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According to a recent report by the CIFAS, fraud in the UK is up by 10 percent. Reports like this continue to show evidence that putting more and stronger locks on the door to keep out criminals simpl...
Having not long come back from visiting one of the Greek Islands I declare my hand as a fan of Greece, or at least its Islands. It pains me to see the problems its going through but you can’t help b
At an event in Indianapolis two weeks ago a banker in the audience ardently challenged me over the transparency of social networks and the subsequent risk of identity theft. There are a lot of identit...
Cyber scams happen to the young and the old, the rich and the poor. It doesn’t matter how good or bad your credit is, or whether or not you have a credit card. Cybercriminals target everyone, regardle...
The Sony Corporation has been providing consumers with stellar electronics since before the introduction of the Walkman. The past six months have been harsher for Sony, with attacks by hacktivists and...
This latest data security breach at Citi epitomises the many ways in which data can go astray. In a recently publicised case, data was stolen from Citi by external hackers. The culprits in this most r...
Oven mittens, anyone? Investors dropped stocks like hot potatoes around the world on Monday, the first day of trading since Standard & Poor’s historic downgrade of U.S. debt. And if you’re going t...
Future Strategic Considerations Strategic considerations at the forefront of the financial modeling industry in the next decade include: 1. Web 2.0 2. A dedicated marketplace 3. Better modeling pro...
Why Web 2.0 will find Financial Modeling next A recent piece in the National Journal by Tankersley and Hirsh, “Neo-Voodoo Economics”, encouraging American’s to think more boldly about new growth and m...
Within the US$1+ trillion global professional services industry, the finance sector has recently looked susceptible to a growing chorus of start-ups looking to strategically rethink finance’s core...
A curious client recently asked – “Couldn’t financial modeling risk be diminished by introducing a Quality Assurance Review Panel (“QARP”)?” It was a simple, pragmatic question that left me momentari...
A recent list of the World's Top Tools for Learning is a stark reminder of how rapidly the educational ecosystem has moved beyond the traditional classroom. Most young professionals seem to have readi...