Global Finance

MAY 8, 2024

The move aligns UOB, which also won the Best Bank in Singapore, with ASEAN’s rise as an economic powerhouse, rapidly transformed via megatrends like supply chain diversification, digitalization and investments in net-zero transitions and a rising middle class. Its expansion into the region via the $5 billion Singapore dollars (about $3.7

Banking 52

Banking Profit and Loss Construction Retail 52

Future CFO

AUGUST 13, 2023

Still, many corporate buyers now have less leverage to negotiate with airlines, as their travel volumes remain below pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, hotel construction remains down from its pre-pandemic peak, creating supply constraints. Looking forward, ATP growth is likely to be more modest at 2.3% in 2023 and 1.8% YoY to $174.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Leverage Construction Transportation 52

Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As a business, we need to accelerate digital transformation and leverage on new digital technology to harness big data and provide timely and comprehensive end-to-end business analytics/insights/forecast to drive the right strategic decisions."

CFO 98

CFO Finance Leadership Concentration 98

Future CFO

MAY 2, 2021

Companies' debt increased 11% from the end of 2019, lifting the cash pile to strengthen balance sheet liquidity against economic uncertainties arising from the coronavirus pandemic, according to Moody’s. Chinese companies also dominate the portfolio, contributing about 72% of the region's debt, the firm said.

Construction 52

Construction Leverage Economics Investments 52

Future CFO

JUNE 1, 2020

We expect the Chinese government will continue to provide a broad range of measures by leveraging state-owned sectors to support the economy, to an extent that is significantly larger than the direct fiscal numbers reflect on the government's balance sheet," said Lillian Li, a Moody's Vice President and Senior Credit Officer. "We

Budgeting 40

Budgeting Construction Economics Leverage 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

We are now able to couple these learnings with other advancements made with our suppliers, leveraging the totality of these technologies to be more flexible and economic while simultaneously expanding the range of products available,” Adidas global operations head Martin Shankland said in a press release.

Manufacturing 40

Manufacturing Construction Leverage Economics 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Uber is leveraging its platform assets, and its critical mass of drivers and consumer users, to find new sources of value for its platform and the stakeholders who are part of it,” wrote Webster. And for us, the challenge is: How do we navigate those complications and how do we make sure that we’re a constructive part of everyone’s life?”.

Concentration 53

Concentration Construction Leverage Transportation 53

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

After all, leveraging digital platforms gives physicians a low-cost way to keep in contact with patients, monitoring their progress and tailoring treatment to their specific situations. For instance, Walmart is continuing its efforts in moving into the system with the continued construction of Walmart Health Centers. healthcare costs.

Healthcare 64

Healthcare Construction Leverage Economics 64

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2017

Regardless of its motivations, Alibaba’s moves over the next month-and-a-half indicate that Ma looks to make good on this new approach for the time being, leveraging existing institutions and infrastructure to facilitate continued domestic and international growth in payments and eCommerce.

Construction 40

Construction eCommerce B2C Leverage 40

Future CFO

MAY 23, 2023

Our aim is to leverage technology to optimise daily workflows and establish a culture of collaborative intelligence among teams. SL: I encourage open communication and constructive feedback gathering among team members, collaborators, and stakeholders to identify and better understand their needs, goals and pain points.

Treasury 52

Treasury Leadership Communication Finance 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The firm leverages approximately 10,000 scans of real women’s bodies and around 1.5 A core value of the brand really is inclusivity, and we know from an economic perspective that by moving up to size 22, we really can acquire a broader set of consumers,” Coulter noted. million measurements, which it uses to design all of its swimwear.

Startups 62

Startups Construction eCommerce Leverage 62

CFO News Room

JANUARY 27, 2023

I want to underline that non-vax nasal prophylactics leverage the time difference as well. From the Economic Times of India, “ Bharat Biotech’s nasal Covid vaccine iNCOVACC launched “: The shot will be on the Covid-19 list of vaccines and be accessible in private institutions. The vaccine was partnered with Washington University in St.

