“I don’t like the word balance,” Annemarie DiCola said, when asked how she balances her career and personal life. “It implies a perfect symmetry.” Annemarie DiCola is the Chief Executive Officer of Trepp LLC, a leading technology company in the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) sector. Ms. DiCola began her career in law after she earned […]
It’s been a while since we last ran a restaurant review in The Glass Hammer. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t been eating! Here, we offer you our three top recommendations for downtown power-lunches in New York City. Our top three … Nobu Bouley Chanterelle Check out our reviews after the jump …
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Contributed by Sophie Fletcher Technology is changing the financial arena. No longer limited by execution venue, exchange or geographical brokers and dealers, trading moves to where liquidity is greatest and so, the market evolves. As players in this dynamic market, women should be familiar with the technology behind the process of making educated trades. The […]
Successful collaboration brings all the good things Corporate America has to offer: Promotions Salary Increases Great year end bonuses Stock Options Fun at work So it’s surprising that more people don’t practice collaboration at work on a more consistent basis. Perhaps there are not enough role models out there. If you are lucky enough to […]
In response to recent reader requests, The Glass Hammer decided to publish an article on special issues that gay and lesbian people might face in the workplace. We wanted to find out what it’s like to be “out at work” at a major financial institution, and offer some advice to our readers about how to […]
With an average annual growth in GDP of 7.4% from 2000 to the present, Vietnam has become Asia’s second-fastest-growing economy. The “investor story” is multi-faceted: post-WTO strengthening of the manufacturing and export sectors, the one time opportunity represented by the privatization/equitization process, the booming and developing stock market, massive infrastructure investment opportunities, and an increasingly […]
To continue our Voice of Experience series with another up and coming young woman in finance, The Glass Hammer interviewed Jennifer Ralph Oppold, a research analyst at a long/short hedge fund with about $6.5 billion under management that invests in small and mid-cap companies. Educational Background and Early Work Experience Jen graduated from Princeton in […]
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Contributed by Jillian Lavender Late nights, endless meetings, weekend work, constant packing and unpacking for business trips (and then catching up afterwards), the inbox that never goes down, the reading pile that keeps on growing… Sound familiar? This was my world for many years as divisional CEO of a global publishing company. Though the work […]