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Retail to the Rescue, but… ‘Zombie’ Stores Still Face a Battle to Service Debt
Retail has undergone some major transformations triggered by the pandemic. With unemployment and disease surging in the US it is a paradox that the stock market is on a high. Another paradox is that private consumption is strong, with 2021
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Government Should End Secretive Trade Negotiations, say UK Parliamentarians
The government should overhaul its secretive approach to post-Brexit trade negotiations, according to a new report. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade & Export Promotion, which is backed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), suggests negotiations should be open
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Roche: New Solutions to Old Problems? Fintech Can Change Healthcare
Fintech is a term applied to technology-driven disruptions such as mobile money, blockchain, and big data analytics in payment, banking, or insurance services. Given its digital nature, Fintech has made financial services more inclusive, accessible, and affordable by reaching millions
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Be a People Person: Networking is the Path to Business Success
If it’s not what you know but who you know, networking is de rigueur for business people and entrepreneurs. We all do it, but some do it better, and more mindfully, than others. Some do it without even trying. So
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Lord Waverley: A New Chapter for the UK and a Meeting Place for the World
With the EU agreement now in place, the United Kingdom has the chance to develop a strategy that addresses the ambitions and goals of the country at large. The halcyon days of yesteryear have not diminished but do need to
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UniCredit’s Roberta Marracino: Banking with a Social Impact
Determined to help shape the post-pandemic ‘new normal’, UniCredit is stepping on the accelerator to redouble its efforts at sparking meaningful change in the lives of accountholders and in the wider society. UniCredit’s Social Impact Banking programme, first launched in
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Wealth on the Move: HNWIs Continually Searching for their Own Little Piece of Paradise
There is continuous movement of wealth around the world. And the wealthy migrate both away from — and towards. Last year, high net worth individuals (a HNWI has personal net assets exceeding $1 million) in the emerging and frontier economies
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UK Struggles with Economic Illiteracy as Crisis Worsens
Britons’ grasp of basic economics is tenuous at best and more likely than not, virtually inexistent. A report commissioned by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) found that most people in the UK lack the ability to assess economic performance
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Commissioner Gentiloni on EU Economy: Andante Ma Non Troppo
The V-shaped economic recovery expected to unfold next year is merely an illusion sourced from wishful thinking. Yesterday, EU Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni warned of a double-dip recession and said the European Commission mulls an extension by at least
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Lucrezia Reichlin: Data Pioneer Hopes for a New Era of Economic Co-operation
Italian economist Lucrezia Reichlin is recognised as one of the pioneers of big data. Reichlin made history as the first female director-general of research at the European Central Bank (ECB), and currently teaches economics at London Business School. The Rome
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