Leverage 100

Leverage Economics Construction Transportation 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

Roberts said that’s “all very constructive for the digital evolution.” He said the shift to eCommerce made by necessity in the pandemic’s early days is now likely to become a permanent shift in the sense that consumers will expect to be able to leverage online channels. economy — and hard-hit SMBs — a boost.

Finance 60

Finance eCommerce Construction Banking 60

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

cities could compete, Walmart’s construction of a new HQ in Bentonville Arkansas has been a comparatively quiet affair. Big Play of the Week: The Big HQ Upgrade. While Amazon’s search of a new HQ location at some point became like a national edition of “The Bachelor” where only U.S. But as of this week, details are starting to surface.

Advertising 43

Advertising Construction Startups Retail 43

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

She has dual degrees in Economics and Corporate Finance and a certification in Advanced Behavioral Analysis. Providing constructive feedback to newer associate advisors is also important. Ability to powerfully leverage partners, including custodians and tech partners, to serve clients. Leveraging their skills independently.

Practice Management 130

Practice Management Planning Leadership Communication 130

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

According to Miebach, VocaLink’s capability to leverage Fast ACH technology for digital debit payments through its Zapp mobile payments app will naturally come together with Mastercard’s contactless acceptance network. s ATM network.

Construction 43

Construction Banking Accounting Leverage 43

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In fact, that may explain why firms that trade at low EV to EBITDA multiples are more likely to become targets in leveraged buyouts (LBOs) or leveraged recapitalizations. Debt to EBITDA, Interest Coverage Ratios If debt to capital is not a good measure for judging over or under leverage, what is?

Corporate Finance 52

Corporate Finance Finance Marketing Leverage 52

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The notion of on-call commerce will do more than simply blur the lines between the online and offline worlds: It will make commerce present – and effortless – in entirely new channels, creating new efficiencies that will have a positive impact on the economic well-being of countries all over the world. billion people now live.

Banking 72

Banking Accounting Leverage Advertising 72

PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

The notion of on-call commerce will do more than simply blur the lines between the online and offline worlds: It will make commerce present – and effortless – in entirely new channels, creating new efficiencies that will have a positive impact on the economic well-being of countries all over the world. billion people now live.

Banking 69

Banking Accounting Leverage Advertising 69

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 21, 2023

Direct lending tends to provide more conservative risk-return profiles than leveraged loans and high yield bonds. Nature ) • Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America : Here’s where the US stands on EV battery production, 1 year after the Inflation Reduction Act was signed.

Profit and Loss 98

Profit and Loss Construction Leverage Economics 98

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Jason Gantt and his father, Vernon, operate two bitcoin mines out of their respective homes and are in the process of constructing a third. It’s ironic that a distrust of central banks and their national currencies spawned the creation of bitcoin, but it is now the central banks that are intent on leveraging bitcoin technology.

Currencies 77

Currencies Banking Financial Systems Technology 77

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

That’s where a little history — and a lot of economics — can help. EBay gave PayPal a customer base of millions to leverage and get on board. I’ve launched a few and advised many, many more — it’s a business construct I know very well. PayPal had eBay in the late 90s and early 2000s. I know that when they work, they are genius.

Leverage 45

Leverage Construction Valuation Accounting 45

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

00:08:35 [Speaker Changed] So, during my time at Millennium, as my appreciation for proper portfolio construction started to grow, I had heard that Citadel was a pioneer in, in this type of investing. 00:19:58 [Speaker Changed] It really comes down to our portfolio construction. What was your Citadel experience like?

Healthcare 60

Healthcare Investments Construction Concentration 60

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 7, 2023

Maria Vassalou has a fascinating history and background, London School of Economics to Columbia School of Business, where she actually was a professor for over a decade, and started consulting to the hedge fund and financial services industry. At the same time, we are going through tectonic changes in the world economic order.

Investments 63

Investments Marketing Economics Risk Management 63

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Altogether, Kinder’s first question is a valuable tool for advisors to work constructively with clients to help them discover their true goals. Together, these constructs are used to create a 2´2 framework that can be used to identify an individual’s Retirement Income Style Awareness (RISA) profile. lawyers and accountants).

