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We’re featured in Reward First Newsletter!

My guest article for the UK-based Reward Consultancy newsletter, Reward First® People Consulting “Motivating bankers: Balancing a diet of risk and reward” addresses the dilemma: if risk-taking achieves growth, how should we reward risk-taking activities? I welcome your responses! Keith W. Waitt … Continue reading

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Citi: Too Big To Control?

Reducing the headcount is only treating the symptoms and not the cause of Citi’s problems. Mr. Corbat needs to have a radical think about the “Bank We Want to Be” and sell off or unwind businesses that really do not fit … Continue reading

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Risk Without Boundaries

This is an interesting article in the FT from the summer. In a global organization, how messages are interpreted based on national cultures. With respect to risk (not just in banking), cultural interpretation can be along a lengthy spectrum. While … Continue reading

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UBS Rogue Trader: The 3 C’s of Why This Will Never Go Away

When I saw this article on the BBC news site I almost forgot that it was a year ago when Adoboli was arrested, which itself was a year after Jerome Kerviel’s fun and games at Societe General, which was a year … Continue reading

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RiskMinds 2012 in Amsterdam!

Check out this recap of RiskMinds 2011 in Geneva and be sure to sign up here for this year’s RiskMinds 2012 in Amsterdam!

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