By Natalie Sabia (New York City) What does the Dodd-Frank Bill mean to you? That’s the million dollar question that is being asked in every conversation centered on the economy. The 2,300 page bill that was recently passed, introduces the largest wave of changes in financial regulation since the turn taken after the Great Depression […]
By Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago) It is Wednesday morning when I sit down to interview Molly McGregor, the Director of Corporate Affairs at the International Securities Exchange. McGregor is getting ready to attend a conference in Rhode Island as the representative of ISE’s Political Action Committee (ISE PAC) the upcoming weekend. “That’s one thing that has […]
Contributed by executive coach Ann Daly There’s no way around it. Career advancement requires strategy: intentional, ongoing, long-term thinking and action. But today’s “on-demand” workplace conspires against full presence and total attention. It’s a challenge these days for anyone to look away from the current client crisis to focus on her own future. But look […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “It’s a good thing I’ve been blessed with two things – I’ve been blessed with lots of energy and a love of the vertical learning curve,” said Dorothy Collins Weaver, Co-founder and CEO of Miami-based hedge fund of funds, Collins Capital. From founding her hedge fund of funds, […]
Contributed by Beth Collinge of CTG – a division of ILX Group plc. British banks produced encouraging Q2 results, mainly due to a reduction in impairment charges and booming retail and commercial business. The Bank of England and the European Central Bank left benchmark interest rates unchanged. THe ECB president announced eurozone economic recovery “surpasses […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) In June, Accenture released “the largest CEO-based study on sustainability of its kind to date,” based on more than 100 in-depth interviews with world business leaders and an online survey of 766 UN Global Compact member CEOs. The study, entitled “A New Era of Sustainability,” [PDF] reveals the […]
By Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog Carol Paterson Smith has one key piece of advice for women in business – and it’s a good one. And, as a hugely successful and influential woman in the City of London, her words of wisdom carry some weight. Paterson Smith is head of hedge fund […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) What makes a firm’s gender diversity programming really work? According to Jacqueline Akerblom, National Managing Partner for Women’s Initiatives and Programs at Grant Thornton LLP, it comes down to culture change. For the Global 6 accounting firm’s workforce, she said, diversity initiatives are “fully ingrained into the culture […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) You don’t have to look too far into management research to uncover that all the statistics point to one thing: we prefer to work for men. When Ella Edmonson Bell asked her MBA students whether they would rather work for a woman or a man, most of them said they’d prefer […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) “Since banks have failed to reform we are now doing the job for them,” says Arlene McCarthy, the vice chair of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) and the woman who has just spearheaded new rules on bankers’ bonuses. “We have a duty as legislators to respond to […]