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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. Cashflow or not, the extra money is substantial and a defining driver of why many people do investment banking. 2 LIFESTYLE.

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Asset Management – Valuation (Part 2 of 4)

Tom Spencer

Asset managers like to have flexibility via risk management and speculative solutions provided by the trading floors of investment banks. This metric is more widely used by the financial institutions group (FIG), investment bankers, or the corporate development teams of banks for precedent transactions analysis. Image: Pexels.

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Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia

Tom Spencer

Accenture offers management consulting services covering finance & performance management, talent & organisation performance, strategy, customer relationship management, and supply chain management. I came online looking for coys for benchmarking,what i got is pleasant and very useful. Website: www.atkearney.com. Oliver Wyman.

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Australia's Alleged Conservatives Surrender to Unions; GM Australia vs. GM US; Currency Madness Everywhere

MishTalk

When these protected companies and industries cave in to unions, these new wages and working conditions become the benchmark and these wages flow onto every other sector. Currency Wars The Reserve Bank of Australia is in on the act as well. Looking for madness? Baggage handlers for QANTAS earn up to $85k per annum.

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Saying Farewell to a Great Audience: The Final Blog…

Confessions of a Consultant

You benchmark best practices, stealing ideas shamelessly from clients and competitors. It’s not something you ‘pick up’ because you’re smart at finance, engineering or chemistry. For Sale: Dead Budgie. Paddy goes to the bank for a loan. Kevin’s view was that, in most cases, people get rich slowly. A bit boring.

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

These could range from employee turnover, equipment malfunctions, or even seasonal variations in sales for businesses. “I was approached by a company to investigate why a very important project that should have taken one year actually took five years. Beyond just time, buffers can cover finances, manpower, and more.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Total credit in the economy (total social financing) showed a 40 per cent rise in November over the prior month and is on course for growth this year of almost 20 per cent. There is no banking union in spite of ridiculous articles suggesting otherwise. The bank said a typical Canadian bungalow requires 43.3%