Category Archives: movement

China is Taking Over Times Square

Starting next Monday, China will take over the “crossroads of the world”, on New York’s 2 Times Square. Renting the most prominent location on the building for up to $500,000 per month, China’s Xinhua is announcing its presence to the … Continue reading

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New Beginnings… Dance & Business & Family

What a week. For Strategic Insight, we “onboarded” two of our new London & Hong Kong analysts in New York this week, rounding out our strong team. Ella and Arthur had a week full of meetings with various teams to … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Colombia… Art, history, culture, dance, food and LatAm Asset Management

I just came back from a trip to Colombia. While almost all major sources of public information warn you about the country and especially Medellin and Cali, but also Bogota, this perception couldn’t be further from the truth. Yes, the … Continue reading

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Monaco Fund Forum International 2011 – A Review

The Monaco Fund Forum International is always of major importance for the industry – in its 21st year, it is the world’s largest asset management event, and Julian Kirby, Jenny Adams, Ed Jones and team again outdid themselves. It also … Continue reading

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Monaco Fund Forum International 2011 – Tuesday, Thought Leadership Interview – “The View From Asia”

Tuesday is the opening of the main conference. After the emerging market and distribution summits on Monday, the morning session on Tuesday typically brings together a selection of CEOs and other leaders. I have the pleasure of doing this year’s … Continue reading

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David & Goliath in Asset Management … Star vs. Team Approach

Last week Strategic Insight published David and Goliath in the Global Asset Management Industry, an in-depth look at the fastest growing boutique investment firms around the world, and common success factors from Asia to Europe and the US. We found … Continue reading

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Quo vadis, UCITS? 25 Years of UCITS – Oped with Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, EFAMA president

This week I published an oped piece with Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, President of EFAMA, on UCITS – with a review of the last 25 years, status quo, and future opportunities and challenges for the increasingly global brand of UCITS. Full … Continue reading

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News release and article on “global fund review 2010 and outlook 2011”

Article on our global review in Ignites Asia today. News released just went out: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Daniel Enskat, Head of Global Consulting, Senior Managing Director HK +852 2251 8248, NY +1-212-217-6859, daniel@sionline.com $900 billion in 2010 stock and bond … Continue reading

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The future of brand(s), part 2… how bad weather can kill a brand.

Last week I wrote about the future/importance of brand in asset management – well, travel experiences over the holidays are almost always a wonderful opportunity to point out the past, present and future of brands, in this case “developed” vs. … Continue reading

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The E.N.D. – 21st century branding

Life in the 21st century is accelerating with great speed – one can reminisce about pre-email business practices, but it is hard to imagine life or work without the recent technological advances. Some habits, however, die hard. Last night I … Continue reading

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