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Asset Managers Get Real with Risk

BCG

Global regulators, still working to address the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis, are slowly beginning to converge on appropriate risk management approaches for the asset management industry. Article Monday, July 11, 2016.

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Can we rely on LIBOR? - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Bremmer highlights the importance of LIBOR by explaining that it is “a key benchmark rate that affects the price of $350 trillion worth of securities and loans around the world.” ” Indeed, the British Banker’s Association notes that LIBOR “is the primary benchmark for short term interest rates globally.

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Consultant Ninja: Another Casualty of the Financial Crises.

Consultant Ninja

George Bush, February 2, 2005 State of the Union: "As we fix Social Security, we also have the responsibility to make the system a better deal for younger workers. I think a more interesting graph would show each fund against a respective benchmark (e.g., Productivity. (6). Posted by Consultant Ninja. at 12:09 AM. Consulting. (88).

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

2008 was when the split came, and Booz Allen Hamilton (parent company) divided in 2. Product and Service Innovation. Consumer Products. Career Path: Booz & Company utilizes a modified version of the Cravath System, under which employees on certain career paths are promoted within a certain time frame or “counseled out.”

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Reality Check: How Fast is China Growing? Global Recession at Hand

MishTalk

Debt matters - $30 Trillion – up $9 trillion since 2008 Debt is 200-300% of GDP counting Shadow Banks. Long deflationary bust Massive daily injections to keep system running. China''s total debt has sprouted from 153 percent of gross domestic product in 2008 to 282 percent today. The rest is time well spent.

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Prince Michael of Liechtenstein Warns "QE a Sign of Helplessness, Will Not Reach Economy"; Prince Michael vs. Martin Wolf

MishTalk

Necessary basic reforms are crucial in Europe if it is to restore global competitiveness, increase productivity and get the unemployed back to work. The 2008-2009 banking crisis saw the US focus on re-establishing the equity basis of the banks to a level which allowed the banks to lend to business. And the Fool''s Mission to Stop It ).

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

Productivity growth in advanced economies has been on a declining trend since well before the onset of the financial crisis, and the workforce is already shrinking in several countries as the population ages. Financing problems of non-financial corporations in EMEs can also feed into the banking system.