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Executive Search Firms in Finance: Unlocking Fiscal Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Finding the right leaders in an industry that demands excellence, strategic vision, and a deep understanding of financial markets can drive success and stay ahead of the competition. In a constantly evolving industry, these leaders can quickly adjust their strategies and approaches to meet changing market conditions.

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Married BlackRock executive fired for failing to disclose office romance

HR Digest

trillion asset management company, have been let go. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset management company and has shares in almost all major US companies. Manish Mehta, in charge of markets and investments, has replaced Smith as HR head. This year two senior executives of the $6.8

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Six Ways to See the World through New Lenses—and Lead More Effectively

Leading Blog

Importantly, “That perspective enables us to rein in our smartness and harness it to serve a larger purpose in an ethical and appropriate manner.” When Alan Mulally took over as CEO of Ford, the company was losing market share and facing deep losses because of increased competition and globalization.

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Jeff Skilling, as a condition of his employment at Enron, insisted the company adopt mark-to-market accounting. a survey indicated that fewer than 60% of the Secret Service personnel said they would report ethical misconduct. It has been wisely said that people don't do what you tell them to do; they do what you pay them to do.

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The End of Economists' Imperialism

Harvard Business Review

"By almost any market test, economics is the premier social science," Stanford University economist Edward Lazear wrote just over a decade ago. The field attracts the most students, enjoys the attention of policy-makers and journalists, and gains notice, both positive and negative, from other scientists.".

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At Olympus and Goldman Sachs, Two Very Different Whistleblowers

Harvard Business Review

And in January 2011, more than a year before Smith's op-ed (and in response to the SEC complaint), Goldman issued a report on business standards seeking to make more transparent how it would handle with clients its different roles of advisor, fiduciary, market-maker, underwriter, asset manager and investor for its own account.

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Serving Shareholders Doesn’t Mean Putting Profit Above All Else

Harvard Business Review

Friedman acknowledged that shareholders might have ethical concerns, but he implicitly assumed that a company’s profit and social objectives are separable. If these rules were eased, we would expect this kind of ethical fund to arise. The impact extends to asset management companies. now concern ESG. Does It Matter?