David A Fields

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Which marketing vehicles will help you most when you’re in a hurry? Winning clients is a bit like securing a loan: if you already have a lot in the bank, it’s easier to get more. Your consulting firm need clients fast. As in right now. In fact, yesterday would be preferable.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

What is interesting is the struggles of Marcus, Goldman’s consumer facing bank face. ” Goldman is an investment bank. Consumer banking is an entirely different thing. Not having a background in consumer banking, Goldman had to acquire GreenSky® as a way to accelerate their entry into the consumer market.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 12, 2022

Marketing is an incredibly important function of any growing business. Marketing is generally the initial point of contact in a customer’s purchasing journey. In this article, I would like to share a few tangible pieces of advice that may benefit you if you are planning to jump into a marketing related venture.

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Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 28, 2023

market can be overwhelming without the right guidance. Consulting services, specifically US market entry consulting, are instrumental in assisting investors, companies, and entrepreneurs in this endeavor. Creating US market success with the help of local professionals through consulting services. operations. operations.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 16, 2018

The financial services industry has seen drastic technology-driven change over the past few years, and digital has fundamentally reshaped consumer behaviour in banking. According to Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, 90% of Canadian banking customers use digital channels and more than 30% are now banking exclusively virtually.

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

To successfully enter and thrive in the US market, many foreign firms turn to business consulting services and consultants. In this article, we will explore how these services play a crucial role in facilitating market entry for foreign companies, backed by facts and statistics. are more likely to survive and thrive in the market.

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Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 22, 2023

market is a promising yet intricate endeavor that requires meticulous planning and execution. The United States offers a vast and diverse consumer base, but foreign companies often encounter complexities related to regulations, market dynamics, and cultural nuances. market entry consulting services in ensuring a successful entry.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

This post provides you with a high level comparison of management consulting and investment banking. Investment banks help companies raise money for various purposes including investment, acquisitions, and provision of working capital. Traders buy and sell securities with the bank’s money with the aim of making money for the bank.

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Business Consulting Agency

MAY 21, 2023

The US market presents immense opportunities for companies worldwide, but entering and navigating this dynamic landscape can be challenging. To ensure a smooth and successful entry into the US market, companies from other countries can leverage the expertise of business consultants and US market entry consulting services.

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MishTalk

JUNE 25, 2017

Here’s the question of the day: What happens when central banks own the market? The answer comes from Asia where Japan’s Government Bond Market Grinds to a Halt and the yield on 10-year Japanese bonds did not move for seven days. more…).

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Business Consulting Agency

AUGUST 5, 2023

The assistance of US market entry consulting services is invaluable in navigating these complexities, ensuring a successful entry. market with the assistance of US market entry consulting services and emphasize the indispensable role of business consulting agencies in achieving success. market entry.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The Chinese Central Bank has already begun experimenting with digital cash that could eliminate the need for paper money.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 29, 2020

Much less emphasis has been placed on developing tools suitable for emerging markets and the businesses in these economies. Obstacles in Emerging Markets. Emerging markets face a unique challenge when it comes to deploying technology to fight COVID-19 due to the large role that informal markets play in these economies.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

If I see money in my bank account, I get looser with my spending. Knowing this and knowing that I had to make big tax payments four times a year, I set up a "sweep account" with an online bank, not my day-to-day bank. I was lucky to invest early in the longest bull market in history, but I'm not a sophisticated investor.

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BCG

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The financial technology (fintech) phenomenon first started to evolve in the capital markets (CM) industry more than 40 years ago. This shortfall is partly due to the highly specialized and regulated nature of capital markets, which may hinder outside investors. Focus Monday, November 07, 2016.

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MishTalk

MAY 27, 2014

The bond markets and currency markets are out of sync with equity markets and widely-touted economic projections that things are getting better. Bond Market in Disbelief Today the spotlight is on Japan. Bank of Japan Confident Reuters reports Bank of Japan, more confident about recovery, quietly eyes stimulus exit.

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BCG

JULY 5, 2016

For all the angst over the disruptive impact of financial technology providers, the smart money in corporate banking sees fintechs as strategic allies, not enemies. Over the past decade, the fintech market has become a hotbed of customer-centric banking innovation.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 24, 2023

On March 10th, Silicon Valley Bank went bankrupt. Due to the Federal Reserve’s determination to curb inflation it has consistently hiked interest rates for the last 12 months, an outcome that SVB and many other banks failed to anticipate. As the size of SVB’s losses became known, this startled anyone with money in the bank’s coffers.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Inquiring minds are tuned into the Saxo Bank''s 4th Trading Debate on Volatility and Performance. Martin Wolf Bearish on Markets and China In another Trading Debate panel Martin Wolf Says He''s Bearish on Markets. Once sentiment reverses for good (and it will), I highly doubt that even more cheap money will help the markets.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

