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Asset Management – Industry Overview (Part 1 of 4)

Tom Spencer

These asset classes can include public equities/stocks, fixed income/bonds, money markets, commodities, infrastructure, real estate and alternative strategies – including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital. As such, asset manager performance tends to be correlated with stock market performance. T Rowe Price.

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Wealth Management 101: The Hidden World of Private Banking

Tom Spencer

The financial services industry comprises firms that operate across a range of sectors: Asset & Wealth Management, Banking & Capital Markets, and Insurance. In simple terms, asset management firms are the ‘manufacturers’ of investment products (e.g., clients can purchase iShares on the RBC Wealth platform).

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Wealth Management: Building and Protecting Fortunes

Tom Spencer

A client’s risk tolerance will tend to increase in proportion to their income and investment experience, and decrease inversely in proportion to their age, family or health problems, number of financial dependents, and market volatility. He studied Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal).

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2 Years of Networking Results in Consulting Job at PwC

Management Consulted

where I worked for IMG (international marketing group) at the Winter Olympics. I managed a group of 17 brand ambassadors executing an “in-field” activation/marketing campaign for an IMG client, Wrigley Canada (chewing gum). I then took another internship in finance with Merrill Lynch.

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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change

Harvard Business

And the risks are real: Zillow’s research predicts that $400 billion dollars of real estate value in Florida could be at risk from climate change by the year 2100. In short, the insurance industry is adapting in order to profit from climate risk, and in doing so it will help society adapt as well.

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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

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. These securities, which were backed by real-estate mortgages, were sold to investors as a safe investment.

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