PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

Sometimes, they go so completely pear-shaped that she says they become WMDs: Weapons of Math Destruction. What is a Weapon of Math Destruction? An algorithm is a model coded with math, and models are built using data with outcomes that are defined by conditions for success. And that, author and Harvard Ph.D.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Within a week of the results of an independent audit, Laplanche was out, and the share price was in virtual freefall. That changes the math on the profitability of lending to consumers and small businesses, which could make the competitive landscape more crowded as more traditional lenders consider moving more in the space.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

I can vividly remember my first high school economics class, that was when I first realized that math wasn’t only theoretical. Another significant milestone was my stint as the chief audit and control officer based in Zurich, Switzerland. Kris Giswold (KG): My journey in finance began with my love of puzzles and numbers.

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CFO Talks

JULY 6, 2022

Today’s podcast is sponsored by Draftworx, which provides automated drafting and working paper financial software to more than 8000 accounting and auditing firms and corporations. I was always the science kid, I use to love science and math and technology, that was a big thing for me.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

While the predictive power of algorithms is undeniably impressive, there is a big problem with the standard marketing for algorithm-based decision-making, according to Weapons of Math Destruction author Cathy O’Neil during a separate discussion. Algorithms are opinions embedded in code, and they need to audited.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. You, you get a, a BS in Mathematics and a JD from Boston University Math and Law. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child. I didn’t get an advanced degree in math. Not the usual combination. What happened?

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 20, 2021

I started to like numbers and did very well in Math. Can you briefly describe your finance career journey and one or two highlights along the journey? Woranat Dumrongsiri (WD): My interest in finance began in high school. This made me decide to pursue my education in accounting.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

And you start doing the math of the staff, and you’re like, “I can hire people for less than this.” ” I’ve seen a lot of industry discussion that’s essentially, the math of it can be better on the RIA side because you just don’t have to pay for the things that you don’t need in your platform.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

I think the biggest thing that started it was when we would have our branch audits, we never had any feedback about something on the RIA side. And the reason that I liked that one, because I’ve sold very few VAs in my career, but I could do the math on how that rider worked on a piece of legal paper and my calculator.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 9, 2023

You begin in audit practice at KPMG. So how do you then go from tax and audit practice to finance and investing? And again, I ended up in the financial services audit practice at KPMG. It’s great to be here. RITHOLTZ: I’ve been looking forward to this conversation for a long time. What was the original career plan?

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2016

Kount’s latest report “Calculating The 9 Deadly Costs Of Fraud,” does the math – and emphasizes how not managing fraud digs heavily into profits. This is especially true when it involves audits, staff training and taking endless calls, along with the prosecuting of fraudsters.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 12, 2024

Something people don’t know is that we audited 80,000 loan contracts that we bought and we, there’s a return to sender clause in mortgage contracts that most people don’t know about. And I was always good at math and, and I had been writing code since I was in the sixth grade. So we bought a bunch of these loans.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

And I, and I really like the application of math and statistics and computer science to markets. Show us the auditing, Barry Ritholtz : Show us the trades track record, and, and it only goes back to oh nine. You learn the math that can help you with, with market making operations. And I just caught the bug.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 2, 2023

RITHOLTZ: So wait, you’re, I’m trying to do the math, if you were 24 in ‘08, so you got this watch in 2000, 99? To keep ahead of changing business needs and evolving regulations, CFOs, Boards and Audit Committees need critical insights to make better decisions. He gave me his Omega Speedmaster, which is a really nice watch.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2020

Critics say that means the average SMB owner will need a lawyer, an accountant or an advanced math degree to figure out what portion of a loan to submit for forgiveness. New Treasury Department Interim Final Rules for the program, issued shortly before Memorial Day, are also much more technical and complex than initially anticipated.

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