What follows is a success story I received from a reader who transitioned from banking to consulting as an experienced hire. My background: 4 years as equity analyst, MBA, 5 years in banking in equity capital markets (IPOs and such). The tips offered should be useful for those of you in similar situations.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Fed influences the world economy Professors in banking and finance often use the metaphor of the economy as a plane and the Fed as the pilot. The federal funds rate determines the cost of interbank borrowing in the overnight money market, which influences the interest rates that banks charge on consumer and business loans.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

I seriously do not understand this "Bad Bank" concept. If for some reason you disagree, please note that Spain now needs a "Bad Bank" for "Bad Banks". Via translation from El Economista, please consider Another bad bank? Hopefully investors in "bad banks" in Spain have learned their lesson.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Daily Reckoning founder Bill Bonner thinks central banks are waging war on the markets. He also believes they will lose. I wholeheartedly agree with Bonner’s rationale. Let’s tune in. more…).

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BCG

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Corporate banking is a tough business. In fact, BCG’s most recent Corporate Banking Performance Benchmarking survey—of 300 corporate banking divisions around the world serving the small, midmarket, and large business segments—found a dramatic split between the best and the rest. Report Monday, December 12, 2016.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 13, 2014

Chinese Credit Just Collapsed and shadow banking with it. Shadow Banking Aggregate social financing was 273 bn yuan versus 1500.0 bn expected and prior was 1970 bn implying that shadow banking credit contracted 112 bn in the month. trillion yuan from the previous month, the central bank said today. bn versus 780.0

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BCG

JUNE 21, 2016

Nearly eight years after the financial crisis, the performance of many retail banks is still disappointing investors and financial markets, particularly in Europe. The transformation and cost reduction efforts highlighted by these institutions are not translating into positive market sentiment.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 23, 2014

I received an interesting question on bank lending just a bit ago. Would QE by the ECB spur European bank lending? Banks do not lend from excess reserves. Banks lend (provided they are not capital impaired), when credit-worthy borrowers want credit and banks perceive risks worth lending. Of course not.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Most understand the "too big to fail" banks have gotten bigger and bigger over time as they swallow up smaller banks bit by bit. Number of Banks Over Time by Type Total Number of Banks Percent of Banks Vs. 1990 Total Problem Banks as Percentage of All Banks Anyone feel any safer by this?

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Harvard Business

JULY 23, 2024

commercial banks being overexposed to commercial real estate (CRE) have intensified as the global pandemic upended long-held economic assumptions of perpetually subdued inflation, low interest rates, and in-office work. The risks of U.S.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Chinese banks have experienced an outflow of deposits for the quarter for first time since 1999. Customers are attracted to trust funds and the stock market which has been on a tear, up 43% in the last six months. The effective yield on the Mercedes is approximately seven percent! There is no fix for this.

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The Fearless Marketer

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Do you remember the stock market crash of 2008? It plummeted because Congress rejected the bank bailout bill. I remember monitoring the news closely, and on the week of September 22 there was heated discussion about the bank bailout bill. So, that week, I took 100% of my money out of the stock market and put it in cash.

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BCG

MAY 17, 2016

Unfavorable economic conditions, escalating capital requirements, and stubbornly high costs continue to depress the performance of many investment banks. Yet the same cannot be said for the capital markets industry as a whole—the ecosystem that includes buy-side firms, sell-side firms, information service providers, and exchanges.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Bank profits are. Banks cannot use the money and are not lending it. It proposes a new tool to pay banks even more interest on money banks don''t lend and cannot use (as an alternative to shrinking money supply). debt markets since the credit crisis began in 2007. Obviously inflation is not a concern to the Fed.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 28, 2023

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are a new form of digital currency that will be issued and backed by central banks. While CBDCs and bank deposits can both be transferred digitally, there are at least five key differences between CBDCs and bank deposits that are worth being aware of.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Citing a need for structural reforms, Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, the world''s third largest Fast-Moving-ConsumerGoods (FMCG) company says the emerging market slowdown is here to stay. I am always surprised that I am the one who sort of has to announce there’s a slowdown in emerging markets,” Polman said, speaking Nov.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 9, 2013

The question on my mind today is "When will the Spanish banking system collapse?" The Spanish banking system passed a so-called "stress test" in 2012, but sovereign government bonds are are not included in the evaluation. It was Cypriot exposure to Greek bonds that collapsed the Cypriot banking system. Stress-Free Tests.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 10, 2014

I have been saying for years that European banks are in far worse shape than US banks. We can now show that in chart form thanks to Ophir Gottlieb, CEO of Capital Market Labs. Let''s start with a visualization of the day: Worldwide Mega Cap Banks: Is Europe in Crisis? C lick on any chart in this post for a sharper image.

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