Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

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Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 130

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 3, 2011

in Management Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Cambridge Strategic Management Group. Cambridge Strategic Management Group. Cedar Management Consulting. Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

BearingPoint 99

BearingPoint Capgemini Strategy Strategy 99

Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. If you’re not going to raise rates at the beginning of the year, start dropping hints to manage expectations. Do the math a few different ways and see how these numbers play out. for year one, $165 for year two, and $172.50

Consulting 221

Consulting Policies Benchmarking Examples 221

Tom Spencer

MAY 25, 2019

Characteristics of Asset Management Firms. Most major asset managers are conservative with their use of leverage. There are a couple of reasons for this: Asset managers can see cash flow and earnings fluctuate wildly with markets. Valuation of Asset Management Firms. Price/Earnings, EV/EBITDA and EV/AUM.

Cash Flow 60

Cash Flow Management Metrics Benchmarking 60

Harvard Business

JUNE 25, 2018

How often are management concepts subjected to recalls by the people who invented them? Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. Yet poor management systems can jeopardize lives in the air, at sea, on roads or in hospitals.

System 134

System Financial Report Benchmarking 134

Tom Spencer

JUNE 1, 2019

Retail Wealth Management. In countries with concentrated banking sectors, the banks will have enough scale and cross-selling opportunities to have their own major asset management divisions. 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.

Management 60

Management Retail Banking Benchmarking 60

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 26, 2024

For example, the Federal Reserve aims to achieve 2% inflation as an ideal benchmark to avoid its counterpart, deflation. This can potentially lead borrowers, including businesses and governments, to experience financial distress and bankruptcy, causing them to cut back on investment spending.

Policies 147

Policies Financial Benchmarking Groups 147

MishTalk

MAY 24, 2014

A British financial regulator has fined Barclays $43.9 also fined the former Barclays trader, Daniel James Plunkett, £95,600 and barred him from participating in any regulated financial activity. director of enforcement and financial crime, said in a statement. Plunkett’s trading book, excluding hedging, recorded a profit of $1.75

Benchmarking 72

Benchmarking Banking Financial Marketing 72

MishTalk

MARCH 10, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether traders distorted prices for options and exchange-traded funds by rigging benchmark currency rates, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg News reported today. trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market. London fix were being manipulated. estimates is around $3.6

Banking 75

Banking Benchmarking Culture Marketing 75

MishTalk

DECEMBER 23, 2013

An exceptional bid by China’s central bank to curb soaring interest rates and relieve pressure on the financial system appeared to have come up short on Monday, as Chinese money market rates shrugged off the measure and continued to approach the crisis levels seen in June.

Balance Sheet 76

Balance Sheet Banking Benchmarking Financial 76

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Bank’s Income Statement It’s important to note that banks have diverse product offerings and client types, and the reporting of business lines such as retail banking, wholesale banking, and wealth management can vary between different banks. The interest rate set by the central bank serves as a benchmark or reference rate for banks.

Banking 88

Banking Balance Sheet Operations Financial 88

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Efficiency ratio The efficiency ratio measures effective cost management and operational efficiency, and is defined as non-interest expenses divided by revenue. Total shareholder return (TSR) TSR is often considered the ultimate measure of shareholder value, and the outcome of delivering against the financial targets.

Metrics 88

Metrics Banking Balance Sheet Efficiency 88

MishTalk

MARCH 3, 2014

percent against the dollar today, more than any other currency tracked by Bloomberg, while the benchmark Micex stock index plunged more than 11 percent and benchmark bond yields soared. “So So far, the panic goes on,” Dmitry Dorofeev, a money manager at BCS Financial Group in Moscow, said by e-mail. The ruble sank 1.8

Marketing 68

Marketing Benchmarking Banking Financial 68

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Booz, who could very well possibly be considered the father of management consulting as a career. It is one of the original “white-shoe” firms, accredited with being the origination of the management consulting profession. Most recently, Booz & Company acquired Management Engineers , based in Dusseldorf, Germany. Automotive.

Interviews 181

Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

LSA Global

MARCH 8, 2022

This fast growing financial services firm wanted to double revenue and increase efficiency by 50% while maintaining high levels of client satisfaction and employee engagement. Enable Change Management Implementation Support the team with implementing the change plan so that “hearts and minds” portion of the ERP implementation is successful.

Change Management 7

Change Management Financial Management Training 7

MishTalk

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Anything that becomes a mania -- it ends badly,” said Tim Gramatovich, who helps manage more than $800 million as chief investment officer of Santa Barbara, California-based Peritus Asset Management. cents in September, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Energy 78

Energy Marketing Benchmarking Cash Flow 78

BCG

JULY 11, 2016

Global regulators, still working to address the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis, are slowly beginning to converge on appropriate risk management approaches for the asset management industry. Regulators’ evolving views in the US and Europe appear increasingly close to those of asset managers.

Boston Consulting Group 40

Boston Consulting Group Management Benchmarking Financial 40

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2018

Young Millennials, driven to distraction and depression by nonstop, constantly comparative online benchmarking, can’t unglue from phones-as-performance-measuring-devices. Extreme foodies start the day with complex green drinks made from the latest expensive seeds and vegan plants from a distant country. Who can blame them?

Benchmarking 139

Benchmarking Sports Exercises Metrics 139

MishTalk

JANUARY 19, 2014

European banks have a capital shortfall of as much as 767 billion euros ($1 trillion) before the European Central Bank’s probe into the financial health of the region’s lenders, according to a study. The figures assume a benchmark capital ratio for other book measures of leverage of 7 percent, they wrote. “A What Shortfall?

