In front of a crowd of nearly 900 attendees, Bill Gates, Chair of the Board, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, discussed his foundation’s investments in clean energy startups and R&D in an effort to find reliable power sources without contributing to climate change. […]
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FinTech Trends 2020
With PWC predicting that 28% of Banking and Payments companies will be ‘at risk’ in 2020, the ‘adapt or die’ mantra has never been truer. We pinpoint some of the significant trends that will continue to shape the Financial […]
For Billionaires, Like The Rest Of Us, Without Trust, Life Goes Horribly Wrong. And Not Only On TV
As a coach who has worked with individual Forbes billionaires and their families, I’ve been hooked on two excellent TV series that are, in my experience, excruciatingly, forensically, true to life. But do they help us understand how billionaires experience […]
Témoignage : « Je suis assistante personnelle en banque d’investissement. Voici mes secrets… »
Si vous travaillez en front-office dans une banque d’investissement et n’êtes pas satisfait de votre salaire, vos horaires ou votre statut, vous devriez vous reconvertir en assistant personnel. Je suis le ‘PA’ d’un managing director et de son équipe d’environ 40 personnes. C’est une […]
Millennial bankers in Hong Kong and London could be in for a shock
Who’d be a Millennial beginning a career in banking now? Cost-cutting and redundancies are prolific as technology takes over. In London, ‘the political situation’ is prompting some banks to issue warnings that the UK should be ‘avoided like the plague’ as sterling volatility […]
The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow by McKinsey Global Institute
The US labor market looks markedly different today than it did two decades ago. It has been reshaped by dramatic events like the Great Recession but also by a quieter ongoing evolution in the mix and location of jobs. In […]
Don’t Be the Boss Who Talks Too Much
As head of a startup, I always want to make sure everyone on my team understands the vision for what we’re trying to achieve. I also want to make sure we’re hearing, considering, and incorporating everyone’s ideas, and acting quickly […]
The Peninsula Hong Kong : La Grande Dame de l’Extrême-Orient
Inauguré en 1928, l’établissement au charme d’antan The Peninsula Hong Kong propose des prestations 5 étoiles et se situe à côté du port de Victoria à Tsim Sha Tsui. Cet hôtel de luxe possède une piscine intérieure de style romain, […]
Baby-foot, consoles et cantines healthy : l’effet boomerang de la Start-up attitude
Depuis plusieurs années, un management calqué sur celui de la Silicon valley tend à s’imposer dans les directions françaises. Avec plus ou moins de succès. Si outre-Atlantique, ce fonctionnement a, peut-être, fait ses preuves, la greffe sur les entreprises tricolores […]
Ces sociétés de gestion d’actifs qui recrutent pour leurs fonds d’investissements basés sur l’IA…
Le leader indépendant de la gestion d’actifs en Europe Oddo BHF Asset Management vient d’annoncer le lancement du premier fonds thématique investissant dans l’intelligence artificielle (IA) qui utilise lui-même l’intelligence artificielle dans son processus d’investissement. Après plus de 18 mois […]