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Consulting or Banking

Tom Spencer

This post provides you with a high level comparison of management consulting and investment banking. Management consultants assist organisations by providing advice to address specific problems and to improve organisational performance. Nature of the job. They do this by selling stocks and bonds to public investors.

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Retail Banks at the Crossroad

BCG

Nearly eight years after the financial crisis, the performance of many retail banks is still disappointing investors and financial markets, particularly in Europe. In fact, retail banks have to reinvent themselves. And getting back on track is about truly transforming—not just adjusting—their core business models.

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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. percentage point to GDP growth in 2008 and 0.3

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What is digital currency?

Tom Spencer

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. Digital currency vs electronic banking. Another difference is that electronic banking involves interacting with the banking system.

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William Black on Global Financial Stability

Tom Spencer

WILLIAM Black, former bank regulator and Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri, witnessed first hand how banks took control of the banking system to commit fraud on a colossal scale. Economics banking crisis consulting financial fragility financial regulation financial stability Management Consulting'

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you.

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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. The most common type of green finance are government-issued bonds, which first came about as structured AAA-rated bonds from the European Investment Bank. Resilience Bonds. Image: Pexels.