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What Will It Take to Make Finance More Gender-Balanced?

Harvard Business Review

We overheard male classmates bond with internship interviewers about fantasy football drafts. It is no wonder we came to fear our gender would keep us from achieving the same level of success as our male peers in finance. We turned to those most able to effect change in finance: the professionals actively working in the field.

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How to Work Out What to Do with Your Excess Business Profits

Strategy Driven

However, there are many different types of investment out there, from bonds and dividends to real estate and cryptocurrency. To ensure that you are making the right choice for you and your business, you should survey all the potential investments that could benefit you and research them as much as possible.

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Interpreting the FDIC Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households

Harvard Business Review

The 2011 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , released last month, is a valuable example of policymakers collecting data to support evidence based policy making. Along with a number of my colleagues in finance, I take a "functional approach" to understanding the financial system. Let's turn to credit.

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Interpreting the FDIC Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households

Harvard Business Review

The 2011 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , released last month, is a valuable example of policymakers collecting data to support evidence based policy making. Along with a number of my colleagues in finance, I take a "functional approach" to understanding the financial system. Let's turn to credit.

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The Most Desirable Employee Benefits

Harvard Business Review

According to Glassdoor’s 2015 Employment Confidence Survey, about 60% of people report that benefits and perks are a major factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. The survey also found that 80% of employees would choose additional benefits over a pay raise.

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Why Sit on All that Cash? Firms Uncertain on Cost of Capital

Harvard Business Review

This is the key finding of the Current Trends in Estimating and Applying the Cost of Capital research released this week by the Association for Financial Professionals, a trade group of 16,000 corporate treasury and finance practitioners. Source: Association for Financial Professonals' Cost of Capital Survey. Under $1 billion revenue.

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Will Wall Street Be Able to Earn the Trust of Younger Investors?

Harvard Business Review

Meanwhile, new investment exchanges and IRA accounts are emerging that provide alternative investments versus traditional stocks, bonds and mutual funds, that have similar liquidity but greater transparency, and were previously only available to the ultra-wealthy. on half a billion dollars invested on the platform to date.