Wealth Management 101: The Hidden World of Private Banking
Tom Spencer
JUNE 30, 2023
The financial services industry comprises firms that operate across a range of sectors: Asset & Wealth Management, Banking & Capital Markets, and Insurance.
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The Ups and Downs of a Career in Consulting
Tom Spencer
JANUARY 20, 2023
Consulting offers a unique breadth of exposure MBB are predominantly strategy consulting firms that mainly work on strategy projects, which are by nature much shorter than the implementation projects undertaken by other consulting firms such as the Big 4 (PwC, EY, KPMG, Deloitte).
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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture
Management Consulted
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Interestingly, KPMG is the only one of the Big 4 that has not yet acquired a boutique strategy firm. Eight years later Marwick, Mitchell & Company launched a banking practice, for the first time focusing its efforts on one industry in an effort that proved to be very successful. Capabilities: Finance. Practice Areas.
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Job Hub: Starbucks Jobs and Culture
Management Consulted
APRIL 26, 2015
Starbucks History & Culture. Starbucks is known for its fun laid-back atmosphere and amazing service-oriented culture. Starbucks has a clear vision, a mission-driven purpose, and an impressive culture. We offer a bi-monthly newsletter (by application only) for high level strategy jobs at top firms around the world.
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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture
Management Consulted
FEBRUARY 15, 2015
FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500.
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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture
Management Consulted
JANUARY 18, 2015
KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Kearney’s digital business service aims to help these companies stay at the top of their game in the digital world – separating hype from potential digital disruptors & developing specific digital strategies designed around the company’s capabilities. Innovation. Operations.
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100 Job Hub: Virgin Group Jobs and Culture
Management Consulted
JULY 15, 2015
History & Culture. Once you get called in for an interview, bank on at least 3-4 interviews which typically consist of connecting with the recruiter for a phone screen, followed by a phone interview, and then two 1:1 in person interviews with either a panel or the hiring manager. Starbucks Jobs and Culture.
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Job Hub:T-Mobile Jobs and Culture
Management Consulted
MAY 21, 2015
History & Culture. Once you get called for an interview, you can bank on at least 3-5 interviews which typically consist of connecting with the recruiter for a phone screen, followed by a phone interview with the hiring manager, and then being brought in for a couple on site interviews. . Starbucks Jobs and Culture.
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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story
Management Consulted
AUGUST 1, 2013
Oliver Wyman’s strategy consulting practice has made waves specifically in the financial services sector , and beyond as well. Now a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, Oliver Wyman is known to give MMC its strong reputation as experts over other insurance providers because of the firm’s focus on strategy. Public Policy.
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Job Hub: Tesla Motors Jobs and Culture
Management Consulted
AUGUST 23, 2015
History & Culture. Once you get passed to Round 0, you can bank on at least 3-5 interviews (although they have been known to give more) which typically consist of connecting with the recruiter for a phone screen and a phone interview with the hiring managers. . Starbucks Jobs and Culture. ” Enjoy!
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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups
Harvard Business
APRIL 26, 2017
It’s been more than 25 years since Bill Gates dismissed retail banks as “dinosaurs,” but the statement may be as true today as it was then. Banking for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been astonishingly unaffected by the rise of the Internet.
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The Economics of Why Companies Don’t Fix Their Toxic Cultures
Harvard Business
MARCH 22, 2018
Over the last decade, industries, academics, and the public sector have turned their focus toward culture and ethics in response to the financial crisis as well as misconduct at a broad range of corporations. But what role does culture play in corporate misconduct, and why do these problematic cultures persist?
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A focus on CX and EX helped Citizens Bank thrive amid pandemic
1 to 1
JANUARY 3, 2022
Businesses across all sectors were sent scrambling as the world largely shut down in the pandemic’s early days, but banks – where brick-and-mortar locations historically were the cornerstone of day-to-day business – faced some of the biggest changes and challenges. The right technology is key. It’s still an evolving journey for us.”.
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2 Years of Networking Results in Consulting Job at PwC
Management Consulted
APRIL 20, 2014
He has a really cool history – international i-banking, college football, and more – and THEN he spent 2 years networking his way into a job at PwC. I then took another internship in finance with Merrill Lynch. I also explored other areas of finance and ultimately decided that I wanted to give investment banking a shot.
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204 Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Expect Another "Bad Bank.
MishTalk
JULY 14, 2013
Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Expect Another "Bad Bank" Bailout in Spain; Humorous Details of Sarebs Property Assets. Spains bad bank, Sareb, has plans to unload 45,000 distressed properties in five years, over 7,500 of them in 2013. Expect Another Bad Bank Bailout. Home Builders.
