May 31, 2021 Lessons learned from Ewarton's incident By Cliff Lam Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has recently reprimanded and slapped a local securities firm, Ewarton Securities...
May 28, 2021 Will the rising influence of activism drive corporate ESG commitments and what does it mean for banks’ lending? By Neil Reid Interesting news from the Netherlands in the FT recently where a Dutch court has ordered Shell to accelerate its decarbonisation...
May 28, 2021 While the cat's away...... By Edward Boyle Assessing risk in a dynamic environmentRisks are always heightened during times of significant change. Given the amount of disruption to...
May 28, 2021 ESG and the U.S. Middle-Market: What's Holding It Back? By Connor Lott Environmental impact, social criteria, and corporate governance (ESG) topics are undoubtedly playing a larger role in the private equity...
May 27, 2021 WEBCAST: Avoiding the failure of the failing firm defence By John Bruce Mat Hughes Agencies reviewing mergers recognise that, in some circumstances, a merger between competitors that would otherwise give rise to...
May 26, 2021 Consumer anxieties, transformation and the impact on retail staff By Dan Coen The BBC reports on some worrying data from the British Retail Consortium about the levels of abuse directed at retail staff. As we’ve...
May 26, 2021 What could possibly go wrong? By Tim Roberts Imagine if one of the household-name social media networks or search engines was found to be planning to exploit their entire consumer...
May 25, 2021 Fairness is what justice really is... By Simon Rowley There is a lot under the surface of Justice Miles ruling in the Amigo Loans judgement. The court continues to reinforce the need for...
May 25, 2021 Market failure in sub-prime credit needs a better plan By James Worsnip Demand for alternative forms of finance seem set to increase but supply is restricted. A classic market failure borne out of regulatory...
May 25, 2021 New laws in China will further complicate data export By Stephen Yu The two draft laws have been released in China for public comment. The "Data Security Law" (DSL) will govern the handling of "important...
May 25, 2021 Haggle-free, hassle-free: the rise and rise of online used car sales By Andrew Bergbaum Nick Parker For the last few months, much of the news coming from the UK auto sector has been pretty sobering. The sector has been reeling from the...
May 24, 2021 Mit der Coronakrise wächst der Druck auf Investitionen im Verteidigungsbereich By Christian Leber Stefan Ohl Die COVID-19 Pandemie hatte im Gegensatz zur kommerziellen Luftfahrtbranche wesentlich weniger drastische Auswirkungen auf die...
May 24, 2021 Why digital IQ matters when delivering technological change By Catherine Sherwin What kind of leadership do you need to successfully implement digital transformation?At what stage of a transformation programme is a...
May 20, 2021 Chips are in Hot Demand By John Miles Olivier Troester Rumours of a multi-billion take-over in the European semi-conductor industry, demonstrate the market is hotter than ever. With chips...
May 20, 2021 Mind the expectation gap By Kathryn Britten Peter Wright “What on earth were the auditors doing?” is a familiar cry whenever the headlines include another high-profile entity that has either...
May 19, 2021 How can we turn the “shadow IT” into business agility without increasing IT risks and spending? By Bruno Crozat In many companies, in parallel to the “official” Information Systems run by the IT department, there is a “shadow IT” outside of the IT...