Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I’ve now been writing about finance careers for almost 20 years, and the topic of the CFA for investment banking never seems to die. I got so tired of these debates that I never planned to cover this topic again. I first criticized the CFA in a 2009 article , which generated a lot of angry comments. Not much has changed since then.

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Lighter Capital

MAY 8, 2024

Whatever stage in the game you’re at, here’s some wisdom you can take to the bank: don’t get tunnel vision when raising money. Why product-market fit matters Tap into any startup community discussion and you’ll quickly discover that product-market fit is one of the hottest topics. What is a good customer churn rate?

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Equilest

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For further insights on valuing a landscaping company and to dive deeper into the intricacies of the process, feel free to explore our extended guide on the topic. Risk Assessment Understanding the risks associated with the landscaping industry is crucial in the valuation process.

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Audit Board

MAY 9, 2023

A zero-sum game between energy prices and green investments? degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Yet governments of developed countries struggle to convince their electorates that they need to unlock such climate finance for the benefit of developing countries.

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Equidam

MAY 2, 2022

Having said that, this should almost always be adjusted for the following reasons: Industry. Fundraising according to Industry. Industry is perhaps the most obvious factor in how much you will need to raise, and when you’ll need it. Different industries are going to need different amounts of capital at different moments in time.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 28, 2024

That said, and notwithstanding decades of research and debate on the topic, there are still wide differences in how risk is defined and measured. I am not suggesting that this is easy to do, or that success is guaranteed, but if investment is a game of odds, this can help tilt them in your favor. What is risk?

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Equilest

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But it doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game. One option is to find a new market for existing services — whether in the same industry or a different one. 10: Target Specific Clients Or Industries. Target specific clients or industries. If you’re an accountant, you know that there is no shortage of competition.

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Equilest

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But it doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game. One option is to find a new market for existing services — whether in the same industry or a different one. 10: Target Specific Clients Or Industries. Target specific clients or industries. If you’re an accountant, you know that there is no shortage of competition.

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ThomsonReuters

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In April, I published a post, The Coronavirus pandemic: Executive pay cuts a sign of the times , highlighting companies across multiple industries that were making downward adjustments to the compensation of their executives and board members to help stay afloat in response to the crisis. at its August 6, 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

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ThomsonReuters

MARCH 12, 2021

to ‘Business succession failure plans’, one look through the Checkpoint Learning catalog shows the topic of succession planning is hot on accountant’s minds. You have the market itself, the industry devaluing the 1040-type of business, artificial intelligence creeping in, the pandemic, and your own life, health, and desires.

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Musings on Markets

JUNE 9, 2021

A SPAC is initiated by a sponsor , a lead investor who brings or claims to bring special skills to the acquisition process, either because of an understanding of an industry in which they plan to find a target or because of deal making skills. The benefits of the SPAC route to going public have to be weighed against its many costs.

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Equidam

AUGUST 31, 2022

Topics: sector analysis, fundraising. Gonzalo Sanchez analyzes technology industries across Europe. The Long Game. Topics: startup management, health & longevity. Topics: startup management, fundraising. Topics: newly launched startups. Topics: mental models. Topics: VC perspective, management.

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ThomsonReuters

AUGUST 18, 2023

” Current challenge a potential game-changer According to Henson, the Alston ruling “paved the way for the latest FLSA challenge” where several “student-athletes brought suit against 25 NCAA Division 1 member schools and the NCAA itself.”

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 21, 2023

The potential benefits of AI will vary by industry, but might include automating various business processes, such as customer service, content creation, product design, and marketing plan development, as well as improvements to healthcare, the creation of new drugs, etc. Crisis readiness and resilience.

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ThomsonReuters

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In April, I published a post, The Coronavirus pandemic: Executive pay cuts a sign of the times , highlighting companies across multiple industries that were making downward adjustments to the compensation of their executives and board members to help stay afloat in response to the crisis. at its August 6, 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

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Brian DeChesare

JUNE 22, 2022

I published an article on this topic of investment banking in New York vs. Chicago vs. San Francisco vs. Los Angeles vs. Houston vs. other cities a long time ago – but a fair amount has changed since then: Remote / hybrid work means that some of the advantages and disadvantages of different cities are more nebulous. Industrials?

