CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

If there was a transparent use for a company that had value to shareholders, they would be willing to effectively invest their money in order for that company to do what it does to grow whatever it’s growing. The banks had become over-extended, over-leveraged and Fed wasn’t paying attention at the time. That’s just the math.

Banking 100

Banking Economics Leverage Marketing 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Just recently, Jiobit closed a $3 million seed funding round with investors including Lior Ron, the cofounder of Otto (now owned by Uber); MATH Venture Partners; and Inflection Equity. Jiobit hopes to change that with its flagship tracker by leveraging wireless technology and machine learning that adapts to a child’s daily behavior.

Startups 40

Startups Math Transportation Leverage 40

CFO Thought Leader

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Having grown up in Los Angeles after her family had emigrated from Hong Kong, Wong had always been drawn to math and science, a passion that eventually led her to MIT, where she studied economics and business. The key job of a CFO like me right now is to ensure that we have the right resources to allocate to the right investments.

CFO 52

CFO Math Economics Finance 52

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

When Stripe did the back-of-the-envelope math on that misallocation of time, the company found it to be worth nearly $300 billion in potential gross domestic product (GDP) on an annual basis. Business[es], particularly smaller ones when they are growing, need to invest in core innovation,” Johnson said. Developers And Decision-Makers.

Math 61

Math Sales CFO Leverage 61

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. Throughout my journey, I have continually strived to be a strategic business leader, both in and out of my finance function, leveraging my extensive experience across developed and emerging markets.

Finance 52

Finance Leadership Auditing Math 52

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 16, 2024

Cathy Marcus is co CEO and global COO of p GM Real Estate, a $208 billion investor in real estate, part of the giant real estate investment firm, PIM. There are few people in the world better situated to discuss commercial real estate investing from every perspective. But in those days, there were very tax driven investment.

Investments 105

Investments Marketing Transportation Finance 105

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

She is Head of North America Investments for Citi Global Wealth, which is a giant wealth management arm of the giant Citibank. It’s a town of about 4,000 people, so exposure to markets or investment banking or any of the careers in finance was not something that you really envisioned. Her name is Kristen Bitterly Michell.

Investments 119

Investments Marketing Profit and Loss Banking 119

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The most prominent of which is Facet Wealth, which has stated a goal of getting advisors up to 250 clients/advisor by leveraging their own proprietary technology to make their advisors maximally productive. Which attracted a similar tech-enabled RIA competitor “Compound” earlier this year.

Planning 130

Planning Technology Valuation Communication 130

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

They are a publicly traded investment manager, stocks symbol DHIL, that have been public since day one since 2016. They do a number of things at Diamond Hill that many other investment shops don’t. And so I felt like all of those experiences just really led me to love investing. Brilliant is CEO of Diamond Hill.

Investments 59

Investments Valuation Concentration Marketing 59

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2018

The engineering background, he said, enables him to speak the math- and jargon-heavy language employed by many of the company’s clients, and to make sure his own employees don’t try to pull one over on him. “It He said he hopes to leverage the company’s “first mover role in the marketplace to stay ahead of them.”. consumer.

Advertising 40

Advertising Math Construction Education 40

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

What is your process like to prepare for — I don’t know if we still use the phrase beauty contest, but that was the old investment banking phrase. Is it the investment bank? They may want to expand their business through leveraging a community that the listings market, particularly the NYSE brings to the table.

Marketing 122

Marketing Communication Math Technology 122

PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

The engineering background, he said, enables him to speak the math- and jargon-heavy language employed by many of the company’s clients, and to make sure his own employees don’t try to pull one over on him. “It He said he hopes to leverage the company’s “first mover role in the marketplace to stay ahead of them.”. consumer.

Advertising 40

Advertising Math Construction Marketing 40

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Elizabeth Burton is Goldman Sachs asset management’s client investment strategist. Previously she was Chief Investment Officer at various state pension funds, including Maryland and Hawaii. I, I found this to be really an intriguing conversation with somebody who, whose investment charge is unconstrained. Two reasons.

Investments 59

Investments Math Risk Management Benchmarking 59

PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

It is a complicated question — and one greatly dependent on how exactly one lays out the math. Moreover, as Amazon is continually increasing its investment in delivery logistics, they are appearing as more a competitor on the horizon than a collaborator. The firm is also investing $1.5 market share. Amazon led that round.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Retail Leverage Marketing 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

However, that can lead to a transaction laundering ring’s undoing, says Frechtling, because the weak points of legitimate businesses are well-known and can be leveraged to topple an evil enterprise. Scalable costs are investments made so that the business is easy to find for those who want it.

Math 46

Math Communication Sales Transportation 46

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And I had some great mentors, and they taught us about insurance, and investments, and prospecting. And he flat out told me he wasn’t going to invest the time into me. I would, no kidding, explain the financial planning process, the impact of inflation, the rule of 72, investment 101, insurance 101. Terry: Exactly.

Planning 130

Planning Profit and Loss Numbers Leadership 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It’s why we tend to also do investment management, or also do something to implement. And not because it’s not necessarily profitable to give advice for clients at those price points, but that in order to do it and make the math work, you need a lot of clients.

Planning 130

Planning Investments Accounting Numbers 130

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast I have an extra special guest, Luis Berruga has a fascinating career as both a tech wizard and investment banker before becoming CEO of Global X ETFs. I remember telling myself, why would anyone invest in mutual funds when you can buy an ETF instead?

Investments 64

Investments Marketing Numbers Risk Management 64

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The transcript from this weeks, MiB: Christine Phillpotts, Ariel Investments , is below. Christine Philpots of Aerial Investments has specialized in emerging markets and frontier markets. For most of her career, she has been around the world and if you name a hotspot investing place, she’s been there. Christine Philpots.

