Teaching ethics to bankers - an oxymoron?
08
April
2015
One of our most popular courses offered over the last year has been around the subject of ‘banker conduct’. When we were first approached it appeared to be a request to do some compliance training. However, on reflection it was more about business judgement. The cases that we designed rarely had a simple YES / NO answer and raised the issue about what do you do when the rules can’t help you?
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I remember the spring of 1984, as I was about to finish my MBA in Toronto. It was then I met the most important person at the business school. She was not the Dean nor a professor, she was the Head of student placements. She was passionate about her job and for motivated students she would work endlessly to help them find a job on graduation; she knew how important that "first step" was to get someone on a good career path.
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Leave a commentStart your degree in the financial markets now
09
March
2015
The MSc Investment Management (IM) is now open for enrolment for the September 2015 start. This post graduate degree provides candidates with a great opportunity to enter a career related to the financial markets, either in China or internationally. The degree is awarded by the University of Liverpool (UK) and taught fully in English. IBSS is unique as a university in China with the IBSS Financial Lab and Trading Floor providing
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Leave a commentTraining nightmares
09
December
2014
Neil Schofield – Financial Markets Training
I always think that Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ revolves around two principal themes: owners that don’t seem to know anything about the restaurant business and chefs that don’t know how to cook. I can’t seem to be able to enjoy a meal out these days without those two ideas running through my head. If nothing else it has made me a more discerning
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