Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

In the digital age, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to gain a competitive edge and streamline their operations. From enhancing customer experiences to optimizing decision-making processes, AI is reshaping the way businesses operate and opening up new possibilities for growth.

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Data Operations Efficiency System 147

Tom Spencer

MARCH 11, 2022

A few experiential learning opportunities to look for on campus include consulting clubs, finance clubs, student government, and technology development teams. As a result, students get a glimpse into what working in a particular space may feel like such as consulting, finance, politics, or technology. Opportunities on-campus.

Finance 88

Finance Government Industry Consulting 88

Management Consulted

JANUARY 29, 2017

Here are 6 ways to prepare for consulting as you wait for the next chance to drop that resume: 1) Go work for a brand name company, but do something that is sales, operations, or strategy related. 4) Get a job in finance, but not personal finance (financial advisory consulting or in an internal finance department of a company).

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Consulting Finance Resumes Healthcare 100

MishTalk

JANUARY 20, 2014

Michigan Live reports Highland Park pensions in jeopardy if Fifth Third Bank halts loan payments. The city of Highland Park is operating on financial fumes and the pensions of its retirees could be in jeopardy if Fifth Third, one of the banks providing loans to the municipality, cuts of the money stream.

Banking 76

Banking Finance Financial Report 76

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Cryptocurrency has often been a divisive and controversial topic in the world of finance and economics. To begin, I’ll discuss the role of central banks throughout history as one of the primary purposes of Bitcoin was to eliminate the need for central banks, usurping the role of these traditionally powerful entities.

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Banking System Finance Financial 60

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Cryptocurrency has often been a divisive and controversial topic in the world of finance and economics. To begin, I’ll discuss the role of central banks throughout history as one of the primary purposes of Bitcoin was to eliminate the need for central banks, usurping the role of these traditionally powerful entities.

Banking 60

Banking System Finance Financial 60

Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2019

Due to the steady nature of the business (taking a percentage of assets under management each year is a pretty sweet deal), asset managers have a business valued more like a basic corporate than other financial institutions such as banks and insurers. Operating Margins. Image: Pexels.

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Industry Real Estate Management Retail 113

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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Banking Small Business Oliver Wyman Retail 42

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Just over 10 years ago, French bank BNP Paribas froze U.S. There was a run on British bank Northern Rock. Over the next year, many banks fell. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. We expect investment banks to embark on an even more fundamental makeover during the next decade. The New Face of Investment Banks.

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Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 28

Management Consulted

JULY 22, 2013

From the variety of work and access to C-level executives to the wide array of exit opportunities, strategy operations consulting far surpassed financial advisory consulting as our recommended career to pursue. Find it here: 5 reasons to choose strategy operations over financial advisory consulting. Missed part one? Well…sure.

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Financial Consulting Strategy Strategy 194

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. Corporate and Institutional Banking. Retail and Business Banking. Corporate and Finance and Advisory.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. This is because the initial trigger for the crisis was reliance by major banks, particularly those in the United States, on mortgage backed securities as collateral. It all seemed so clear.

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Financial Banking Balance Sheet Cash Flow 60

Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

Blockchain technology is making a strong impact in the finance industry due to the fact that it enables decentralization and direct peer-to-peer transactions. Removing the financial intermediary, i.e. the bank, can increase convenience, efficiency, and security. Blockchain technology offers to remove this point of failure.

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Energy Banking System Financial 88

Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

This idea has been echoed by some of the most influential figures in the business and finance world, including Professor Michael Porter, Michael Lewis, and Warren Buffett. Investment banks made huge profits along the way, and often knew that these securities were overvalued and going to fail.

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Ethics Financial Cash Flow Real Estate 78

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Given their size and appetite for diversification, these gigantic investors are a significant source of financing for many companies and governments in the developed world, and their investment activities can and do move markets.

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Operations Finance Media Financial 28

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

The Business of Banking. Banks are intermediaries for capital and hold the risk when supply and demand is not perfectly balanced. Commercial Banking. A bank, on the other hand, can diversify this credit risk and reduce the average cost of vetting each loan by lending to many borrowers. Investment Banking.

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Banking Industry Balance Sheet Retail 12

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

From at least Roman times, the low-lying city, bifurcated by the welcoming River Main, has been a hotspot for global endeavours that changed the nature of many industries – including but not limited to banking. These days, Frankfurt is not just Europe’s banking centre and home to the European Central Bank.

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Banking Insurance Insurance B2B 60

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.

Banking 76

Banking Analysis Trends Real Estate 76

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

BizOps / Strategy & Operations at tech firms. According to the Ivey Business Journal it has two parts: Improving the competitive strategies of operating units by capturing inter-divisional synergies; and. BizOps / Strategy & Operations at Tech firms. Corporate development. Corporate Strategy. What is corporate strategy?