Investments 59

Investments Economics Marketing Benchmarking 59

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 27, 2022

So, whether you’re interested in learning about how John has grown and scaled his firm through a niche focus of layoff transitions, how John has leveraged virtual workshops to engage with even more companies across the U.S., Michael: Yeah, markets doing what markets are doing, AUM numbers more volatile than they were in the past year or two.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 130

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Planning Marketing Securities 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The compensation, ultimately, was dependent on a mix of products, and then the investment revenue coming in. And most people have very underserved in a risk management perspective, so you can place the right insurance products along with investments and get a whole financial plan going. The culture was very product driven. Here you go.

Planning 130

Planning Communication Profit and Loss Education 130

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Emily is the Senior Financial Planner for Archer Investment Management, a virtual Independent RIA based in Austin, Texas, that oversees $170 million of assets under management for nearly 170 families. So, there was somebody on our team that handled more of the enrollments and maybe just an investment change or website help.

Education 130

Education Planning Numbers Securities 130

PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2016

It’s all about the math. While the really big guys are exploring ways to right-size their physical foot print and are closing stores, creative thinkers can use the opportunity to turn physical space into an asset that might improve the return on their investment in capital while giving rise to new business models.

Retail 43

Retail Sales CFO Numbers 43

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

He has a fascinating background in technology and software, and is interested in all sorts of interesting things, ranging from climate change to humanism, to the huge transitions that humans have gone through as a species and what it means to society, investing, scarcity and just the quality of life that we will enjoy as a species.

Valuation 122

Valuation Investments Marketing Technology 122

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 9, 2023

He is the Chief Investment Officer of Asset and Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. He co-chairs a number of the asset management investment committees. I thought this was an absolutely fascinating way to see the world of investment management. Investment banks were not really a known concept in the area where I grew up.

Investments 119

Investments Banking Advertising Numbers 119

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

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. And then in July 1 of this year, we launched our own registered investment advisor. So that was a very easy transition for our clients.

Planning 130

Planning Accounting Math Compliance 130

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 27, 2023

I wanted to see the world, and whether it was investment banking, or basket weaving really had absolutely no bearing on my decision. RITHOLTZ: You describe what we now call junk bonds, we used to call high yield, what we now call distressed investing, we used to call vulture investing. But it was very tiny. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Investments 114

Investments Restructuring Profit and Loss Finance 114

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Dan is a Partner and the Chief Investment Officer at Capasso Planning Partners, a rapidly growing independent RIA based in Charleston, South Carolina that oversees about $250 million of assets under management for 300 client households across the country that are all served virtually. Executive Summary. Dan: It’s interesting.

Planning 130

Planning Math Numbers Investments 130

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

So for a while, I ran Wells Fargo’s 401(k) business because they had acquired that as part of Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors. Blake Grossman was the chief investment officer there. That’s the real success story, and that’s much harder than investing. RITHOLTZ: Interesting. RITHOLTZ: Right. NADIG: Yeah.

Investments 111

Investments Finance Marketing Math 111

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

But if you don’t, if you grew up in a market, where there’s not an investment bank, there’s nothing other than a branch bank for one of the multi-dimensional financials, then you’re not really going to have an understanding of what that career looks like at a young age. Kids that have an interest in investing.

Investments 59

Investments Finance Education Numbers 59

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 17, 2022

How firms can best leverage their internal data to improve the number of client referrals they receive. A tontine agreement is a form of pooled investment fund to which the investors contribute a lump sum and, in exchange, receive ongoing payments (or “dividends”) as a return on their investment. Darius Foroux).

Planning 130

Planning Education Investments Benchmarking 130

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 20, 2024

Some of the things Mike said about investing, like what would you tell your friends and family to put your money into? 00:03:14 [Mike Greene] So that was actually an outgrowth from my experience coming out of Wharton and you mentioned the, the, you know, the transition of people who tended to be skilled at math or physics into finance.

Concentration 69

Concentration Valuation Marketing Investments 69

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Mike Wilson has been with Morgan Stanley since 1989, rising up through the ranks of institutional sales, trading, investing, banking to eventually becoming Chief Investment Officer and Chief US Equity Strategist. Was investing always the career plan? So I was really investment banking. MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern.

Valuation 64

Valuation Investments Economics Marketing 64

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Petal wants to change the math on how consumers gain access to credit – and turn the tables on how creditworthiness is assessed. Before we ever sought a dime of angel investment dollars, we were talking to financial regulators in D.C. Access that can be successfully leveraged into a consumer life. What Powers Petal.

Math 53

Math Education Compliance Forecasting 53

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 4, 2023

.” It’s really helpful to have had five other meetings with people who sit at analogous funds that had losses that were just as big, and in fact, they may have contributed to those losses more and be able to tell him, first off, your fund, just by my math, has a $250 million management fee. We’d love some diversity.

Investments 59

Investments Numbers Risk Management Concentration 59

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

He was writing about Wall Street and investing and his insight is correct. If you don’t know who you are — and if you don’t understand what you own, how much leverage you’re undertaking, how much risk you have — this is a very expensive place to learn that lesson the hard way.

Math 59

Math Economics Planning Education 59

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You do the math and you’re like, “Okay, well, an advisor can handle about 100 clients, an associate advisor can help with some of those clients, you can leverage maybe an associate advisor with a couple of advisors, but there’s a capacity limit for each of the roles.” And so, we just kind of paired up.

Restructuring 130

Restructuring Planning Marketing Accounting 130