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Guest Post: First Quarter Economic Commentary by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

At least we are not in Boston. Here in the US, short term rates have been at zero since December, 2008 and countless rounds of forward guidance and trillions of dollars of bonds bought by the Fed in QE programs have failed to push our growth rate much above +2.0%. We need a change of seasons! I think not. Only they know for sure.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

MEMX was founded by 9 financial services institutions including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab , and Citadel Securities with the goal of simplifying equity trading. Equity research — reports on companies, securities, and markets for investment banking clients — is an industry that has been in decline for the last decade.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure. Those companies made plans.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

more than we, Kamil Kurmakaev and I, spent since the company’s inception in 2008 till August 2014. The startup, which was established in 2008, privately raised $185 million before its $100 million initial public offering was blocked by the Australian Securities Exchange last year. They have spent (in rubles) twice (!)

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