CFO News Room

DECEMBER 17, 2022

How firms can best leverage their internal data to improve the number of client referrals they receive. But while benchmarking surveys can be helpful to see what tactics the ‘average’ firm is using, some firms might not be optimizing the use of their own internal firm data to discover ways to generate more referrals.

Education 130

Education Planning Benchmarking Investments 130

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 9, 2023

And my dad had always said, as many young kids get this advice, doctor, lawyer, accountant, engineer. SALISBURY: And accountant seemed like a reasonable option. And I kind of stumbled my way into accounting. That background of being an accountant was just great bedrock training. RITHOLTZ: Sure. Very different fields.

Investments 114

Investments Banking Advertising Finance 114

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You know, people are comfortable, leverage builds. And because remember, Lehman had the Lehman Agg and that was the benchmark. There is above benchmark returns to be generated by active selection of credit quality duration and specific bonds. You know, the leverage in the system builds. There is alpha. I mean, what is it?

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 56

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Marketing Education 56

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk. I — I loved math, but really, I was going to go down that literature route more than anything else and — and study Spanish literature.

Investments 114

Investments Marketing Profit and Loss Banking 114

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 21, 2023

But if you buy low multiples and sell high multiples, either in a long-only beat the benchmark sense, whether over and underweight, and you did the same thing everyone does and call me a hedge fund manager. And value and momentum do, whether it’s relative outperformance against a benchmark or absolute performance in a hedge fund.

Profit and Loss 64

Profit and Loss Valuation Forecasting Investments 64

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If you’re in Europe right now, for instance, and you open up an account it Ftx.De, which is you know FTX is European business in Germany. It seems like an easy one, but there’s a lot of missed benchmarking that goes on. We’re going to make a benchmark much easier. It’s how math works. NADIG: Right.

Finance 107

Finance Investments Math Marketing 107

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And so after a week there, I, I said to the guys on desk, Hey, can I open an account and do this? Yeah, you’re, you’re, you’re allowed to open an account. So I opened an account and I sat there and I traded the, the New York Chicago Gold arbitrage for the next sort of close to month. Gary Cohn ] 00:05:28 Be?

Marketing 107

Marketing Treasury Banking Profit and Loss 107