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How the boom in global entrepreneurs is boosting private markets

April 19, 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the global economy, accelerating digital transformation trends and disrupting traditional industries. According to private markets investment platform Titanbay, these trends have helped provide an even more fertile backdrop for an already booming global entrepreneurial industry, with tech startups reshaping many aspects of our lives.

Re-engaging the next generation

March 17, 2022

It’s an issue that often comes up in conversation with family business clients: the enthusiasm of the next generation to be involved in running the business may be waning says KPMG partner Ian Beaumont.

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Coronavirus recession—who’s most at risk?

March 12, 2020

February saw concerns over coronavirus truly go global, as cases emerged across Europe and the US, shattering the illusion that this was an infection limited to China.

February saw concerns over coronavirus truly go global, as cases emerged across Europe and the US, shattering the illusion that this was an infection limited to China.

Whilst public safety and containment of the outbreak must clearly be the primary concern, for financial markets the key question is will the virus cause a recession?

Why you should not ignore two billion millennial consumers

October 25, 2017

The rise of the millennial consumer may well be the most profound demographic shift in history. Yet with daily news on crises, technology and politics, a longer-term trend like generational change is easily overlooked.

When investors do focus on demographics as an investment theme, they concentrate on the ‘silver dollar’ of aging populations. And where they focus on millennial consumers, we see three key areas of misperception around millennials:

Philosophies for 2012

December 31, 2011

Scottish philosopher David Hume is most famous for his work on induction, arguing that we can’t ever know that the future will resemble the past. That could be the motto for 2012.

During the summer - in the lull between the Arab Spring and the autumn, when the sovereign debt crisis grew up and became the eurozone crisis – there was a mildly diverting bit of banter in the Financial Times about which philosopher best illuminated the current state of the world, economically-speaking.

The global economic prospects for family business

January 1, 2002

In our guest editorial, Jean-Pierre Lehmann discusses family business as a major force in world economic prosperity for the 21st century

The next quarter-century could see either unprecedented wealth creation or economic and social cataclysms that could be potentially devastating. One of the criteria for determining whether the first scenario plays out will be the degree of robustness with which family businesses will emerge and fare in the developing economies. There is a lot at stake and a good deal that the industrialised world can (and should) do to facilitate and accelerate the process.

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