23 Jul
News, CNBC

CNBC: Scott Rostan on: Here’s how much new MBA grads are earning”

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/23/heres-how-much-new-mba-grads-are-earning.html Many newly minted MBA graduates have entertained several job offers, with many of those positions paying $125,000 or more. Still, not all business school graduates are happy with their employment prospects. Lorie Konish | @LorieKonish Published 12:12 PM ET Mon, 23 July 2018  Updated 12:58 PM ET Mon, 23 July 2018 The future looks...

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23 Jul
News

TTS Employment Optimism Survey in NY Post “Top MBA graduates are leaving other job hunters in the dust”

https://nypost.com/2018/07/23/top-mba-graduates-are-leaving-other-job-hunters-in-the-dust/ By Kevin Dugan There’s a growing class divide on Wall Street. The brightest MBA graduates this year from the most elite schools scored multiple top-shelf job offers of about $125,000 — while middle-of-the-pack grads got relative crumbs, a Wall Street salary survey expected out Monday reveals. In addition, the leaders of the MBA class...

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21 Jun
News

Girls Who Invest and TTS

Girls Who Invest and Training The Street Partner to Enhance Opportunities for Young Women Entering the Asset Management Industry Female scholars to participate in financial modeling workshops to prepare for Wall Street careers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Girls Who Invest, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in portfolio management and...

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24 May
News

Scott Rostan in Business Insider: Disney wants to kill Netflix, but Comcast has totally different reasons for wanting Fox

Disney wants Fox to help it kill Netflix. But what exactly does Comcast want with Fox? Late last year, when Disney made its bold attempt to acquire a suite of 21st Century Fox assets, its motivation seemed crystal clear: It wanted to bolster its collection of intellectual property for its coming direct-to-consumer streaming...

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20 Apr
News

U.S. News: Chirag Saraiya in What It Takes to Get Accepted at a Top MBA Program

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/articles/2018-04-20/what-it-takes-to-get-accepted-at-a-top-mba-program MBA admissions officers at top b-schools say the key trait they look for is leadership potential. By Ilana Kowarski When prestigious MBA programs choose students, academic performance is an important factor, but it is not the only factor, according to MBA admissions officers. Because business schools are professional schools designed to prepare students to thrive in the business...

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16 Apr
News

CFO.com: Robert Rostan on CFO One Day, Classroom Instructor the Next

David McCann https://www.cfo.com/accounting-tax/2018/04/cfo-one-day-classroom-instructor-the-next-robert-rostan/  When finance chief Robert Rostan senses burnout is around the corner, he has a built-in escape hatch: the classroom. Rostan is CFO of Training The Street, a company that provides financial education for employees of banks, primarily, but also law, accounting, private equity, and asset management firms. It offers programs...

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14 Feb
New York Business Journal

New York Business Journal: Scott Rostan Goldman Sachs deepens M&A bench

https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2018/02/14/goldman-sachs-deepens-m-a-bench.html By Anthony Noto  –  Reporter, New York Business Journal Goldman Sachs Group Inc. promoted one of its partners to lead its mergers and acquisitions team. David "Dusty" Philip, who has been with the company since 1991, has been named new co-head of the bank's global M&A department. The announcement was made in a...

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06 Feb
News, New York Business Journal

New York Business Journal: Scott Rostan Why a Xerox merger with Fujifilm beats keeping a joint venture

https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2018/02/06/why-a-xerox-merger-with-fujifilm-is-a-winner.html By Anthony Noto Joint ventures don't always work. It's only a matter of time until one half of the partnership wants to cash in or gain control. That's why it makes sense for Xerox Corp. to ink a deal, according to M&A expert Scott Rostan. I spoke with the former Merrill Lynch analyst and current Training The Street CEO on why the...

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30 Jan
News

Kiplinger: Robert Rostan in 10 Funds to Buy for FAANG Exposure

https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/investing/T052-S001-10-tech-funds-faang-stocks/index.html By Michael Foster Does “FOMO” – fear of missing out – have you down? If you’re in the stock market but too scared of tech stocks, you might be feeling a twinge of regret right now. The famous FAANG stocks – Facebook (FB), Amazon.com (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX) and Google parent...

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