News update: Markets Down on Citi Fears

It was another rough day for Wall Street, as share prices plummeted on the news that Merrill Lynch had lowered its annual earnings prediction for Citigroup again, after an executive at the Dubai fund responsible for the recent cash infusion at Citi said that the bank would need to raise more cash to stay afloat and an analyst projected another $15 billion in mortgage-related write-downs.

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EHYA Current State of the European High Yield and Leveraged Loan Market

Join the European High Yield Association for a look at trends in this market.

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Do Men Need Flexibility Too?

Contributed by Michelle Kedem, Partner, On-Ramps

To build upon yesterday’s Voice of Experience piece about the Columbia Business School conference, we invited one of the speakers, Michelle Kedem of On-Ramps, to share her experience and offer some insights about work/life balance.

765603196_8504d17bce_m.jpg I was recently invited to speak at Columbia Business School’s annual Women in Business conference. The topic of this year’s conference was “Success… Your Way: Share Your Vision and Find Your Voice.” As often happens, many of the panel discussions, regardless of the specified matters at hand, turned to the work-life topic. At the networking event at the end of the day, one of the attendees asked the question on everyone’s mind: “Why do women in business spend so much time obsessing over work-life fit? And why don’t men spend an equal amount of time focused on the tricky navigation of a personal life while excelling in their careers?”

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Achieving Business Balance

The reality of multi-tasking can be overwhelming as we struggle to do it all: manage and administer our businesses, find new clients, develop new products, do the work we’re paid to do and have a life outside the office!

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Voices of Experience at the Columbia Women in Business Conference: “Success….Your Way”

nametag.jpgThere is one word that describes why I go to the Columbia Women in Business (CWIB) conference every year: inspiration. Every year, I leave the day-long event feeling invigorated, thrilled, exhausted, and tremendously inspired by the wisdom shared by the experienced women in finance who speak at the conference. This year was no exception.

Columbia Women in Business, an organization for women business students at Columbia University in New York City, sponsors the annual conference. The organization helps their members with networking and access to resources that can help their professional careers. The conference brings together Columbia students, alumnae, and other professionals for a day of networking, workshops and panel discussions, all designed to help attendees address various career and life issues.

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Achieving as a Woman in Technology

Become more successful in your career with this workshop designed to enhance your leadership skills.

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Journal of an Aspiring Professional

During the summer of 2005, I traveled around Vietnam with my friend Mary. We started off in Old Saigon and worked our way along the coast, via beach resorts, to the northern city of Hanoi. We had plans to travel from Hanoi to Sapa, a small village on the border between Vietnam and China. Our travel agent instructed us to go to the train station and look for a guy in a turquoise shirt, who would have our tickets. We ended up finding him too late and we watched our train as it chugged away. Afterwards, when we were trying to get our money back, our travel agent said that we were “pioneers,” because none of her customers had ever missed the train before.

“Pioneers?” Mary asked, as she noticed the language confusion, “well, at least we will be pioneers in something.”

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Wine Tasting @ The Wine Library

Network and learn about wine in a fun and relaxing environment.

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Legal Week Trust & Estates Litigation Forum

Legal Week brings you another thought-provoking, interactive and highly enjoyable programme that will confront the challenges of this evolving industry.

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Top 10 Hispanic Women in Business

Contributed by Pamela Capalad

businesswomen.jpgIn the last ten years, there has been a growing trend among women in finance. The number of Hispanic women taking high-powered roles in the business and financial sectors has increased significantly. Since 1997, the number of Hispanic-owned businesses has grown 82 percent, making it one of the “fastest growing business segments in the nation” and more than one third of those businesses are owned by Hispanic women. Between 1990 and 2000, the number of Hispanic women earning bachelor’s degrees has increased 150 percent and Hispanic women earning master’s degrees has grown 164 percent. This increase in education and business ownership has translated to increased opportunities for Hispanic women in business, law and finance in the last decade.

From a CFO of the ad agency responsible for those relaxing Corona commercials to a high-powered attorney with a heart of gold to the president of a microfinance firm, this growing force of Hispanic women in business proves that these top ten women are not only eclectic and talented, but take pride in giving back to their communities as well.

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