2019: Year of the App Bubble Crash? How History Repeats Itself.
By John Colley
“When it comes to investment markets, history has a habit of repeating itself again and again and again…”
2000 was remembered as the...
Japan’s “Comfort Women” Asian Protests and Imperial Japan’s Sexual Slavery
By Dan Steinbock
Recently, another Philippine statue commemorating Filipino “comfort women” has been removed. As international pressure is rising, it is time for Abe...
Global Economic Outlook after Trump-Xi Timeout
By Dan Steinbock
As many hoped, the highly anticipated Trump-Xi meeting in the Buenos Aires G20 Summit resulted in a truce. The devil is in...
Private Equity: Past Performance is Not a Guide to the Future
By John Colley
With risks being inherent in investing especially in today’s business climate where they are emerging at ever-increasing speeds, there seems little prospect...
Capitalism, Globalisation and Inequality
By Kalim Siddiqui
With rising global inequality and environmental crises, capitalism is unable to resolve the crises and thus has become an obsolete social system...
The Predicted 2020 Global Recession
By Graham Vanbergen
There has been much speculation recently in the press about the impending global crash and the inevitable fallout it will cause. While...
Behind Path Withdrawal: User-Generated Content, Fad-Trend-Megatrend and Individualist-Collectivist Behavior
By Jaya Addin Linando
When Path announced that it will close down its operation, many internet users were shocked as Path was one of the...
North Rhine-Westphalia: Investors’ First Choice in Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is strong, dynamic and ideally located. The state is the most important economic region in Germany and has for years been...
Into New Markets: Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida, CEO at QFC, on the Growth Opportunities and...
Recently, we had the pleasure of speaking with Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida, Chief Executive Officer at Qatar Financial Centre. We touch on the industries in...
The United States of America – the Real Reason Why They Are Never Winning...
By Peter Koenig
This essay is inspired by Professor James Petras’ article, describing that the US never wins wars despite trillions of investments in her war...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
