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Executive Search Firms in Finance: Unlocking Fiscal Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Every organization has unique dynamics and strategic goals, from investment banks to hedge funds and private equity firms. They remain current with industry regulations and compliance requirements, ensuring their organizations operate within legal boundaries.

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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups

Harvard Business Review

By comparison, online lenders face capital costs that can be higher than 10%, sourced from potentially fickle institutional investors like hedge funds. This amounts to putting a toe in the water, while keeping current operations relatively separate and pristine. In the U.S.,

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

In reality, “handoffs” and transitions prove to be significant operational problems. Audit software and human monitors were soon installed to assure compliance. Autonomy is both the organizational and the operational center of gravity for innovation and growth.

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Can JP Morgan Transparently Police Itself?

Harvard Business Review

That legislative mandate imposes penalties, regardless of fault, for a defined set of senior leaders for one act (material non-compliance with respect to financial statements). Its purpose: to remedy unfair windfalls.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance. Each has its place.

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How Multinationals Should Be Planning for Brexit

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to planning, multinationals shouldn’t apply quick fixes to mitigate short-term operational risks (for instance, financial hedging to manage exchange rate fluctuations, or cursory assessment of distributors to evaluate their supply chains). And this is happening before Brexit has even taken place.