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Interviews Case Interview Strategy Strategy 68

Comatch

MAY 3, 2023

As a language model, ChatGPT can aid in internal communication by helping translate ideas between departments that sometimes operate in different languages (for example the business and development departments). However, AI can have both positive and negative consequences in finance.

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Efficiency Industry Banking Tools 52

MishTalk

MARCH 11, 2015

The means banks choose to finance buybacks and pay for dividend hikes is irrelevant to most (the unthinking crowd), but amusing or scary to others. Zombie Banking System Progression Reuters writer David Henry explains U.S. Banks'' Buybacks, Dividends may be no Reason for Shareholder Celebrations.

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Banking System Finance Engineering 28

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2016

In the fall of 2015, after spending two years in a small town in the Ruhr Valley starting to learn German (I will appreciate Mark Twain’s perspective on the sprache so much better going forward), I moved to Frankfurt to begin my Executive MBA at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Germany is more interesting.

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Education Finance Enterprise Banking 83

Tom Spencer

APRIL 29, 2022

The most valuable asset of a business is not its products, cash in the bank, computers, or proprietary data, but its reputation. An MBA also allows you to sharpen your hard skills in areas such as finances, operations, strategy, planning, supply-chain management, and legal. Sharpening your hard business skills.

Ethics 88

Ethics Case Interview Case Study Case Studies 88

MishTalk

JULY 3, 2015

30% bail-in haircuts on Greek bank deposits are coming up. The plans, which call for a “haircut” of at least 30 per cent on deposits above €8,000, sketch out an increasingly likely scenario for at least one bank, the sources said. “It Today I report it's too late. This is not something that is going to happen immediately.”

Banking 28

Banking Insurance Insurance Financial 28

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 25, 2018

By distributing 100 million sesterces from the imperial bank to reliable bankers around the Empire and dropping interest rates to zero for three years, Tiberius saved Rome and the other affected nations of Egypt, Greece, and France. In the face of illiquidity a bank cannot repay current liabilities or their depositholders.

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Financial Balance Sheet Banking Policies 60

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

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. To be specific, a degree in finance shows that you not only know the numbers, but can communicate them in a way that is easy to understand.

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Consulting Engineering Finance Case Interview 100

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

The Financial Services Operating Group concerns itself with Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance. The Health and Public Service operating group focuses on those industries. The Health and Public Service operating group focuses on those industries. Finance and Performance Management.

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Accenture Case Interview Operations Automotive 45

Tom Spencer

JUNE 23, 2023

They conduct in-depth due diligence on potential investments, including financial modeling, market research, and operational analysis. One way to increase your chances of success in breaking into the venture capital industry is to gain experience in a related field such as investment banking, private equity, or management consulting.

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Industry Trends Financial Analysis 78

freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Different industries need to test different skills and therefore depending on whether you’re applying to management consultancies, strategy consultancies or investment banking, your case study will be slightly different. Investment Banking : tend to use a very different case study compared to consultancies.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 53

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 7, 2017

Blockchain , the underlying technology used by Bitcoin , has implications that reach far beyond the financial services community and banks. Blockchain systems operate as a kind of distributed database that store immutable (that is, non-changeable and verifiable) transactional records stored as “blocks” of information.

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Insurance Insurance Banking Government 74

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

They include new enterprises such as Orbian , Prime Revenue , C2FO , Taulia , and Ariba as well as new operations launched by traditional financial service firms such as Citi Group, HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Deutsche Bank. Operations in a Connected World. the supplier gets $9,959 of the $10,000). Insight Center.

Transportation 39

Transportation Finance Financial Banking 39

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2013

Your employer operates with the express aim of benefiting members of the community and reinvests all profits to further its social aims. Imagine waking up in a world where you feel positive and motivated about going to work, knowing that your work provides value to customers in a way that is sustainable and responsible.

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Enterprise Healthcare Ethics Construction 112

BCG

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Yet that income stream is weakening, as low-risk investment yields dip toward 0% and central banks continue to drain the bond markets. In their efforts to adapt to this upside-down world, life insurers are focusing on optimizing their investment strategies and operations.

Insurance 40

Insurance Insurance Cash Flow Management 40

Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Sixty percent of them delayed their exit by at least two years, as per a study by Sun Trust Bank. It’s not reckless money like it was 15 years ago but financing options abound, including for lower middle market and below sized deals. It’s because we had a little event 10 years ago affectionately called the “Great Recession.”

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Marketing PricewaterhouseCoopers Cash Flow Banking 40

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.

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Banking Sports Metrics Construction 40

Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. Operating margin: earnings per sales, which indicates the entrepreneur’s ability to earn revenue.

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Data Real Estate Finance Financial 38

Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Making everything (operations, finance, marketing, etc.) And the bank looks at it with a completely different set of eyes, given they really want to get paid back. Operations and management systems in place that will make a transition smooth. Like with our cabin, it starts with cleaning. and those “things” are).

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