Marketing in financial services has typically centered on products: white papers, fact sheets, and brochures have formed the basis of marketing strategy. However, with the rise of content marketing in recent years, the trend is shifting.
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Michael Lewis, the author of books such as The Blind Side and Moneyball, has written another book, this time focusing on the world of high frequency electronic trading (HFT). In Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, he tells the rather complex story behind HFT and how it may be costing investors millions – and not
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The landscape for investors rapidly changed over the past few years. Volatility has reigned in the markets since the crisis of 2008. Traditional investment methodology, such as investing in a portfolio of blue chip stocks, may no longer prove successful. The speed at which technology increases the flow of information across the capital markets increases
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We’ve all heard the news by now. Mary T. Barra was chosen as the next CEO of General Motors. G.M.’s board chose her unanimously from a few internal candidates to replace current CEO Daniel F. Akerson, who will retire early to spend time with his ailing wife. “Mary was picked for her talent” and “not
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Considering our dependence on social media, mobile technology, cloud storage, and “big data,” you could say that a digital transformation has taken place across our personal and professional lives. With just a few young professionals in a Social Media function, many traditional corporations have kept pace with this transformation, even led the way in some
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Recently, our WE blog has been looking closely at the changes organizations are making to bring more women into positions of advanced responsibility—whether it’s instilling quotas for more diverse boards or addressing workplace practices that impact men and women differently. In Second-Generation Gender Bias – Parts I and II, we looked at what colleges like
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This year, Ben Bernanke will leave his post as Federal Reserve Chairman and many are looking to Vice Chair Janet Yellen as a likely successor. If she becomes the next Fed Chairman, it won’t be a gender choice. It will be a wise business choice, even if she is the first woman to fill a
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Turn on the news in any given week and you’re bound to hear one report or another about the changing socio-economic face of American society. Changes range from shifts in workplace gender equity to the racial makeup of the population. Among the recent headlines: 10 states thus far have legalized same-sex marriage and another 12
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Michelle R. Seitz CEO William Blair Investment Management Michelle R. Seitz, CEO of William Blair Investment Management, decided the financial services industry was for her the moment she visited a trading floor. Her advanced chemistry class was on a field trip from their small town in Indiana to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. “The teacher
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Billionaire hedge-fund manager Paul Tudor Jones certainly knows how to get a conversation going. During a question and answer session at symposium at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce in late April, Tudor Jones asserted that once women become mothers, their capacity to be excellent traders is rendered useless. “We will never see
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