
world’s population will have
personal data covered by
modern privacy regulations.
Read the report
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