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Check out this report highlighting some of the most lucrative CEO severance packages since 2000. Pretty insane if you ask me. This is obviously not typical, but now I'm curious about what typical severance packages are like for F500 CEOs. Moreover, what are they like for other executives?...
$100,000,000.00 + CEO Golden Parachutes
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What is WSO opinion on 'industry' jobs at SME type companies? For example: Credit Risk Analyst @ a mortgage firm Underwriter @ an insurance company (if you consider this a finance job) Financial Analyst @ a manufacturing firm The reason I ask is, it seems as if everyone here is...
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So I'm going to UC Berkeley and just finished my first semester as a junior and I ended up with a 2.99 GPA. I don't think I can do banking anymore and other internships are asking for a 3.0+. I don't know what I can do. I really want an internship this summer. Can anyone help me,...
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Is this expo (info below) worth attending? It seems like there's some networking to be done, but I wouldn't know. I'm more interested in IBD, and I'm only a 19 year old university student with high ambitions. Perhaps it's not worth my time? Cheers! 2nd Annual NYC...
2nd Annual NYC Finance Expo; Worth It?
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Some of you have read the thread where I expressed regrets for missing the opportunity to get a job with a start-up that was recently launched by ex-Facebookers/Googlers. Some of us are not afraid to take the risk with a young company instead of going with an established white collar firm. The...
8 Reasons To Choose A Startup Over A Corporate Job
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by SebastianBermudes
Mods, sorry if this is the wrong forum- please feel free to move. Just wondering if there are any free resources online for the F1 ACCA exam? It's a really simple exam and so if I can bypass buying the study books I'd be happy to do that for this first exam. Is there anything reliable...
ACCA F1: free study text online?
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Hi guys, I have question in regard of accounting treatment for fee income such as ( management fee, Up front fee and commitment fee). Do you think such fees should be Amortization over the loan period and is this accounting treatment is inline with IFRS and International GAAP? I had a serious...
Accounting Treatment for fee Income
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Hi everyone, I'm currently in my 2nd year of university and looking for some advice regarding a one year placement offer that I've been made. I've been working for 3 months at an M&A boutique. They have made me an offer to stay on as an intern for the year. However, I do...
Advice needed - Placement - University
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Hi folks I'm writing for your advice that would help me make crucial decisions on my recent two job offers. Thank you in advance for the patience in viewing my note. To start with, I'm a Chinese, and after I finish my master degree in Finance from SMG of Boston University, I went back...
Advice seeking on recent two job offers, thank you!
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First off I want to extend many thanks to WSO and it's quirky members for their often humorous yet helpful musings that make a previous lurker like myself keep coming back. That being said I need your help... I'm a Finance major solely interested in CF and beginning my career as...
Am I a Fish in a Big @SS Lake?
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I found this program while looking through the Amazon MBA website: http://college.amazon-jobs.com/amazon-ops/ Wanted to see if anyone knew about this program and what kind of exit ops it would provide. Would this be a good path to COO of a company or is that more often someone involved in...
Amazon Pathways Operations Management
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by BRM21o
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Just wondering if any of you have heard of the American Express financial analyst pipeline initiative? How does it work? I kind of understand it as a priority list for finance job openings and if you get on that list you get the interviews before the job becomes publicly posted. If you don't...
American Express Finance
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Hi I'm a senior at non-target school for American Express hoping to land a position in their financial analyst program. I applied for their internship this past summer in the fall shortly after it was posted and was unsuccessful. Have a 3.6 GPA, Finance/Accounting major, Econ minor and have...
AMEX Analyst Recruiting (Full-time)
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Hi, I am unsure of how to properly analyse the capital structure of a firm instead of just looking at how much debt and equity the firm has. I need a proper framework. Anyone has any ideas? Is a Leveraged Buyout Model useful as a...
Analyzing Capital Structure
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Hi, I have returns for 72 months, i.e. 6 years, and I calculated the std deviation using the 72 months of data. To annualize it, I multiplied with the sqr root of 12. But I also calculated the total return for each of the 6 years using the data, and when I calculated the std deviation for the...
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I work in FP&A for a F500 and am planning to take level 1 of the CFA next June. I'm contemplating whether or not I should ask my boss if the company will cover the fees, because it may send a message that I'm planning to leave the company since the CFA isn't directly related to...
Anyone ever heard of a F500 paying for the CFA?
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