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Bridging the Gap: From the Consulting Industry to the Management Consulting Profession

Effective Managers

The industry is vast, including freelancers, independent consultants, and employees of consulting firms, offering services across various sectors such as IT, marketing, finance, and more. They can trust that a consultant adhering to ISO 20700 standards or holding a CMC designation will deliver services that meet global benchmarks.

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Asset Management – Client Segmentation (Part 3 of 4)

Tom Spencer

For instance, if a client goes to meet a financial advisor to talk about opening a savings account, the topic of mutual funds can be brought up. For passive investing, Blackrock and Vanguard are able to get costs very low due to their scale and skill in replicating a benchmark index. Image: Pixabay.

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Project Management Maturity Models: A Basis for Reaching Your Organization’s Business Success

Epicflow

In particular, the high level of PMM means that: Projects are delivered on time and budget; Risks and changes don’t derail projects; Projects are aligned with a company’s business objectives; The delivered output meets stakeholder expectations; A company is competitive on the market. .

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”

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Sad News For Greece? Will Greece Kiss Troika's Ass?

MishTalk

Greece’s outspoken finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been sidelined after three months of fruitless talks with international creditors to unlock €7.2bn in bailout funds, heartening investors and sparking a rally on the Athens stock market. Yields on Greece’s benchmark 10-year bonds were down a full percentage point at 11.4

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$550 Billion Energy Junk Bond Bubble Busts; "Whac-A-Mole" Distortions in Multiple Markets

MishTalk

With oil prices plunging, investors are questioning the ability of some issuers to meet their debt obligations. The Fed’s decision to keep benchmark interest rates at record lows for six years has encouraged investors to funnel cash into speculative-grade securities to generate returns, raising concern that risks were being overlooked.

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Case Competition Tips & Tricks

Tom Spencer

Rather, a strong team will have competencies in diverse fields such as finance, strategic planning (SWOT, PEST, 5-Ps), public speaking, graphic design (creating a beautiful slide deck), and Excel (modeling things like valuations, sensitivity analysis, and graphs). You want to distinguish yourself from the crowd by thinking “outside the box”.