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76 PM vs PMM: Where do you fit?
Tom Spencer
JANUARY 19, 2019
So, what happens to other tasks like product strategy? It contains tasks, such as defining the market, developing pricing strategies, and performing cost-benefit analysis. Availability – for example, if a PM is overloaded with managing a feature release, a PMM may take the lead on defining go-to-market strategy.
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Want to Start a Consulting Business? 10 Reasons Why You Should!
Consulting Matters
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
And then to complicate my challenges, I found myself in an unexpected divorce that literally decimated my finances. I was now a single mom with only $200 in the bank. It's the single best strategy for getting control over your career. You decide what ideas you want to manifest and what strategies work best.
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296 Lessons From Events
Martinka Consulting
JANUARY 18, 2019
Some of the insights offered by our panel included: Make sure management wants to take on the responsibility of ownership, and, most importantly, they are willing to sign personal guarantees (and if there’s a bank use their home equity as collateral). Financing options, the bank and more. to make decisions.
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You Don’t Need an “India Strategy” — You Need a Strategy for Each State in India
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 15, 2017
Already a large domestic market, Frontier Strategy Group’s estimates suggest the country will average growth rates between 7.4% Cultural variations are important. These cultural differences have a significant impact on multinationals’ talent and organizational decisions. Linda Coussement/eyeem/Getty Images.
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2016 Top 10 U.S. MBA programs for Management Consulting
Management Consulted
APRIL 20, 2016
In contrast, this year 28 graduates accepted offers from Bain, 26 from BCG, 20 from Deloitte, and an additional 18 went to PwC/Strategy& The average starting base salary for a Kellogg 2015 grad entering consulting was over $133,000, with an average signing bonus of over $27,000. Kearney, 7 at Strategy&, and 3 each at EY and PwC.
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100 Top 10 Consulting Firms in Boston
Management Consulted
JULY 2, 2017
And with Bain’s globally-recognized social culture, Vault ranked Bain as the Best Place to Work in 2015. As one of the oldest and most storied cities in North America, Boston is full of historic sites and leading cultural institutions which the employees and their families enjoy on holidays or weekends.
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Europe Without €: Former EU Commissioner Says "Monetary Union has Failed"
MishTalk
APRIL 16, 2014
The political union had to precede the formation of the single currency and a real central bank. Economic cultures are different and there is no solidarity. The French view is that imbalances of payments and budgets should be adjusted and jointly funded by the surplus countries to finance the deficit countries.
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74 Why consulting?
Management Consulted
OCTOBER 3, 2012
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. New ideas and strategies while working on the projects, finding different ways of doing things more effectively; I started feeling enthralled.
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204 You’ve been rejected from all consulting jobs. What’s next?
Management Consulted
FEBRUARY 4, 2009
The advice applies equally to industries like investment banking. Internalize feedback about your shortcomings (“you were unstructured in your approach to the case…you had an insufficient understanding of the underlying business drivers…we didn’t feel that you were a good fit for our company culture”).
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NERA Economic Consulting Interviews – Moving Up in a Down Economy
Management Consulted
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
While MBB’s main focus is strategy, economic consulting firms like NERA focus is on economics first and strategy second. . Finance: Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection in Financial Services, Financial Institutions and Banking, Financial Risk Management. . Regulatory: Auctions, Regulatory Economics. .
More Information Than Ever
Martinka Consulting
MAY 21, 2020
Yes, a culture of coasting will be hard to change to one of urgency.) We could see deal structures change (more seller financing), more earnouts, buyers will be more cautious, etc. And, we don’t know how banks are going to look at all of this.). To business sellers, set a firm expectation of value and cash at closing.
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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York
Management Consulted
FEBRUARY 5, 2017
The culture is really crisp with very intelligent people around; in fact, some of the “best” longest-standing McKinseyites in the world are in NYC and McKinsey has significant support staff in the office as well. Bank of New York, AIG, Depository Trust, Standard & Poor’s, etc.).
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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors
Management Consulted
OCTOBER 30, 2016
In addition, Economics degrees are highly theoretical – which often doesn’t equate to the very specific, actionable and data-driven consulting culture. Finance – A Finance degree not only shows that you’re proficient in math, but also implies you’re inquisitive and like to get to the root of problems.
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Accenture Careers
CaseInterview.com
JULY 18, 2019
The Financial Services Operating Group concerns itself with Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance. Finance and Performance Management. For More information on Finance and Performance Management go here: [link]. The Health and Public Service operating group focuses on those industries. Process and Innovation Performance.
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45 Is Your Business Ready to be Sold?
