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Global Asset Management 2016: Doubling Down on Data

BCG

Report Monday, July 11, 2016. In 2015, the asset management industry recorded its worst performance since the 2008 financial crisis. Tepid markets and turbulence, which persist in 2016, are today’s reality. Fee pressure on managers continued to rise.

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Is Behavioral Economics Used in Business?

Steve Shu Consulting

” Broad conscious, concerted efforts to apply behavioral economics probably did not begin until sometime after 2008 with the release of Thaler and Sunstein’s book, Nudge. I wrote a book, Inside Nudging: Implementing Behavioral Science Initiatives in 2016, mostly to help bridge the gap between science and the application in business.

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Household Debt Still Below 2008 Peak

MishTalk

Household Debt Summary Household debt for the first quarter of 2016 is up $136 billion. Mortgage debt, up $120 billion, … Continue reading →

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

The goal is to exploit both the trust of … users and bugs in their web browsers to install a virus allowing the hacker access to the organisation’s network” ( Welch, 2016 ). Common Methods of Cyber-Attack. There are three extremely common methods that hackers use to attack organisational networks: 1. Install software updates.

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Best Business Books 2016: Economy

Strategy+Business

For the last decade, the most compelling economics books have focused on the bailouts, bubbles, and blow-ups surrounding the 2008 financial crisis. But smart analysts are now widening their lens to help us understand the dynamics at play in the global economy. This year's best economics books include Robert J.

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Free Money! Banks Paid $22 Billion to Not Lend?

MishTalk

By December of 2016, excess reserves fell to $1.9 On October 3, 2008, Section 128 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 allowed the Federal Reserve banks to begin paying interest on excess reserve balances (“IOER”) as well as required reserves. Excess reserves of depository institutions peaked at $2.7

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Jim Whitehurst on the Open Organization: A Conversation with the CEO of Red Hat

BCG

Video Monday, October 17, 2016. Since joining Red Hat in January 2008, Whitehurst has helped grow annual company revenue from more than $500 million at the end of February 2008, to more than $2 billion for the company’s 2016 fiscal year.