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Consulting or Banking

Tom Spencer

People in the “investment banking” or “corporate finance” division typically help large organisations undertake merges and acquisitions. Travel: Bankers sometimes do roadshows to drum up support from investors, but will typically spend 90% of their time in the office. In comparison, investment banks are competitive and hierarchical.

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The Paths of Consultancy

Tom Spencer

Daryl Morey took the path less travelled, the path that began with academia and consultancy. This is because consultancy is an open-ended field, and develops very transferable skills like communication, leadership, and strategic thinking. Morey’s consultancy work developed his analytical skills as he worked under STATS Inc.,

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Start of a Global Currency Crisis?

MishTalk

To be fair, quite a few emerging market currencies as well as the currencies of developed countries that are large commodity exporters have been under pressure for some time. US Dollar Since mid-2008 the Lira collapsed from 1.03 to the US dollar, a collapse of 58%. Turkey''s deputy prime minister Ali Babacan Blames Fed Tapering.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

“I am competitive in nature and always give the best in whatever I do and my passions include photography, travelling and embracing new cultures and languages. Consultants get to travel quite a lot and meet different kinds of people and this makes them diverse and enables them to have insights, which others can only strive for.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

I’m going to push more responsibility onto them, which should help them develop faster. That was in 2008. “The culture in the bank’s accounting and finance team has changed totally since I got here,” she said. . “I said, ‘I have good people here. “Reluctantly, they said OK to me.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

However, they tend to have an intense lifestyle with lots of travel, face-to-face engagements, and long hours as a result. If you are interested in a career with a lot of travel, this could be a good place for you. Learning and development opportunities are integrated into day-to-day duties. Employee Satisfaction. women and 49.6%

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The Coalitions That Could Hold the EU Together

Harvard Business

First, there was the fallout from the 2008-9 financial crisis and the arguably ill-judged imposition of austerity on the Union’s southern members. Its traditional partner at the EU’s helm, France, has struggled with its own economic problems since 2008 and has taken a back seat in driving EU policy.