Megatrends

Die Datenrevolution und die Rolle von “Big Data” im Investment Management

Ein guter Vorsatz für 2016 “Big Data bezeichnet Daten-Mengen, die zu groß, oder zu komplex sind, oder sich zu schnell ändern, um sie mit händischen und klassischen Methoden der Datenverarbeitung auszuwerten.” (Quelle: Wikipedia).

One Young World: my thoughts

This year I had the opportunity to attend the One Young World summit in Bangkok. It’s an amazing feat congregating youth leaders from 196 different countries together in one place to challenge status quos, discuss pertinent issues, and walk away with the desire to create solutions.

All lights are green: GO finance!

In December 2013, Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, gave the mandate for Luxembourg to properly dive into the circular economy. The aim is to integrate the ideologies of the circular economy—i.e. one that runs on the sustainable cycling of materials—into the business community and into Luxembourg as a whole. Mr Bettel commented […]

KPMG’s Mark Britnell chases the perfect healthcare system

In In Search of the Perfect Health System (published by Palgrave Macmillan), author Mark Britnell draws on his vast first hand experience with health systems around the world. As the Chairman and Partner in KPMG’s Global Health Practice Dr Britnell has worked in 60 countries and, in his own words, has “engaged with thousands of clinicians, executives and pat […]

Do the best asset managers come from Venus or Mars?

Choosing an asset manager to manage your alternative assets may suddenly have got a whole lot easier: if men are from Mars, and women from Venus – all you need to do is avoid Martians. This is the finding of a recent study conducted by KPMG US looking at the performance of women-owned and -managed hedge funds, based upon Hedge Fund Research Inc’s indices.

World leaders meet in Paris to take on climate change

The spotlight is firmly fixed on Paris again this week, but this time for a very different reason to the recent terrorist attacks. World leaders are converging on Paris for the COP21, the 21st annual UN climate meeting, in which the UN will attempt to broker a universal agreement on combatting climate change. Expectations of a successful outcome are higher than […]