FINS.com
Encyclopedia
FINS.com is a standalone resource for financial professionals with information about finance careers and the finance industry, launched in July 2009 by Dow Jones & Company
, publisher of The Wall Street Journal
. The site's products and services include a job search engine, the FINS Sector Index http://www.fins.com/Finance/Research/Sectors of information about sectors within the finance industry including accounting, capital markets, hedge funds, private equity
/venture capital
and wealth management
, and information on more than 1,500 companies in financial services
FINS has an editorial staff that writes Morning Coffee, "which summarizes the news from the financial world and its likely impact on the hiring market," and the Bull/Bear Report, "which tracks industry job openings."
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm.The company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Like The New York Times and the Washington Post, the company was in recent years publicly traded but privately...
, publisher of The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
. The site's products and services include a job search engine, the FINS Sector Index http://www.fins.com/Finance/Research/Sectors of information about sectors within the finance industry including accounting, capital markets, hedge funds, private equity
Private equity
Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
/venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
and wealth management
Wealth management
Wealth management is an investment advisory discipline that incorporates financial planning, investment portfolio management and a number of aggregated financial services...
, and information on more than 1,500 companies in financial services
Financial services
Financial services refer to services provided by the finance industry. The finance industry encompasses a broad range of organizations that deal with the management of money. Among these organizations are credit unions, banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, consumer finance companies,...
FINS has an editorial staff that writes Morning Coffee, "which summarizes the news from the financial world and its likely impact on the hiring market," and the Bull/Bear Report, "which tracks industry job openings."
History
Founded in 2009, FINS.com is part of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, which includes WSJ.com http://www.WSJ.com, MarketWatch.com http://www.MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com http://www.Barrons.com and AllThingsD.com http://www.AllThingsD.com.Services
Services include job search, job trends, industry trends, company research, career management tips, job search tips, the FINS Resume Service, Morning Coffee, the Bull/Bear Report and FINSWire.See also
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