CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

” It’s constant communication through the year. I think the industry likes to tell a story that one of the big drivers from insurance and brokerage firms to RIAs is essentially the economics of it. And you start doing the math of the staff, and you’re like, “I can hire people for less than this.”

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 6, 2022

I could go back and tell a story that I was a double major in economics and sociology, and financial planning was a perfect fit. It helped build my communication skills and my knowledge, because when you’re the one in the meeting saying the things, you’ve really got to own that information. Natalie: Right. Michael: Right?

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Because the economics of profitability start showing up particularly when you’re starting to hire other advisors and staff and team. You really have to start crystalizing an org chart and who does what, and clarifying roles and responsibilities. And the reality is just no one really trains us to do this. Cean: Correct.

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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. I — I loved math, but really, I was going to go down that literature route more than anything else and — and study Spanish literature. It was at Bank One, at the time.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 15, 2023

SEIDES: And I’ll tell you a story that’s fun about the communication of it too. SEIDES: Yeah, I wouldn’t measure it in terms of economic returns. ” It wasn’t that they didn’t communicate that. Both people are kicking money in. So Warren wanted to announce this at his annual meeting every year.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 31, 2023

The economic dislocation, the health risks, just the mayhem that took place, but from the perspective of a number of corporate CEOs, Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, the hedge fund that had a couple of amazing trades based on this. HOFFMAN: So obviously, I’ve — you know, economically minded from the jump.

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