Planning 130

Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

MCCARTHY: I’d back up actually a little bit further in thinking about how did I get there, because I don’t think it was very obvious actually that I would come out of Yale with an ethics, politics and economics degree — RITHOLTZ: Perfect really, right? But that is a different kind of approach to portfolio construction.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 60

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Construction Concentration 60

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 16, 2024

And, and if you look at, you know, ESG in its entirety, which is also a lot about safety and, and keeping people safe and healthy, that there are lots of new construction techniques that it’s just safer construction where you might have robots doing things that were very unsafe. So we have lots of data that we can leverage.

Investments 102

Investments Marketing Transportation Finance 102

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 5, 2024

So I switched to be an economics major. I graduated economics with, with a lot of coursework in accounting and finance. How do you institutionalize data management and, and how do you leverage the idea of, hey, we know a lot about this, here’s how we monetize it. I found out quickly that’s not what I wanted to do.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 56

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Credit Risk Investments Banking 56

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And I think a lot of investors and, and lenders and really lost their way and agreed to terms and conditions that in under today’s market environment would not be acceptable levels of leverage that would not work. And, and as a result, there is a, a condition where there’s risks and opportunities in the current market.

Investments 52

Investments Banking Economics Construction 52

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 19, 2022

You know, we do the typical stuff, market economic outlooks and research there, product research. So we leverage that expertise and we help advisors speak to their clients about, you name it, market, savings, all the things that they’re talking about. They’ll construct the portfolio. Is this aimed at the advisor community?

Investments 108

Investments Profit and Loss Education Advertising 108

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You know, people are comfortable, leverage builds. You know, the leverage in the system builds. RIEDER: And all of a sudden, you change the economic paradigm so darn fast. Last year, you said you’re starting to become more constructive on emerging markets and more balanced, obviously, on the U.S. RIEDER: Yeah.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 56

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

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The interesting thing about the state of inventory today is normally new construction accounts for 10 to 15 percent of total inventory. And now you have submarkets where new construction is like 50% of inventory, and 50% existing, because the existing has collapsed, right? That’s true for Manhattan.

Sales 52

Sales Marketing Numbers Construction 52

Barry Ritholtz

JUNE 13, 2023

The exposure you get in investment banking, I was a leveraged finance banker by background. During COVID, rather than just a monetary response, we saw a massive fiscal response, which seemed to have really helped across the entire economic strata, especially the middle class. I think it was a great training. I think we learned a lot.

Investments 56

Investments Banking Entertainment Valuation 56

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 12, 2024

So we could construct trades that had very, very low premiums to sell this volatility to, to basically join the consumer on their side of the trade, which is in essence buying insurance on, on the bonds that were exposed to these great risk. Do you, do you still have any? Sean Dobson : I have one in my office now. That’s awesome.

Profit and Loss 56

Profit and Loss Investments Marketing Securities 56

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 4, 2023

If you’re making a directional bet, or even worse, a leveraged directional bet, and you’re your funds going to suffer. RITHOLTZ: No, multi strategy because if you’re a single strategy and it’s either a bad part of the cycle or you just make the bet wrong, so leverage directional or macro. So it’s obvious.

Investments 56

Investments Numbers Risk Management Concentration 56

CFO News Room

JANUARY 27, 2023

And the impact that has on the customer, the delight of the customer, the fact that it actually drives economic value for the customer and therefore for everyone, is really what digital transformation is about in that one example. We did the show last week from Davos, the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

Education 100

Education Technology Leverage Communication 100

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 14, 2023

You get a BA in Economics from Hamilton College. So what we did was we figured out the economic rationale, the macroeconomic influences about why growth and value work at any point in time. And the methodology we use is very similar to what we originally constructed at Merrill. With no further ado, RBA’s Richard Bernstein.

Quantitative Analysis 60

Quantitative Analysis Investments Valuation Marketing 60