Appointment Strengthens Leadership Team MarketWatch NEW YORK, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Training The Street (TTS), a leading corporate training provider for Wall Street firms and top business schools, today announced its appointment of Alex Lue as Principal.  In this new capacity, Mr. Lue will join the TTS leadership team which is responsible for the overall business strategy of the firm. Mr. Lue also serves as an instructor at TTS, where he leads classes of Fortune 500 finance professionals, investment banking analysts and associates, legal professionals, undergraduate and MBA students, and prospective new hires on the real-world application of financial theory. Alex is the lead principal responsible for content development for the summer training season every year.  Before joining TTS, Mr. Lue spent several years with Merrill Lynch’s M&A Group in New York, gaining a broad range of transactional experience across many industries, including Industrials, [...]

Joe Zirpolo Fordham Graduate School of Business Administration has awarded Joe Zirpolo the  Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence.  This annual award is given to the adjunct faculty member whose exceptional performance and teaching warrant extraordinary recognition. This honorable acknowledgment is made possible by the graduating students at Fordham Graduate School of Business Administration who voted for Joe who embodies the essence of this award. Joe is a second time recipient of this honor.

By Lynn Cowan – As a businessman who founded and sold one technology company, then headed another, Frank Fawzi believed he could solve almost any problem. That was before he entered the IPO market, attempting to take his company public. As he and other executives have learned on the IPO trail this year, the process isn’t always easy—or successful—even in buoyant markets. “IPOs are one of those things that are not in your control” after companies start marketing the stock to potential investors, says Mr. Fawzi, chief executive at IntelePeer Inc., a telecom-services provider based in San Mateo, Calif. “CEOs think we can fix anything. This was the first time I felt that I couldn’t fix something.” With the pace of initial public offerings in the U.S. picking up in recent months, more companies are hoping for the iconic post-IPO [...]

Alex Lue joins the TTS leadership team with his recent promotion to Principal. About Alex Lue: Alex joined TTS in 2005 after spending several years with Merrill Lynch’s M&A Group in New York. Alex brings to the TTS classroom a broad range of transactional experience, which allows him to comprehensively cover the full valuation of various companies in his function. Additionally, Alex is responsible for leading the development of company case study materials for the summer training season. During his time at Merrill, he worked on complex transactions drawn from a diverse range of different industries, including Industrials, Biotech, Retail, Real Estate, Gaming, and Internet. Prior to his investment banking career, Alex became familiar with the financial services arena in his capacity as a legal professional performing due diligence, drafting documents related to mergers and acquisitions of technology and energy [...]

Join us on Friday May 11, 2012  for Gen Y part 2 – “The 2020 Vision: What is the future of Gen Y careers”  Presenter: Lindsey Pollak – Gen Y Expert Back by popular demand, Lindsey Pollak (author, corporate consultant, and Gen Y expert) will present her thoughts on Gen Y future careers.  The TTS Free Learning Series are especially designed for L&D, Recruiting, and Training professionals. Seats are limited so sign up today for an enlightening presentation and an interactive discussion session with your peers! “Close your eyes and envision the future, when today’s recent graduates will be in leadership positions. What skill sets will they be using? What career paths will they follow? What types of managers will they be? How can you prepare yourself, your employees and your organization for the workplace of 2020 and beyond?” Lindsey Pollak, Gen Y [...]

Kristen Kelly – TTS is offering evening courses in April in NYC Sign up today for the “Essentials of Valuation and Financial Modeling” course in New York. The Essentials of Valuation and Financial Modeling course is conveniently offered over a series of evenings from 6:30pm to 10:30pm. Course dates are April 16 – 19 and April 23 – 26 (8 nights total). For more details, visit us at:http://trainingthestreet.com/tts-university/public-courses/evening-weekend-courses/

EDUCATION  - By MELISSA KORN Undergraduate business majors are a dime a dozen on many college campuses. But according to some, they may be worth even less. More than 20% of U.S. undergraduates are business majors, nearly double the next most common major, social sciences and history. More than one of every five undergrads is a business major, but the discipline might not deserve such a large following. Melissa Korn has details on The News Hub. The proportion has held relatively steady for the past 30 years, but now faculty members, school administrators and corporate recruiters are questioning the value of a business degree at the undergraduate level. The biggest complaint: The undergraduate degrees focus too much on the nuts and bolts of finance and accounting and don’t develop enough critical thinking and problem-solving skills through long essays, in-class debates and [...]

By: Heather R Huhman What prompts people to spend $120,000 on an MBA from a top-tier institution, at least in part? The coveted network. But, as we’ve learned from all the social networking platforms that continue to pop up, being part of a network isn’t enough — you need to know how to utilize it to its best potential. I spoke with three individuals who offered advice from their personal experience: Randy Lubin, business consultant for tech startups
Standford University Graduate School of Business, 2011 The network can be extremely powerful; most alumni are very willing to help. When I’m researching different ideas, I won’t hesitate to reach out to someone who’s already done a start-up in that space or to investors who are within the alumni network who’ve invested in similar companies. I’ll explain my idea, then seek as much feedback [...]

FINS: For Hungry Students, Wall Street Still a Draw – Chirag Saraiya quoted By Julie Steinberg ,  March 28, 2012 On a recent Saturday night in Cancun, Mexico, Kyle Carnes partied with his friends on spring break, listened to a live band and watched fire twirlers spin flaming sticks. He couldn’t quite relax, though. Every few minutes he checked his iPhone. Mr. Carnes was waiting to find out whether he had gotten a final interview for a summer internship program at a major European bank. Winning the three-month internship would have put him a step closer to his dream: working on Wall Street. The financial industry may be in retreat, with tighter regulation, smaller bonuses, layoffs and persistent questions over its ethics and culture. But for hundreds of students like Mr. Carnes, a 20-year-old junior at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., [...]

TTS/Capital IQ S &P: Principles of Corporate Valuation: Developing a 360° Perspective –  Getting the Right Price Instructor: Zane Hurst Join us on the 19th & 20th of April as we uncover the techniques surrounding “What price will it take to get a deal done?” This seminar’s primary objective is to learn how practitioners in the financial ser­vices industry apply various valuation techniques in the context of an eminent transaction. Heavy emphasis will be placed on demystifying the theory behind the analytics and ultimately gaining an understanding of their impact on a transaction.  After gaining a working knowledge of the “scientific” analytics, participants will gain a new appreciation for the “art” of valuation through an in-class simulation. S&P Capital IQ products will be discussed when appropriate. Date: 19-20 April, 2012 Location: 20 Canada Square, London, E14 5LH, United Kingdom Register [...]