http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/01/31/reaching-the-top-ranks-of-blackstone-without-an-m-b-a/  By Mike Spector Real-estate guru Jonathan Gray heads Blackstone’s largest business, chairs the board of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., just became a billionaire on paper and is in line to one day run the world’s largest private-equity firm. But he’s also notable for something he doesn’t have: an M.B.A. The 43-year-old Gray, who heads […]

  http://www.proformative.com/articles/trading-places-how-carry-over-your-finance-skills-another-industry Sheryl Nance-Nash Robert Rostan wanted something different. He was the director of financial reporting at Sonic Automotive, an $8 billion public specialty retailer, but in 2006, he joined his brother’s company, Training The Street (TTS) a corporate training provider for Wall Street firms and business schools. Today, as the CFO and principal of TTS, Rostan spends 30 […]

http://www.davidson.edu/news/news-stories/131206-students-take-advantage-of-wall-street-short-course How much do Davidson students care about careers in finance and business? Enough so that more than 70 of them gave up several hours of sleep to sign in at 9 a.m. on a Sunday for an all-day primer about Wall Street. What they got for their early rising on the weekend was a […]

Tammy Whitehouse Audit costs appear to be inching back up after the financial crisis and recession, as audit firms are under pressure to improve the quality of their audit work and appear to be gaining more leverage over rates. “I don’t see audit costs going up dramatically,” says Andy Burczyk, a managing director and attest […]

http://www.ibtimes.com/wall-street-hiring-sentiment-picks-gradually-mba-graduates-survey-1395553 By Nat Rudarakanchana Hiring sentiment on Wall Street is apparently picking up again, after years of gloomy job prospects during the financial crisis, according to a survey of 200 MBA students and graduates released Thursday. Investment banks and consulting firms in particular are offering candidates more rounds of interviews, and many candidates are receiving […]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/41b33b02-0b47-11e3-bffc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2cibdXxGS By Della Bradshaw Those graduating with MBA degrees from US business schools this summer saw a rise in job offers from Wall Street firms, particularly the investment banks. Indeed, MBA candidates often received multiple job offers in the finance sector, according to the latest annual survey from Training The Street (TTS), a corporate training company for both […]

http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2013/08/22/interview-overload-for-b-school-students/ By Melissa Korn Talk about casting a wide net. Nineteen percent of respondents to a recent survey of business students said they participated in more than 10 first-round job interviews last school year, while another 40% went in for between four and seven. Factor in a few second- and third-round callbacks, and some students […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MBA EMPLOYMENT SURVEY FINDS WALL STREET JOB MARKET CONTINUES TO IMPROVE; MANY CANDIDATES RECEIVE MULTIPLE OFFERS   Investment Banks Remain Top Employment Choice for MBAs, While Consulting Firms and Private Equity Also Draw Interest  NEW YORK, AUGUST 22, 2013 – A survey of MBA students and graduates from Training The Street (TTS), […]

https://www.cfo.com/accounting-2/2013/08/how-twitter-can-avoid-facebook-and-groupons-ipo-blunders-4827/ A little blue bird says Twitter might be prepping itself for an initial public offering. Here are some ways it could avoid the mistakes of other high-profile social media companies. By Marielle Segarra Amid reports that Twitter is looking for a financial reporting manager, many are speculating that Twitter may go public next year. As […]