Why Goldman Sachs is Changing its Attitude Towards Diversity
The investment banking giant's demand for diversity on the boards of companies it helps to go public is a welcome – and justified – step in the right direction.
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Investors and Businesses Buoyant After Conservative Landslide
Following the first Exit polls on Thursday night, businesses and investors enjoyed an evening to remember as the pound and UK businesses welcomed the news of a Boris Johnson victory.
Restructuring Tips from Winter Harbor
We hear from Stuart Noyes, Founder and Managing Partner of Winter Harbor – a Boston-based firm which provides restructuring and turnaround expertise to middle-market companies facing operational and financial decline in an effort to improve…
Facebook Libra: A Recipe for Disaster
Given all the attention surrounding Facebook’s plans to create a digital currency, Facebook Libra will no doubt be familiar to many of you. Libra is Facebook’s latest proposal for a blockchain-based global cryptocurrency, aiming to bring…
The Challenges of Assisting Clients with Their M&A strategy
Tell us about MelCap Partners and the services it offers?
MelCap Partners is a boutique investment banking advisory firm that has been providing M&A advisory services, the private placement of debt and equity capital, and general…
The Current State of Malta’s Financial Services Industry
What led to the foundation of FJVA?
In 1998, my father, Francis J. Vassallo, had concluded his term as Governor of the Central Bank of
Malta in which he was instrumental in liberalising Malta’s economy and directing it towards EU…
Generating Alpha Returns in Asymmetric Markets
Omiros, please introduce us to Brookstreet.
Brookstreet is a unique, commercially motivated and flexible Private Equity/Venture Capital (PEVC) investment group supporting companies which experience transformational growth. Our mission is…
10 Trends Directors Need to Know as 2020 Approaches
“Trends point to a very different reality for boards today than five or ten years ago”, says Susan C. Keating, CEO of WCD. “With boards asking more questions of management and exercising more oversight in areas that were once fully ‘owned’…
Taking the Risk out of Strategy Execution
Why do strategies fail?
When coming up with a strategy, how good are the assumptions you have made about markets, competitors, capabilities, costs, regulation and technology? Is your strategy still viable if assumptions go wrong? Are…
BioCatch: Catching Fraudsters with Behavioral Biometrics
Howard Edelstein is the Chairman and CEO of BioCatch, a revolutionary digital identity company that uses Behavioral Biometrics to capture how users interact with their devices for identity proofing, authentication and fraud prevention. But…