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How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

Knowing the ins and outs of upcoming trends in finance is indispensable for any aspiring consultant. A prime example for such a question is how finance is adapting to the issue of climate change, and might assist its mitigation. Green Finance. Resilience Bonds.

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New Zealand’s Financial Crises Resilience

Tom Spencer

From 2007 to 2012, many developed countries experienced significant GDP per capita losses, such as Norway (3.3 In 2008, the HPI contradicted Makhlouf and other median house price studies by showing a large decline in the value of housing. percent), the UK (5.6 percent), and Denmark (6.7 The HPI (Housing Price Index) is already 2.4%

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033. AI wasn’t new at Microsoft.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. ZB by 2020. Will robo-advisors disrupt corporate capital allocation the same way they have personal capital allocation? 300 billion today.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

Inequity and discrimination result from failure, one person at a time, one action at a time (Greenleaf, 2008). He is the former GE CEO and is known for achieving tremendous organizational results and developing followers. This represents an increase of three to four times as many employees working remotely.

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Laughable Eurozone Banking "Non-Union"; Expect Disorderly Breakup

MishTalk

Germany Backtracks on Banking Union MarketWatch reports Germany appears to backtrack on EU banking deal EU finance ministers have promised to agree on a so-called single-resolution mechanism--consisting of more centralized decision-making and financing for the shuttering or downsizing of failing banks--before the end of the year.

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business

Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. ” More than 1 billion jobs and $14.6 Digital markets are uneven.