Congress enacted Dodd-Frank, which created the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to guard against a recurrence of the financial crisis and to protect American taxpayers. The initial intent of this legislation was to coordinate various regulatory agencies and instill joint accountability for the stability of the financial system. However, with today’s highly-interconnected global financial markets, there is a risk of over-regulation or what some are calling "regulatory arbitrage" that carries with... Read more

Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of a series The one constant in financial markets is change. The same could be said for jobs within the financial markets sector. Not only are specific jobs changing in terms of what skills you need in order to perform them, but job availability is continually shifting among financial job categories. For example, there may be fewer opportunities for securities analysts now than in the... Read more

Editors Note (This is the 1st of a Series) The media has been having a field day lately with numerous articles about potential summer layoffs on Wall Street and throughout the global financial markets. But one position in this industry, the financial advisor, appears to be under-represented and job growth has been projected to be at least 30% for the ten year period ending in 2018. In fact, personal financial advisor... Read more

Throughout life, there is always a celebrated group of financial professionals who succeed while many others fail. It doesn’t matter if you’re working in M&A, or Asset Management, whether you’re a risk manager or a Wealth Advisor, the financial services sector is one of the most competitive industries on the planet and it can be divided into two distinct groups, the winners and the losers. The questions are what is... Read more

If you’re looking for a new job, or have a job and don’t want to lose it, you need to make sure your SEO REP is in good shape. This applies basically to, well, everybody. We’re all vulnerable to having our Search Engine Optimized (SEO) Reputation mangled and maligned by jealous co-workers and competitors, angry exes, crazy customers and a whole slew of online whack-jobs who get kicks out of... Read more