Tom Spencer

MAY 25, 2019

There are a couple of reasons for this: Asset managers can see cash flow and earnings fluctuate wildly with markets. This will have a pronounced effect on leverage and coverage metrics. Asset managers like to have flexibility via risk management and speculative solutions provided by the trading floors of investment banks.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In the past, a community bank would have a relationship with the businesses on Main Street, and when it came time for a loan, there would be a wealth of informal information to augment the loan application. And they are allowing new sources of capital such as peer-to-peer lending to replace traditional bank capital.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. Business students are taught to value a company based on the discounted amounts of future cash flows or earnings.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a follow up HBR article , we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks and distilled seven key insights from those discussions. The level and trend of a company’s top-line metric is an advance indicator of the success of its business model.

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