Accounting and financial controllers are some of the hardest-working executives in an organization, but unfortunately they are often overlooked. There are more than 250,000 controllers in the United States, and 810,000 worldwide, yet CFOs and the C suite seem to get all the media attention. Around the world, companies and organizations turn to their controllers […]
Archives for 2020
Amazon Prime Day kicks off. Four reasons the online retail trade can keep climbing
Amazon Prime Day has arrived. Amazon’s bargain-focused two-day shopping holiday on Tuesday and Wednesday highlighted consumers’ shift to buying online in a difficult year for brick-and-mortar retailers. The stock is up almost 89% year to date, driving online retail-based exchange-traded funds that hold the name. The three ETFs with the most Amazon exposure on the […]
RIA Leaders 2020: Top 15 firms by number of advisors
Most of the largest fee-only RIAs would likely qualify as small businesses. At least terms in staffing. Just three RIAs out of 2,225 nationwide considered for the 2020 RIA Leaders ranking have more than 100 advisors. The listing of the top 15 by the number of investment adviser representatives includes one firm from Manhattan, Kansas, […]
Video-based customer KYC NPS Account Opening & Withdrawal
NPS account can be open and money can be withdrawn with video-based customer KYC. PFRDA – Pension fund regulatory development authority has launched a video-based KYC facility in Oct 2020. PFRDA always works on the initiatives which are subscriber friendly. Before video-based customer KYC, PFRDA has already introduced various other facilities such as eSign/OTP, Offline […]
Walt Disney restructures entertainment businesses to focus on streaming
Walt Disney said on Monday it had restructured its media and entertainment businesses to accelerate growth of Disney+ and other streaming services as consumers increasingly gravitate to digital viewing. Under the reorganization, Disney will separate the development and production of programming from distribution to be more responsive to consumer demands. The move came days after […]
What Is Gross Receipts Tax, and Which States Impose It?
Depending on your business’s location, you may need to pay or remit certain state-specific taxes. One type of state tax your business should be aware of is gross receipts tax (GRT). Read on to learn about gross receipts tax and whether or not you’re responsible for remitting it to your state. What is a gross […]
How going digital helped Kristen’s Kick Ass Ice Cream boost business during the pandemic
Kristen Buttress started up her ice cream business, Kristen’s Kick Ass Ice Cream, with a mission to be the little community scoop shop where everyone feels welcome. The brand has stores in Noordhoek, Constantia (near Cape Town) and a tropical outpost on the island of Mauritius. When COVID-19 hit, she had to adapt the business […]
The strange, sometimes sinister conspiracy theories on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death that flourished on social media
Image Credit: Kamal Kishore Somewhere in the middle of September, a new conspiracy theory emerged in one of the several “Justice for Sushant Singh Rajput” groups on Facebook. The post, which showed a picture of Rajput’s body, with several marks, with a zoom into his eyes was shared by users who believed that the actor […]
#FASuccess Ep 198: How The Creator Of The 4 Percent Rule Applied It For His Clients And His Own Retirement, With Bill Bengen
Executive Summary Welcome back to the 198th episode of Financial Advisor Success Podcast! My guest on today’s podcast is Bill Bengen. Bill is the former owner of Bengen Financial Services, an independent RIA based in Southern California that oversaw nearly 50 million of assets under management for 80 affluent retirees. What’s unique about Bill, though, […]
Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts
Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new policy Monday, the latest attempt by the company to take action against conspiracy theories and misinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential […]