Mar 24, 2023 Podcast: Demystifying Risk – AI Model Explainability and Ethics By Tim Roberts AI models are becoming increasingly sophisticated and powerful, exploding onto the mainstream through generative content platforms such...
Mar 24, 2023 How a precedent-setting court decision raises quandaries for the worlds of crypto-assets and corporate bankruptcy By Colin Johnson Kevin Madura In January, a US bankruptcy judge issued a decision in the ongoing Celsius Network Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, ruling that Celsius was...
Mar 21, 2023 Leisure travel may buck the discretionary spending trend, as COVID concerns trail into the distance By Beatrix Morath Steve Braude 2022 proved to be a positive year for the travel industry overall, after the monumental challenges it faced during the pandemic, where...
Mar 14, 2023 Industrials Quarterly M&A Review – Q4 2022 By Nick Wood In line with what has been seen across the wider global M&A market, Industrial M&A has continued to see a fall in deal activity against...
Mar 13, 2023 Cloud strategy and spend in the face of uncertainty By Mike Pitts Christopher Moore Mark Zhou Jay Mohapatra Rudy Oku +2 more... Show less Do you see the following symptoms in your organisation? A fundamental misalignment of cloud cost with strategy; with no transparency and...
Mar 02, 2023 Podcast: What Really Matters - Private Equity: Retail and the Economic Outlook By Mark Veldon Matt Clark Clare Kennedy In the current economic downturn, the retail industry is on the front line – but what are the real challenges that Private Equity needs...
Feb 27, 2023 What is Digital Resilience? By Derek Taylor Uwe Kissman To paraphrase Frederick the Great, who died in 1786, 'He who defends everything, defends nothing'. Let’s discuss a single word:...
Feb 21, 2023 Merger control planning – five ways to mitigate increasing scrutiny By Mat Hughes Sean O'Flynn Ben Forbes With the challenges currently seen in the M&A market for large-scale standalone acquisitions, one widely applied M&A strategy is “buy and...
Feb 21, 2023 Self-preferencing in digital markets By Matt Hunt Burak Darbaz Robert Scherf Self-preferencing is at the forefront of competition enforcement in digital markets. The European Commission’s (EC) milestone Google...
Feb 16, 2023 Can generative AI manage knowledge? By Paul Brabant My colleague Francesco Barosi provides a compelling commentary about how a business should approach the opportunities associated with the...
Feb 14, 2023 What Really Matters: High-cost lending – a complex balancing act By Joe O'Connor Tim Roberts Neil Reid David Waterfield John Bruce Yalini Pathy +3 more... Show less High-cost lenders can be a critical source of finance for individuals who are unable to access traditional lending. However, servicing...
Feb 14, 2023 Lane change for public transport investment opportunities By Stuart Cockburn Esben Christensen Stelios Fragkos Maxim Vanhencxthoven +1 more... Show less The push for greener travel and an overhaul of contract models is opening up investment opportunities in public transport, but...
Feb 14, 2023 The organic nature of tech start-ups: Four stages to nurture success – or cultivate failure By Paul Fanning Thomas Morineaux While many businesses may be focusing on careful cost management, investment in technology shows no sign of slowing. Gartner forecasts...
Feb 13, 2023 AI vs BS By Tim Roberts Tim Harford (aka the Undercover Economist in The Financial Times) introduces the notion of bullsh*t versus lies in his current article...
Feb 06, 2023 Podcast: What Really Matters - Private Equity: Retail and Digital Transformation By Mark Veldon Brian Kalms Oli Freestone The two words DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION might be enough to strike fear into even the most forward-thinking retail leaders – but with Private...
Feb 06, 2023 Consumer Products: H1 2023 Cost Inflation Outlook By Anna Del Mar Andy Searle Marco Eccheli Olivier Salomon Sanjay Bailur Julian Short Randy Burt Tim Thiele Raj Konanahalli Etienne Sebeaux +7 more... Show less The results of the H1 2023 AlixPartners Cost Inflation survey are in, with direct and indirect costs expected to rise over the next 12...