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Erik A. Lopez

AUGUST 31, 2015

Like the classic game Operation, ® asset purchase transactions require parties to take great care in extracting just what they want. If you’d like to compare my discussion below with a sample Asset Purchase Agreement, here ‘s the APA that governed the 2013 acquisition by MSC Industrial Direct Co., of Barnes Group Inc.’s

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IVSC

OCTOBER 21, 2023

was of a multi-tenant industrial park in Garfield, New Jersey when I was at Chase Manhattan Bank. the Uniform Standards of Appraisal Practice (USPAP) have a similar goal – to promote public trust in the valuation industry by establishing clear and consistent appraisal practices. Digital photography has been a game changer.

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Appraisers Blog

MAY 5, 2023

We need individual accountability, something the appraisal management industry purposefully continues to erode. The insider game is to get approved as a vendor, satisfy the licensing background check requirements yourself, then hire whomever steps through the door and forgo the same requirements of them, to keep the work moving.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 28, 2022

So today’s topic is particularly apt. 16] At that time, this was industry practice, and it was codified as a listing standard. [17] 17] However, that industry practice, and the listing standard that enshrined it, has changed. [18]

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Through this period, t he big studios still controlled a large share of the content business, but independent studies, often more daring in choice of topics and settings, took a share. With Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime, the game is even more difficult to gauge.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Facebook: Filling in the Background It is worth noting that in good times, when earnings are rising and stock prices are upward bound, investors do not seem to have much interest in corporate governance, and it is only when the numbers start to move against them, that they rediscover the importance of the topic.

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Audit Board

JUNE 8, 2023

Compliance audits are a broad topic that can affect many organizations across different parts of an organization. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) which governs PCI DSS has released PCI DSS v.4.0 in December of 2022 and plans to sunset PCI DSS v.3.2.1 Who may need it? Who may need it?

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Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Though those sports all involve common themes, they clearly differ, thanks largely to different laws of the game. Even within a single one of those sports, the game can differ from region to region because of varying interpretations of the rules and diverse points of emphasis. International Events and Developments.

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ThomsonReuters

AUGUST 29, 2023

Like many industries, the accounting profession is in the midst of profound change. In terms of impact, one tool has emerged as a game-changer: Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Are you ready to take advantage of this opportunity?

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A more tangible way to see why intangibles have become a hot topic of discussion is to look at the evolution of the top ten companies in the world, in market capitalization, over time: In 1980, IBM was the largest market cap company in the world, but eight of the top ten companies were oil or manufacturing companies.

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

We summarize below some high-level observations and notable points from the Final Rules (available here ) along with specific interpretive issues that the industry needs to consider during the transition period. However, it was far from a complete victory for the industry. The SEC is Preparing to Litigate. SAFs are Safe (For Now).

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For those of you who agreed with my thesis, the end game looks depressing, as new interest groups push for even more disclosures on their preferred fronts, with the strongest pressure coming from the environmental, social and governance (ESG) contingent.

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FE International

MARCH 14, 2018

Software development is a unique and ever-evolving industry. As the technical evolution of the industry continues to take it in a more accessible direction , and consumer demand for useful and disruptive software increases, the market is getting more lucrative for innovative, independent developers. How to Value an App. Conclusion.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

They argued that antitrust should be based on economic principles of price theory and industrial organization, with emphasis on maximizing consumer welfare, and argued that antitrust law and enforcement should be narrowed. In the late 1960s and 1970s, scholars affiliated with or trained at the University of Chicago challenged U.S.

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ThomsonReuters

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

It also has to do with a wide variety of topics such as reporting and paying taxes and keeping in compliance with laws. In the past year-plus, payroll professionals have felt the pressures of this industry more acutely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Industry-recognized apprenticeship program removed. Payroll in a Pandemic.

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