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Stellar Approach from Moonfare: Democratising and Digitalising the Private Equity Industry for All
Accessibility issues are holding the private equity industry back — but Moonfare is changing that. Private equity has traditionally been the preserve of major institutions and billionaires, hurting individual investors and fund managers. For decades, the private equity industry has
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EU Cements Union and Recovery Package
Union leaders have agreed on a landmark €750 billion post-corona EU recovery package that authorises the European Commission to issue bonds for the first time ever. Hailed as a ‘historic day’ for Europe by President Emmanuel Macron of France, the
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Otaviano Canuto: Economic Recovery From the Pandemic May Come to Resemble a Square Root
Signs of recovery in various parts of the global economy started in May, after the depressive dip imposed by Covid-19. They emerged after the easing of restrictions on mobility and reflected policies of flattening the recession curve (income transfers to
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Boston Consulting Group (BCG) CEO Rich Lesser: Inspiring Excellence
In his seven years as CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Rich Lesser (58) has doubled both the firm’s revenue and its workforce. Moreover, BCG was the only major global management consultancy to keep growing strongly through the Great Recession.
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Reimaging Leadership Post COVID-19: Dreaming Health, Social and Planetary Equity Into Being
To achieve a limitless mindset-based leadership, a leader not only needs to be a visionary, a good strategist, focused on executing and delivering results, possess diverse experience and background, and have a reasonable level of technical knowledge, but s/he also
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UBS CEO Ralph Hamers: Understated Efficiency in Minding the Bottom Line
On Monday, 2 November, Ralph Hamers (53) will take the exclusive side entrance of UBS Group’s imposing head office on Zürich’s Paradeplatz to enter a world that quietly exudes wealth, privilege, and power. The Dutchman, recently whisked to the uppermost
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Global Markets Stall as Future Remains Uncertain
In this era of big and bigger numbers, the size of the US budget deficit – $864 billion in June – dwarfs all else. In a single month, the US Treasury overspent about the same amount as the entire post-corona
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The Red Sea International Airport Takes Off: Contract Award to Nesma & Partners and Almabani
This contract has been awarded to support the creation of a sustainable gateway opening Saudi Arabia to the world Riyadh, 13 July 2020: The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), driver of one of the world’s most ambitious tourism initiatives, has
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EU Prime Ministers Beat a Path to The Hague
This month, The Hague has become the destiny of choice for EU prime ministers and presidents embarking on a pilgrimage to placate, woo, mollify or pay homage to Saint Mark – the self-anointed patron of the frugal. In his impressively
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UNCTAD: COVID-19 Has Hurt Global Investment but the Recovery Offers the Chance to Build a More Sustainable Economy
The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted investment and trade flows, but it arrives on top of existing challenges to the system of international production and trade. Flows of cross-border investment in physical productive assets stopped growing
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