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Risk Management Tips for Business

Strategy Driven

A certain amount of risk comes with the territory when you own a business. It is unavoidable, but that does not mean that the risk cannot be managed or effectively minimized. Here are some great risk management tips for business owners that will remain relevant regardless of how big or small your business may become.

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SME banking: a specialist bank or integrated service within a retail/commercial bank?

Chartered Management Institute

I have attended the Africa SME Banking Conference in Johannesburg in early May, organised by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) – part of the World Bank. Related Content: Create the Mindset for Business Success!

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How Banks Can Finally Get Risk Management Right

Harvard Business Review

SVB was a cautionary tale.

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Managers: What’s Your Plan B?

Lead Change Blog

However, it appears silver mining companies were banking on the Bland-Allison Act of 1878, which authorized bimetallism and called for large government purchases of silver, and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890, which expanded the purchase quantities, helping to keep silver mining profitable.

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Restoring Your Ability to Choose

Leading Blog

Stop putting deposits in your resentment bank account. Use rephrasing as a Twenty-First-Century risk management tool. Make withdrawals from your resentment bank account. When in doubt, ask, “Can you help me see what you see?”. Stick your neck out: rephrase what you think someone meant by what he said; it builds trust.

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Top Colleges for High-Paying Jobs in Finance

Talent Anarchy 1

Curriculum : HBS offers a comprehensive finance curriculum that covers everything from investment banking to asset management. Curriculum : Wharton’s finance curriculum covers a wide range of finance topics, including corporate finance, investment management, and financial derivatives.

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Why Leaders Need to Think More Like Professional Gamblers

Leading Blog

We tend to see situations in one of two ways: either events are certain and can, therefore, be managed by planning, investment, and reliable budgets; or they are uncertain, and we cannot manage them. Probabilistic risk managers will think about the future of how they work. Let’s consider a few examples.