Slides The Coronavirus has transformed our lives, our careers and more. The economic implications, whether a short “V” shaped recession or worse, have wreaked havoc with our businesses, savings and retirement plans. This webcast will offer CPAs practical and actionable guidance in a wide range of personal financial planning areas directed to the CPA such […]
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Bringing incumbents up to speed in a digital age
Fuller has led the global tech and management consulting firm’s U.S. wealth and asset management practice since he joined Capco in 2018 after tenures with Ernst & Young, TIAA and Accenture. In discussing the many changes to wealthtech in recent years, he describes client portals as moving to the forefront after being once being “an […]
View: Only time will tell if Jio-Facebook deal is beneficial for India
By Nehaa Chaudhari & Arpit Gupta, Ikigai Law With its Rs 43,574 crore investment, Facebook is now Reliance Jio’s largest minority shareholder. This was accompanied by a pact between WhatsApp and Reliance Retail to boost the latter’s JioMart platform. In July 2019, Facebook invested in Meesho, an Indian social commerce company that connects buyers and […]
Quiet Your Perfectionist and Empower Your Delegator
Perfectionism is a blessing and a curse. We feel so good about ourselves because we can do it all—so we end up doing it all—becoming our own worst enemy. Perfectionism and delegation are like oil and water. They simply don’t mix, so until you work on getting your perfectionist tendencies under control, your delegator will […]
7 Tips to Business Survival in COVID-19
With uncertainty regarding how long the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic will continue, experts suggest we are still in the beginning stages. Unfortunately, small businesses already feel the drastic affects. Whether this pandemic resolves within the next month or two or stretches on as a long-term crisis, we need to prepare. Therefore, it is time […]
7 Tips to Business Survival Through COVID-19
With uncertainty regarding how long the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic will continue, experts suggest we are still in the beginning stages. Unfortunately, small businesses already feel the drastic affects. Whether this pandemic resolves within the next month or two or stretches on as a long-term crisis, we need to prepare. Therefore, it is time […]
Expedia to boost liquidity with $3.2 billion capital raise, names new CEO
Expedia Group said on Thursday it was raising $3.2 billion in fresh capital to boost its liquidity, in an effort to ride out a coronavirus-driven collapse in travel demand. The company also named Vice Chairman Peter Kern as its chief executive officer and said it would abandon its dividend, implement furloughs and reduce work-week programs […]
Amazon woos offline stores after Facebook-Jio deal
A day after the mega announcement of Facebook investing $5.7 billion in Reliance Jio Platforms, which would involved the two companies coming together to enable commerce through neighbourhood stores, Amazon India made another push to integrate with local retailers to propel its offline strategy. Amazon said on Thursday said it was growing its ‘Local Shops […]
ETtech Top 5: Startups to cut more jobs, Facebook dials Jio & more
Hello everyone, It’s appraisal time. And all the hard work you’ve put in over last year may still not get you the rewards you were expecting. But don’t take it too hard, especially when companies all over the country are handing out pink slips. Illustration: Rahul Awasthi More layoffs in store Technology startups are likely […]
Should Financial Advisors Accept (And Disclose) Paycheck Protection Program Loans?
Executive Summary Last month, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2+ trillion emergency fiscal stimulus package, with the intention to mitigate the economic damage created by the Coronavirus pandemic. For many individuals and small business owners who are facing financial hardship, including many financial advisors themselves, the Paycheck Protection […]