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A Game Plan for Funding Carbon Offsets

Harvard Business

Most businesses will be reluctant to tie up capital in this way, but such projects can be (and have been) financed by perpetual bonds, which represent attractive investments for investors such as university endowments that have very long liability streams extending far into the future.

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Howard Marks’ Memo Spotlights Major Shift in Investing Approach, Raises Behavioral Considerations

Steve Shu Consulting

While I definitely oversimplify (you need to read the memo), the fuel of declining interest rates are unlikely to be a tailwind at our backs as compared to the prior 40 years. As a behavioral finance person, I see some perils of using fast, autonomous thinking and the need to try to use more slow, reflective thinking.

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5 reasons to choose strategy consulting over financial advisory consulting

Management Consulted

Beyond definition, there are many other factors that put strategy consulting and financial advisory consulting in different camps. As a quick disclaimer – both strategy and finance are imperative to the health of any company, so we’re not trying to argue that strategy is more important than finance or vice versa.

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ModelOff 2012 ? The Financial Modeling World Championships

Tom Spencer

Definitions. Modeloff was founded by John Persico , chief executive of Vumero , a Melbourne-based finance contracting company and board member of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce Young Business Forum. Helpful Links. ModelOff 2012 – Financial Modeling World Championships. in Investing. To enter, you need to act quickly!

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The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 3)

Markovitz Consulting

If something is “disruptive,” then it must by definition be good. Similarly, most finance departments in large companies cut their activities to a bare minimum during the month-end close of the books, which often can take up well over a week.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

And, of course, their claim to fame, Financial Services , is broken down into even more practices including: Finance and Risk. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. Risk Management – assists CFOs and other finance executives on matters of finance and risk, global risk and trading, and compliance and governance.

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Kickstarting the Gift Economy - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Definitions. As a result of the crisis, there was less money available for consumption and investment activity, and businesses found it difficult to re-finance existing loans. Helpful Links. Kickstarting the Gift Economy. by Tom Spencer on September 15, 2012 · 2 comments. in Economics.