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Insights on business strategy, decision-making, market positioning and the leadership choices that drive growth, resilience and long-term competitive advantage.

Did Asset Management Die? Why Gen Z Has Disconnected Growth

Did Asset Management Die? Why Gen Z Has Disconnected

Asset managers aren’t just being out-innovated, they’re being out-narrated. You only have to look at the volume of news stories on alternatives vs traditionals to see this is a media war as much as a product-performance one. Some 42 percent of Gen Z investors in the US hold crypto, which

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The Aid Cuts Shockwave: What it Means for Business Geopolitics

The Aid Cuts Shockwave: What it Means for Business

The UK’s decision to cut aid spending is diverting £6 billion annually to defence, while the US has frozen all foreign development aid for 90 days, effectively halting USAID projects worldwide. You might think this is needed, but these moves have implications for global business stability.

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The Rise of the Superfan Growth

The Rise of the Superfan

Superfans spend 80% more than the average customer and Goldman Sachs values their market at $4.5 billion. They don’t just buy - they pay for access, connection and status. Take Aliens Expanded, a 5-hour documentary including interviews with James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver and the cast of

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The $125Bn Company You've Never Heard Of Growth

The $125Bn Company You've Never Heard Of

Hello working and non-working people How are you experiencing your new social British category? Let me tell you about a tech company you've probably never heard of that's worth more than Nike. ServiceNow is sitting at a casual $125 billion market cap, yet most people outside of tech have

Dan Ilett · 2 min read min read
Unlocking DeFi: Opportunities for the Buy-Side in modern finance Growth

Unlocking DeFi: Opportunities for the Buy-Side in modern finance

Why DeFi? The Opportunities of Decentralised Finance on the Buy SideJoin us at The Club House, where business leaders from finance, DeFI and real-world asset sectors discuss disruption in the buy-side…Eventbrite Date and time Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:00 - 19:00 GMT Location W1B 2AF5 Swallow

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73% of CXOs would vote remain Growth

73% of CXOs would vote remain

The H1 Growth Blockers report launches next week - and yes, it's tough out there. But some companies are adapting better than others. After surveying 107 executives from Fortune and FTSE to early stage firms in B2B, leaders are feeling the impact of the white-collar recession. Few are

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There’s no time to waste Leadership

There’s no time to waste

Will it be calmer under Starmer? “There’s no time to waste.” Several members of the Cabinet have used this phrase since Friday including the PM himself… It’s a simple, subtle message you may have missed, but the fact it’s been repeated so many times means it’s been planned by some smart

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Downturn in VCs, Upturn in M&A Growth

Downturn in VCs, Upturn in M&A

While stagnant VCs have been stalled on investments for the last 18 months, M&A conversations have been ramping up. Small to medium-sized US tech companies are shopping for bargains in Europe. There’s some great IP and without funding, founders are more likely to move straight to exit. A

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Growth Blockers Q2 Growth

Growth Blockers Q2

We decided to hold off on launching the Growth Blockers Survey until after the election this week. A lot of business decisions have been delayed until after the election, so we would like to get a sense of what’s next after this. It’s not too late to add your questions or ideas to the

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Update on The Executive Summary Leadership

Update on The Executive Summary

City of London CEOs and CIOs The Executive Summary increases its focus on business and technology leaders, but from hereon will only focus on CEOs and CIOs in the City of London. That means, our content is designed for those folks running and operating businesses mainly in financial,

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The opportunities from uncertainty Growth

The opportunities from uncertainty

I used to media train the folks at Pimco and was always impressed by their research and strong point of view. Pimco is one of the largest investment management firms in the world with $2 trillion in assets. To put that in context, Samoa’s GDP is $0.8 Billion. The company’s Secular Outlook

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