Banking 75

Banking Benchmarking Study Financial 75

Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

He earned his PhD in resource management, underlining his expertise. Albert is the co-founder of Epicflow, an AI-driven multi-project management system. This article explores managing uncertainty in organizations. Saving Money (Financial Buffer). But the professionals who executed the project considered it a huge success.

Resources 130

Resources System Tools Management 130

MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2014

Singapore’s booming finance and real estate-focused economy has earned it the moniker “The Switzerland of Asia”, and finance professionals from all over the world are flocking to work there to take refuge from the hard-hit financial sectors in their home countries. Singapore’s unemployment rate is a mere 1.8 Hype or Reality?

Real Estate 78

Real Estate Policies Financial Finance 78

Tom Spencer

MAY 31, 2012

in Management Consulting. In 2012, the BRW Client Choice Awards named Nous “best management consulting firm in Australia” including most innovative firm and best client outcomes from across the professional services sector. Helpful Links. Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia 2012. Booz Allen Hamilton.

Oliver Wyman 122

Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 122

Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2021

In management consulting and many other sectors, people spend a lot of time creating PowerPoint slides as it has become the basis for communicating, both internally and externally. Identify and “bucket” the key benchmarked items and players. Benchmarking. However, slide writing is often very challenging. ” 11.

Benchmarking 88

Benchmarking Case Interview Groups Analysis 88

Management and IT Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

SPI Research 2018 Benchmark Report and Infographic] Learn the top finance and operational KPIs that make the best consulting firms succeed.

Financial 40

Financial Benchmarking Consulting Finance 40

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

” Discovery-driven planning has since become a staple in business schools’ entrepreneurship curricula and a go-to technique for those who manage innovation. In short, too many firms used conventional planning to manage their new ventures. Since then, they have taught the concepts to thousands of students and managers.

Benchmarking 106

Benchmarking Methodologies Company Apparel 106

MishTalk

APRIL 14, 2014

Kiev’s central bank raised the benchmark discount rate from 6.5 But Britain remains cautious about imposing sanctions that could have an impact on the City of London’s reputation as an open global financial centre and on companies, notably BP, which have big investments in Russia. to the US dollar, to 13.16 per cent to 9.5

Banking 65

Banking Benchmarking Finance Financial 65

Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

In short, he became the unintended victim trapped by what the Financial Times called “byzantine organizational politics.” Studies show that individuals with political skills tend to do better in gaining more personal power as well as managing stress and job demands, than their politically naive counterparts.

Guidelines 136

Guidelines Advertising Groups Examples 136

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The Center for Orthopedic Research and Education (or CORE Institute ) — a group of musculoskeletal, neurologic, and rehabilitative physicians in Arizona and Michigan that includes orthopedic, spine, and pain-management physicians and a number of other types of clinicians — is pioneering an approach that represents a middle ground.

Benchmarking 70

Benchmarking Tools Insurance Insurance 70

1 to 1

APRIL 10, 2025

Action Point: Develop a CX vision that directly ties into financial and operational goals (e.g., Action Point: Present CX metrics alongside financial indicators to show the business case for improving customer experience. Action Point: Develop a CX scorecard that combines customer experience data with financial KPIs.

B2B 26

B2B Strategy Strategy Strategy& 26

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

The types of private equity firms and the approaches to managing these firms has evolved over the last 40 years through three general phases. These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. Large private equity firms (e.g.,

Talent 70

Talent Real Estate Financial Operations 70

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Pacific Investment Management Co.’s s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said investors should buy short-term Treasuries and credit securities that will be bolstered by the Fed’s intent to keep benchmark lending rates at almost zero. Here it is: " Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Gross’s View.

Benchmarking 67

Benchmarking Banking Insurance Insurance 67

Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2018

Here we present the case of Grupo Financiero Banorte (GFNorte), a large Mexican financial group, where the analytics transformation has been a success story. These elements of GFNorte’s analytics strategy are principles that other organizations, even beyond financial services, can institute. Support from the top.

Company 73

Company Recruiting Recruitment Financial 73

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Discussion on management consultancy often reduces the clientele of strategy firms to multinational corporations. Although it is rarely obvious what the ‘common good’ actually means, social programmes need to establish their priorities on another basis than mere financial efficiency. Different stakeholders. Image: Pixabay.

Government 88

Government Consulting Policies Benchmarking 88

MishTalk

MAY 12, 2014

Please consider In Gundlach’s ‘No Normal’ World, Treasuries Can’t Lose Jeffrey Gundlach, the star fixed-income manager whose mutual fund beat 97 percent of its rivals the past three years, has a simpler explanation for why investors have gotten the bond market so wrong this year: the aging of America. percent in the coming decade from 1.2

Benchmarking 66

Benchmarking Conference Interviews Video 66

Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

billion, including most major firms in the manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, financial services, and retail industries. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. more likely to use data to benchmark customers and advise them on how to realize greater value. Four Operating Pillars.

Company 70

Company Operations Data Benchmarking 70

MishTalk

JUNE 5, 2014

The ECB also lowered the benchmark rate from 0.25% to 0.15%. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Banking 77

Banking Benchmarking Operations Small Business 77

Tom Spencer

MAY 15, 2014

Nous service lines include business strategy, public policy, leadership & people development, organisational capability, and information management & technology. Bain’s mission is to help management teams create such high levels of economic value that together Bain and its clients can redefine their respective industries.

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Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 76