Martinka Consulting
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
If there are too many of these add-backs (to profit) the buyer and banks will discount some of them. And don’t forget the landlord and the buyer’s lease, which needs to be at least as long as any note (bank or your financing) as nobody wants the buyer forced out while owing money. “Do And make them realistic.
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40 IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze
Management Consulted
OCTOBER 18, 2013
In 1991, IBM approved a new world-wide services strategy to make IBM a world class services company by 1994. The firm has also grown so much, so fast that its culture has lost focus and the pursuit of so many strategies at once have left many clients unsure of what exactly IBM GBS offers at the end of the day. Finance Risk.
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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 18, 2018
In regular phone calls and meetings for nearly two decades, as well as a biennial Pioneering Leaders summit, the group has been helping each other figure out how to work more effectively so they could have time for their lives, sharing successful strategies and learning from failures. “We kept trying. That was in 2008.
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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Only Hope For Italy is.
MishTalk
JULY 25, 2013
Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. In Spain, demonstrations call for a public banking as a solution to problems. The problem is cultural and ideological. And in Italy in the last thirty years, the credit market has served to finance the public debt. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition.
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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?
Management Consulted
JANUARY 20, 2014
BearingPoint Interview and Culture. Read on to discover interesting nuances of culture and competence that are unique to the global consulting firm. Strategy & Business Executive. Strategy & Business Executive. BEARINGPOINT CULTURE. Preparing for a BearingPoint interview? KEY STATS FOR BEARINGPOINT.
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139 PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Management Consulted
APRIL 6, 2014
PWC INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. PwC moved on to acquire Ant’s Eye View, in August 2012, a social media strategy development and consulting firm. Banking & Capital Markets. West Bank & Gaza. PwC is an absolute behemoth – prestigious, mystical, and totally confusing to the outside observer. Industries. Automotive.
With Peace, Colombia Is Poised for Greater Prosperity
Harvard Business
JULY 7, 2016
“It’s a culture thing,” María Lacouture, the head of government economic development agency ProColombia, told me. Banks often are unwilling to take the risk of financing small and midsize companies. The economic cost is difficult to calculate. A handful of rail lines carry little more than coal.
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35 Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: How to Lie Without Saying.
MishTalk
JULY 22, 2013
Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Chancellor Merkel and finance Minister Schäuble have said Germany will not agree to a transfer union. Spain’s banks are not wholly out of the woods, either. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy.
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67 How to Get on the Shortlist for the C-Suite
Harvard Business
MARCH 2, 2017
Every organization has a slightly different framework of expected experience, but I like to look at this through the lens of strategy and operations. One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Most companies have a distinct culture.
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Pay your team right: A comprehensive guide to compensation
Asamby Consulting
OCTOBER 24, 2022
This blog post gives you the comprehensive answer: Why compensation is important How to structure your fixed salary components What options for variable pay are there How to pick the right perks and benefits What allowances are and what to pay them for What long-term incentives are out there How strategy and finance influence compensation Let's go!
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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 28, 2017
Even before announcing his new cabinet, Mnangagwa installed a key reformist, Patrick Chinamasa, as acting finance minister, tasked with tackling corruption and re-engaging with international institutions to unlock funds to ease liquidity shortages. Mnangagwa’s first actions in office underscore how important he views economic recovery.
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28 Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Italy Faces Huge Losses on.
MishTalk
JUNE 26, 2013
Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. A 29-page report by the Treasury, obtained by the Financial Times, details Italy’s debt transactions and exposure in the first half of 2012, including the restructuring of eight derivatives contracts with foreign banks with a total notional value of €31.7bn.
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70 Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Acts to Calm Markets.
MishTalk
JUNE 25, 2013
Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Acts to Calm Markets; Stock Market Rebounds From 6% Plunge After Central Bank Pledges More Liquidity; Wet Nurse Action. On Monday China insisted banks had significant liquidity sending a message that banks need to manage their own risks.
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The Financial Industry Needs to Start Planning for the Next 50 Years, Not the Next Five
Harvard Business
JULY 17, 2017
Businesses need to organize around long-term strategies for growth and partnership in a sustainable way. Banks are feeling the crunch; according to McKinsey , legacy financial institutions will see profits decline 20%–60% by 2025 if they fail to evolve digitally. The consequences for not doing so can be dire. Insight Center.
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44 Deflation Will Return: Europe First, Then US; Global Supply Arbitrage
MishTalk
JANUARY 27, 2014
In an email update last week, Saxo Bank chief economist Steen Jakobsen commented " Europe has a more than 50:50 chance of deflation, while the US is 25:75 against. Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere.
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