In Conversation with Vector Group’s Bryant Kirkland: Still Crazy (About Work) After All These Years — Fun Factor Is Running Strong for Kirkland

Bryant Kirkland is senior vice-president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Vector Group. He held the same roles at New Valley Corporation prior to its merger with Vector Group in December 2005. He was made Vector Group’s CFO in 2006,

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In Conversation with Eduard van Gelderen, CIO at PSP Investments: Connecting to What Matters

Eduard van Gelderen, PSP’s CIO since 2018, leads the organisation’s Total Fund Strategy Group — overseeing multi-asset class investment strategies, total fund allocations, and exposures in terms of asset classes, geographies and sectors. He is also in charge of responsible

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PSP Places Responsible Investment at the Core of Its Investment Strategy

When the pandemic hit, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) was one of the first employers in Montreal to send its entire employee base to work from home. It did so overnight — and with the full support

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OctaFX Launching in Europe: A Global Forex Broker that Means What it Says and Sticks to its Word

OctaFX brand has been established in 2011, provides a state-of-the-art online trading experience to seven million accounts. The company is well-known for its competitive spreads and transparent approach. Even non-clients are familiar with the brand thanks to its community and

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Platinum Groupe Shows its Mettle by Growing In-line with its Clients

Zimbabwean investment banking firm Platinum Groupe specialises in creating relevant solutions that meet the needs of institutional, corporate and individual clients. The group operates through its licensed business units: Platinum Investment Managers, Platinum Securities, Platinum Financial Solutions and Platinum Microfinance.

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YOA Insurance Brokers: Changing the Insurance Narrative — and Upscaling Professionalism

YOA Insurance brokers started out over 20 years ago with the mission to provide risk management services in Nigeria’s oil, gas, and energy sectors. The company has expanded its expertise to cover other sectors of the economy, including manufacturing, engineering,

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The Zoscales Partners Management Team: Ashenafi Alemu, Jacop B. Rentschler and Frederick Kambo

It all started in 2000 when co-founders Ashenafi Alemu and Jacop B. Rentschler met in a cafe in Denmark while Ashenafi was a foreign exchange student. Ashenafi and Jacop became good friends and remained close over the years as they

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Zoscales Partners: Invest Where It matters

Impact is embedded in the DNA of Zoscales Partners. Since its founding in 2014, the private equity firm has not only delivered competitive financial returns but has generated measurable impact and contributed to sustainable economic growth and quality job creation

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Piotr Zawistowski, TGE – 20 Years of Safe Trading: Trading – Guaranteeing – Educating

Creating an exchange-traded energy market in Poland was not a trivial task but Towarowa Giełda Energii (TGE) has been successful, which is demonstrated, among other things, by the fact that today market prices are set in a transparent manner. The

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Whitecroft Capital: Banks, Buffers, and One Strategy’s Vital Role in Bolstering Battered Economies

Bank risk sharing – what is it? When asked to write a few words about Whitecroft Capital and our investment strategy, I suddenly realised what a challenge it may be to explain this succinctly. For more than 15 years, we

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