by Philip Lawton | Mar 31, 2017 | Platform
Middle office jobs are fascinating. In performance analysis, spotting dubious returns and tracing them back to questionable inputs requires insight that seems intuitive or innate but results in fact from a keen understanding of markets, asset classes, investment...
by Philip Lawton | Feb 24, 2017 | Business Analytics
Stop and think: how much does your firm — and your work group — depend upon electronic spreadsheets to get mission-critical assignments done? How badly could a spreadsheet error damage your company’s reputation? Its financial results? Your own career? Here’s an...
by Philip Lawton | Feb 2, 2017 | Regulations
The U.S. central bank finalized its rule exempting large and noncomplex banks from the qualitative component of Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) program. Bank holding companies and U.S. intermediate holding companies of foreign banking organizations...
by Philip Lawton | Dec 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule became effective in June with an implementation date that is now less than four months away. It is, of course, uncertain that the regulation will stay in place under the new administration. President-elect Trump has named...
