WE Interviews: Liz Ann Sonders, Part One
Liz Ann Sonders Senior Vice President Chief Investment Strategist Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Liz Ann Sonders is the personification of a multi-tasker. Although she is well known as the [...]
WE Interviews: Alisa Amarosa Wood, Part Two
Alisa Amarosa Wood Member Kohlberg Kravis Roberts As a Member (the firm’s highest rank) at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) overseeing the firm’s global capital raising and product development across private [...]
The Changing Landscape of Cash Management
After the 2008 financial meltdown proceeded from a credit to a liquidity crisis, the 27 countries that comprise the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision sought a solution to mitigate catastrophic [...]
Can Fintech Turn the Financial World Upside Down?
Financial technology, or fintech, as it is more popularly known, is one of the hottest areas for investment in Silicon Valley, attracting $12 billion in capital in 2014, up from [...]
WE Interviews: Alisa Amarosa Wood, Part One
Alisa Amarosa Wood Member Kohlberg Kravis Roberts As a Member (the firm’s highest rank) at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), overseeing the firm’s global capital raising and product development across private [...]
Paving the Way for More Female Portfolio Managers
freedigitalphotos.net by PinkBlue It is clear that there are far fewer female than male portfolio managers. Morningstar recently analyzed US mutual fund companies and found that about 10% [...]
Working 9-5? More Like 24/7
freedigitalphotos.net by adamr The concept of a 9-5 workday has been gone for a long time. But we’ve replaced it with a far more extreme timetable: 24/7. Technology [...]
WE Interviews: Lisa Cohen, Part Two
Lisa Cohen CEO Momentum Partners, LLC As CEO of the boutique research and advisory firm Momentum Partners, principal Lisa Cohen is passionately committed to helping clients drive business growth by [...]
The Freelance Workforce
Image courtesy of punsayaporn at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The 2008 financial crisis resulted in 7.9 million job losses and the recovery was slow. With companies hesitant to hire full-time employees, [...]
Holacracy: Trend or Solid Management Style?
freedigitalphotos.net by KROMKRATHOG Holacracy. A strange term that made media headlines when Zappos.com announced it would adopt this supposedly “non-hierarchical” style of management. Is this a blip on [...]