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Personal Finance Management: What It Means Before And After You Retire

Strategy Driven

Managing personal finances is one of the critical tasks that every adult must consider. Without effective management of what you have, or what you might have, you’ll always be struggling to make the ends meet. However, it is noteworthy that personal finance management is not the same for everyone.

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8 Certifications Worth Pursuing in 2024

Strategy Driven

Covering areas such as auditing, financial accounting, and taxation, the CPA credential opens doors to a myriad of career opportunities, from public accounting firms to corporate finance roles. This certification focuses on management accounting principles, risk management, and business strategy.

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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

Harvard Business Review

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Don''t get us wrong. environmental, social, and governance — or ESG) performance.

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Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Harvard Business Review

For example, the French global energy player ENGIE recently tilted its primary dimension from product (such as power, services, and infrastructure) toward region in order to better serve its clients in the territories in which it operates. When a company reorganizes, it’s often because the strategy has also changed.

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What’s at Stake in an Economy with Low Oil Prices

Harvard Business Review

The risks in lower energy prices have a lot more to do with sustainability of some of the governments around the world that are really dependent on commodity revenues for their own legitimacy and power. The growth and energy demand in China is immense. They’re not going to stop doing that because energy prices are low.

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Too Big to Manage: JP Morgan and the Mega Banks

Harvard Business Review

Poor controls over risk and valuations. Manipulation of energy markets. Whether these huge financial institutions are, in fact, too big too manage on this fundamental set of integrity issues will be one of the most important and intriguing business stories to follow in the years to come. Boards Ethics Risk management'

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

Ageas contributes its expertise in insurance product design, marketing, finance, and risk management, while the partner, often a well-embedded local financial institution, contributes its customer portfolio, distribution channel, brand, and relationships. Model 6: Cofunding of a third-party asset.