We look at how Blackstone is helping our portfolio companies navigate the healthcare landscape in the latest installment of our Transformational Change series. Delivering high-quality healthcare can be a challenge for many employers – with costs rising and the system becoming more […]
The ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China has intensified to full pitch, and the likelihood of a compromise is fading fast. Actions and Reactions On August 1, Trump announced new tariffs of 10% on $300 billion of imports from China […]
Leave it to former trial lawyers to talk so much, and yet say so little. BUR’s written response and numbing two-hour call did nothing to dispel our view that BUR a) aggressively marks its cases up to generate non-cash profits, […]
It shouldn’t be long now before Deutsche Bank’s technology function receives a substantial shot in the arm. Not only are two new men at the top due to arrive in early September, but CEO Christian Sewing has committed to spending €13bn on technology before […]
Given the wide-spread familiarity with the phrase “The first 90 days”, one might expect that executive changes are quite successful. They aren’t. The failure rate for new executives, most especially when they are new to a company, is breathtaking. At the […]
I’m a woman and I work on the fixed income trading floor of a major international bank. I have four children and after each one I have been more ambitious than ever. People blame pregancy, maternity leave and childcare for […]
Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has diversified its energy supply through its investment in renewables. We sat down with Toru Inoue in Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division to discuss the implications for investors and the energy landscape. Tell us […]
If you’ve ever wondered why managing directors in investment banks don’t always retire after a decade of earning $1m+, today’s report on the characteristics of high earners from the British Institute of Fiscal Studies helps explain why: compared to many of their equally rich […]
Not that long ago, I was flying home from a speaking engagement next to a woman who was diligently preparing what appeared to be a financial analysis. As the plane was rolling down the runway, she snapped her computer shut […]
In recent years, when central banks were embarking on quantitative easing, investors approached cash as an asset class afterthought given the rock-bottom yields. But the end of QE – and the prospect of rate volatility – has reignited investors’ interest. […]
