HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Blackrock: Back in June, the asset manager required all of its employees to report their vaccination status. Cardinal Health: The global pharmaceutical distributor and medical products supplier sent a memo to U.S. Bank of America: The bank will allow only vaccinated employees to reenter its offices.

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Company Offshoring Airlines Banking 98

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

Entrepreneurship seems to have become the silver bullet for a job-scarce, unemployment-saddled global economy still struggling to shake off recession. and] a serious constraint on efforts to promote strong and sustainable global recovery.".

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2019

Robert Eccles, a visiting professor of management practice at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, says that the global investment community’s interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues has finally reached a tipping point.

Asset Management 12

Asset Management Metrics Globalization Tips 12

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This can give you an advantage in a range of careers, such as investment banking , asset management and insurance departments in business organisations. The leading experiential learning model offered by these programmes will give you the best academic experiences that can make a positive impact on your professional career.

Course 13

Course Asset Management Insurance Industry 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The debate about superstar firms and superstar effects has been intensifying, partly in response to the rapid growth of global US tech companies. In our recent research at the McKinsey Global Institute, we examined the superstar phenomenon across firms, as well as sectors and cities. Wider dynamics may be at play.

Industry 12

Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

We are academics and practitioners focused on product recovery economics and life cycle asset management. We began collaborating when we recognized how interlaced asset management and product recovery were in textbook CEs. We identified these approaches through our work with life cycle asset management company DLL.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Eccles, a mathematician by training and one of the foremost experts in corporate reporting, has for the past five years been working to create sustainability accounting standards for the investment community (he is also the chairman of ESG asset management firm Arabesque Partners). It’s been slow going.

Asset Management 8

Asset Management Report Information Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Basically, a handful of asset management firms have become the most powerful shareholders of the nation’s largest banks. This collective flood of individual investment has turned asset management companies into ginormous shareholders. BlackRock alone manages about $4.7 trillion in assets.

Banking 8

Banking Hedge Asset Management Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2012

These were among the questions addressed at a luncheon in New York convened by CFA Institute President John Rogers with financial industry leaders that included representatives from private and not-for-profit asset managers, public pension funds, insurance companies, and diversified financial services firms.

Ethics 13

Ethics Rogers Asset Management Finance 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Not long ago, the chief executive of a global telecommunications firm shared with me his frustration that "even in a meeting with the CEO, most institutional investors seek only granular data points to plug into their models. Globally, these asset owners manage significant sums, exceeding $50 trillion at the end of 2009.

Long-term 12

Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Similarly, the Global Agri-business Alliance is developing an agreement for companies operating in different parts of the agriculture value chain on standards of conduct for improving livelihoods of farmers, among other outcomes. First, large index asset managers, such as Blackrock, State Street, and Vanguard.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

“We are concerned about the lack of disclosure, because data is critical to demonstrating progress in female and minority representation,” said Aditi Mohapatra, lead author of the report and analyst specializing in diversity issues in the Sustainability Research Department of Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc. “It

Diversity 50

Diversity Newsletter Long-term Execution 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

It isn’t just about limiting downside risk; the company can also create profitable new products and services to address the urgent global needs such as those associated with scarce water supplies, hunger, and greenhouse gas emissions. Four proposals received majority support, more than in the previous six years combined.

Execution 11

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

As Fujio Ando, senior managing director at Chibagin Asset Management suggests, "Japan's consumer electronics industry is facing defeat. In the past year Japan's major electronics firms have lost an aggregated $21 billion and have been routinely displaced by competitors from China, South Korea, and elsewhere.

Six Sigma 17

Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

In addition to using this shared-value approach in its wholly owned South African and UK businesses, Discovery has established a global network of insurance partners that employ it, including John Hancock Financial (U.S.), Manulife (Canada), Generali (Europe), AIA (Asia Pacific), and Ping An (China). million people.

Insurance 9

Insurance Company Competitive Advantage Porter 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Since the global financial crisis, a new wave of “constructive,” or friendly, activists (typically referred to as engagement funds) has tackled the same corporate governance issues, but with an explicitly low-key, humbler approach. Pioneer funds of this approach include Asuka Value-up, Taiyo Pacific, and Simplex Asset Management.

ROE 8

ROE Construction Hedge Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

Ignite managers’ passion to coach their employees. Historically, managers passed on knowledge, skills, and insights through coaching and mentoring. But in our more global, complex, and competitive world, the role of the manager has eroded. Managers are now overburdened with responsibilities.

Development 8

Development Mentor Learning-by-Doing Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Volatility has returned to global markets, and consumer and business confidence is once again slipping. In scores of conversations I've had with business leaders, pension fund trustees, asset managers, employer associations, and NGOs since I first issued this call in HBR , everyone has agreed with the goal.

