This story was originally published on CFO.com. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily CFO.com newsletter. Will 2026 be a year of spending or a year of paring back? Based on the results of a fourth-quarter survey by Gartner, many CFOs are hoping for both. In an August survey of more than 200 finance chiefs, 56% ranked “achieving enterprise-wide cost optimization targets” among their top five urgent action items over the next six months. Yet 47% also put “allocating capital to new ...