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Just in Time for Memorial Day Weekend – Tips on How to De-Stress
The number one stressor plaguing financial professionals has more to do with their home life than their balance sheets and client lists, according to a new survey. The study of 1,400 chief financial officers across the country conducted by the Accountemps division of Robert Half International finds that four out of 10 (41 percent) financial [...]
Wealth Managers Increasingly Look Toward the Multi-family Office Model
Is the wealth management industry going back to the future? Cerulli Associates has released data showing that the fastest growth in any segment of the high net worth financial advice space is found in Registered Investment Advisors’ (RIAs) multi-family offices practices, which grew their assets under management at a rate of 18 percent during 2010. [...]
Survey finds big four accounting and insurance firms beat out global banks when it comes to diversity
Diversity has long been a concern in financial services. And, according to the 2012 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list, the Big Four and insurance appear to be making strides, while many of the global banks and investment firms were noticeably absent. Big Four firm PricewaterhouseCoopers ranked number one. According to the survey, PricewaterhouseCoopers [...]
How social media can help or hurt getting into a top tier MBA program
Everyone’s heard a story about someone losing a job or a business opportunity because of a rant, an unguarded comment or an inappropriate image placed on a social media site. The use of poor judgment in social media can also hurt your chances of getting accepted into a top tier MBA program. Like prospective employers, [...]
When it comes to grooming women executives, not all firms are created equal
Several financial services giants rank among the top 10 companies for executive women, says a new report from the National Association For Female Executives. The rankings were based on factors including applicants’ internal advancement initiatives for women, their workplace profile and company culture. They indicate that Bank of America, KPMG, Prudential Financial, TIAA-CREF and State [...]
For Financial Communicators, It’s Not So Much What You Say, It’s How You Say It
There seems to be a quantifiable measurement for everything these days, so why not the effectiveness of financial communicators? Quantified Impressions, a new communications analytics company, claims to have created the first objective rating system to evaluate the communication skills of financial spokespeople, and the results could surprise you. Content is not the king here [...]
Minority Financial Markets Professionals are in Demand
Wall Street is coming under increasing pressure to hire and promote minorities and women. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently hired attorney Stuart Ishimaru to head the newly established Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) to promote diversity at the agency and at the financial institutions it regulates. Establishing the office was required [...]
Five steps women can take to boost their numbers in the c-suites
Although women hold a growing number of high profile positions in large corporations, they are still a tiny minority on the top executive floor known as the c-suites where titles often start with the word “chief.” The Wall Street Journal, citing a study by Catalyst, a non-profit organization that seeks to advance women in business, [...]
When is the right time to tell your boss you’re looking for a new job?
About a month ago, I was sitting at my desk when a young colleague asked if I had ever received an e-mail solicitation about a job offer. I scooted over to see what she was talking about. I had seen this before and asked her if she had ever applied for a job through any [...]
Goldman’s global head of growth markets explains how investment bankers can remain employable
Goldman Sachs has been making videos and placing them on YouTube. They don’t appear particularly popular: some only have a handful of hits. Some appear to have none at all. However, this one, featuring J. Michael Evans, its global head of “Growth Markets,” deserves some attention. In it, J. Michael volunteers a perspective on what [...]
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