Long-term 8

Long-term CEO Short-term McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Collectively, the world’s investment giants hold in excess of $70 trillion in assets, which represents the bulk of investable capital globally. Large investors rely on an assortment of intermediaries to help them with their investment activities, including asset managers, such as hedge funds, investment banks, and consultants.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Last week, “ The Better Growth, Better Climate ” report from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate exploded the myth that we have to choose between building a prosperous, expanding economy and doing it in a way that protects our shared home and resource base (also called the planet). We citizen consumers need to step up, too.

IRR 8

IRR Energy Tips Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

. “It’s already changing organizations, by moving IT from a cost center to something with a place at the table in a lot of different meetings,” said Chris Jackson, head of cloud platforms at Pearson, a global learning company.

Management 12

Management Software BPM Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

nonprofit organizations like the Heartland Capital Strategy Institute are bringing together institutional investors, private asset managers, and worker representatives to harness some of the $13 trillion of assets in workers’ pension funds to invest in worker-friendly businesses that offer good investment returns.

ESOP 12

ESOP Company Cooper IAM 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

The market size for responsible investment is large and growing, with some of the largest asset managers like BlackRock , State Street Global Advisors , and Vanguard responding to demand by opening ESG-themed funds in recent years. A main explanation is that, as always, they are following the money.

Hedge 9

Hedge Long-term Short-term Letter 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. Institutions have been raising tuition just to keep the lights on. They’re quite good at it, on the whole.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Morgan Asset Management’s Head of Diversity Gordon Cooper told me his firm is now introducing a Legal ReEntry Program. (In In the six years I have been tracking return-to-work programs, I have never seen five, new, big-employer returning professional internship programs debut in such a short span. And last week J.P.

Ulrich 8

Ulrich Cooper Gordon Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

Executives of the “old economy” are certainly aware of their own vulnerability, as they witness the impact of Uber on the taxi industry, Airbnb on hospitality, and automated asset management on financial services.

Innovation 13

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

It may seem counterintuitive, but smart companies need to routinely rid themselves of less profitable customers, the same way an asset manager or rebalances an investment portfolio or a Major League Baseball general manager trades a declining player. So how does one take full advantage of a 'window to winnow'?

P&L 14

P&L Supply Chain Retail Price 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

One of my clients, a CEO of an asset management firm, said to me, "I would not blink if one of my fund managers lost $10 million due to a wrong bet, but I would fire him immediately if he cheated $10 on his expense report.". Keeping this in mind, organizations must identify and discourage risky behavior at every turn.

Management 13

Management Banking Committee Risk Management 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

Think of customer reps who support the biggest investors at asset management companies like Fidelity and Putnam. Some 20% to 30% of American and European Union workers are independent, according to the McKinsey Global Institute. Or they may be people who interact with customers after the sale. Critical Contractors.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact capital, currently sized at $60 billion, could grow over the next decade to $2 trillion, or 1% of global invested assets. Ultimately, asset managers can develop a matrix with financial asset classes (e.g.,

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The ratio of cross holdings to total shares at Japanese companies (excluding shares held by insurers) has fallen on average from 35% in 1990 to 10% in 2016, according to Nikko Asset Management. But most of these companies still have a way to go to reach the best global practices of corporate governance.

Committee 8

Committee Chief Financial Officer Document Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

Don Jones, former Vice President, Learning, Natixis Global Asset Management shared this example in a recent interview: Employees are becoming “content developers” for our learning organization. Imagine a top sales person in the field giving his pitch on a certain product.

Management 8

Management Mentor Content Training 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The ongoing failure of policy at a global level (with the important exceptions of some successes/workarounds such as new mileage targets for cars and trucks and a carbon tax in Australia ). The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. Right now, the U.S. Nuclear on the outs.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

(Two recommendations I've gotten from Harvard government professor Dan Carpenter : Capitalizing on Crisis: The Political Origins of the Rise of Finance , by Sociologist Greta Krippner, and The New Global Rulers: The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy , by political scientists Tim Büthe and Walter Mattli.).

Tversky 11

Tversky Crisis Levitt Consensus 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

The global financial markets are an extraordinary information processing engine. Nothing beats the tracking mechanism of stock prices when it comes to quantifying the constant push-and-pull of thousands and thousands of investors and managers, pursuing and acting upon different strategies.

Marketing 11

Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

I was meeting with a client last week, the CEO of a global asset management firm. At the end of our conversation, he asked me what feedback I had for him about his organization.

Organization 8

Organization How To Cialdini Schein 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

After Sandy raged across the eastern coast, Businessweek blared on its cover " It's Global Warming, Stupid." Based on similar numbers, both McKinsey and PwC UK calculated how fast we must reduce the carbon intensity of the global economy ( PwC's number is 5% per year until 2050 ).

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10