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People News: Moves at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and LPL
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch hired a team of three investment bankers specializing in the power industry from Credit Suisse. [NY Times] Credit Suisse’s global head of mergers and acquisitions, Boon Sim, is leaving to take a senior position at Temasek, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore and will be succeeded by Scott Lindsay. [DealBook] LPL [...]
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Making sure you are a perfect fit
Demand is strong for the best talent, though it remains an extremely competitive market for senior financial executives because some companies are upgrading the roles of CFOs and other senior finance positions. Companies need exceptional leaders to help navigate the firm into the future. And they know the importance of hiring “smart” and what can happen when [...]
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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 [...]
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Wednesday’s Headlines: Did getting into Harvard Business School just get easier?
Harvard Business School is reducing by half the required number of essays for candidates as part of the application process, the Wall Street Journal reports. Prospective students used to have to write four essays. Now they only have to write two, 400 words each. The elite business school, however, is adding an extra essay for [...]
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When it comes to compensation, which banks are the most competitive?
Compensation, if not the primary, is generally among the main motives for choosing a career in the financial markets. But these days, it’s more confusing than ever to determine which banks offer the best pay plan. Guaranteed bonuses and up-front buyouts have been replaced by cash caps, deferred compensation schedules and clawbacks. Often, it’s not [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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Learning how to work the corporate culture
Whether it’s a global bank or small private equity firm, every place has its own distinct corporate culture. It’s hard to describe in words, but everyone can immediately tell you about the feel of their workplace. It’s not uncommon for people to say that a trading environment demands aggressive personalities and a thick skin. If [...]
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Tuesday’s Headlines: Meet the “Harvard Business School of China”
Can’t get into Harvard? You may want to apply to Guanghua School of Management in Beijing. Fortune calls Guanghua School of Management at Peking University one of the best business schools in the world, despite being founded only in 1985. The school has 3,700 students from 50 countries, including the United States, and 110 full-time faculty, [...]
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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 [...]
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