CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Creating Visual Deliverables That Clearly Communicate Financial Planning Concepts – While technical expertise is necessary to formulate a financial plan, being able to clearly communicate the findings to a client can make all the difference between whether or not the client will understand and agree to implement the advisor’s recommendations.

Planning 130

Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

So I actually went and worked in economics, I was an econometrician. You’re in a really tricky position for funding new investments, for funding, you know, retirement benefits, healthcare benefits, the like. Interestingly enough, there’s only, you know, a handful of validators actually benchmark themselves to real returns.

Investments 56

Investments Math Risk Management Benchmarking 56

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 15, 2023

SEIDES: If the S&P is your benchmark, which it isn’t for these pools of capital. RITHOLTZ: What should be their benchmark? So the proper benchmark for those pools has to look a little bit like the underlying assets they’re investing in. So what do you use for a benchmark? 14, 15% a year? RITHOLTZ: Right.

Benchmarking 52

Benchmarking Investments Marketing Treasury 52

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And so, coming out of school, I studied Economics and Spanish Literature, and I applied to a — a program that actually targeted Liberal Arts majors. You have a background, undergraduate, your economics degree from Notre Dame, but you were dual-major Spanish language and Literature degree, how useful was that in Latin America?

Investments 114

Investments Marketing Profit and Loss Banking 114

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

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. Healthcare, education, not hugely cyclical, not interest rate sensitive. There is alpha. Can you manage that through downturns?

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 56

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

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Gary Cohn, Director of the National Economic Council, President of Goldman Sachs , is below. So, you know, we, we, we got involved and created a benchmark, a commodity indices at the time. Your chief economic advisor to the president. 00:16:40 So there was a way to judge yourself.

Marketing 107

Marketing Treasury Banking Profit and Loss 107