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Otaviano Canuto: Macro-economic Policy Change – We’re Not in Kansas Any More
The possibility of multiple financial shocks lies ahead. Three significant changes to the macro-economic policy regime in advanced economies have unfolded in the past two years. Fears of a chronic insufficiency of aggregate demand as a growth deterrent — which
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Prospect Capital Management: History of Innovation at Leading Asset Manager
For 35 years, Prospect Capital Management, along with its predecessors, has established a history of innovation across its private and public fund management business. The firm’s founders launched Prospect with creative ideas, a large network of relationships, a drive to
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Be Your ‘Authentic Self’ at Couche-Tard’s Global Stores
Inclusion and diversity for employees has been taken to new lengths by a company that has its heart in the right place. Canadian multinational Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) has evolved into a global leader in convenience stores and mobility. With 122,000
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Paolo Sironi, IBM: Creating Digital Advantage for Uncertain Times
Changing a car tyre isn’t that hard — unless the vehicle’s moving. And financial institutions have been trying to achieve the corporate equivalent of this feat over recent years. It’s never been easy. It’s still not easy. Geopolitical uncertainty causes
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Cybersecurity Heroes: Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Geek
This is the story of John Moran, who has channeled problem-solving, lifesaving and protection skills gained as a police officer, firefighter, EMT, and Homeland Security Task Force member into his role as technical leader for Tufin – The Security Policy
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Otaviano Canuto: Going Around the Bend? Assessing the Phillips Curve May Be of Help
Unemployment and wage rates are theoretically linked, and may hold a key to our immediate economic future. Current global stagflation may evolve to become a soft landing, a sharp downturn, or a deep recession. It will all depend on how
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Stepping-up ESG Impact via Scoring and Analytics
CFI.co invited Lindsey McMurray, managing partner and co-founder of Pollen Street Capital, to outline her company’s mission and motivation… At Pollen Street, ESG is core to our strategy, purpose, and culture. We drive positive change through our investments, whether by
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Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser
Jane Fraser, the CEO of Citigroup, is no stranger to glass ceiling and glass cliffs. Fraser, the first woman tapped to head a major US bank, has proven that she has the grit and gumption to lead a business through
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New York — the preeminent financial district
“It was never built for the comfort and happiness of its citizens, but to astonish the world.” Susan Ertz Amsterdam may have birthed the first stock market, but it is in New Amsterdam where finance has reached its greatest heights.
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Wesco International Leading B2B Supply Chain
Wesco International has structure, strategy, sustainability and vision — with international recognition flooding in and a place on the elite Fortune 500 list. Wesco International was established in 1922 as the distribution arm of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Corporation, a
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