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Latin America in Asset Management – Quantifying the Opportunities for Brazil and the region

As I wrote in a recent M&A update on Brazil/LatAm, Brazil takes the lead: Net cash flows, M&A, Joint Ventures and Latin America Opportunities, Latin America as a region is gaining momentum for the global asset management industry. Specifically, we … Continue reading

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Fund Forum Asia Interview with Alan Harden, Hong Kong 2012: The Importance of Brand in Asset Mgmt

After the speeches in Milan (Salone del Risparmio, Bocconi University) and Stockholm (Nordic Fund Selection Forum) next week, I am finally back in Hong Kong, to meet with clients and to conduct the “Fund Forum Asia Interview – Brand vs. … Continue reading

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Brazil and the US… Politics as unusual

Interesting article in the NYT today… Obama met with Dilma Rousseff yesterday over lunch.  What apparently stood out most to the media was the fact that it was lunch, instead of a state dinner. The UK, India and South Korea … Continue reading

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Opening speech on Global Trends in Fund Selection – 5th Nordic Fund Selection Forum, Stockholm 2012

After Wednesday’s speech and panel at Milan’s Bocconi University for the “Salone del Risparmio”,  it is off to Stockholm for the 5th Nordic Fund Selection Forum 2012 on April 19th, for the opening speech on global trends in fund selection … Continue reading

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Facebook buys Instagram: A picture says a billion dollars

Mark Zuckerberg just announced the acquisition of Instagram for a cool billion – another example of the appeal of images to document your life. A picture says more than a thousand words. Something in the neighborhood of a billion dollars, … Continue reading

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Keynote speech on “Global Trends in Asset Management” at Bocconi University Milan – Salone del Risparmio 2012

April rings in another whirlwind speaking tour across Europe, Asia and the US in two weeks, with a series of exciting events, panels and keynote speeches. It starts off with the “Salone del Risparmio” at Milan’s Bocconi University, a three … Continue reading

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Brazil takes the lead: Net cash flows, M&A, Joint Ventures and Latin America Opportunities

One of the central themes in my latest book, State of the Asset Management Industry – Latin America, is around greater and more direct links between fast-growth emerging economies and regions, especially Asia and Latin America. More specifically Brazil as a leader … Continue reading

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BAILA Society’s BASo ALTo performing at the Latino College Expo 2012 (NYU Kimmel Center)

BAILA Society’s apprentice team BASo ALTo this weekend performed at the 22nd Latino College Expo at NYU’s Kimmel Center – click here for a slideshow of the event. We were honored to have BASo ALTo do a showcase of NY … Continue reading

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Case study: The end of one Deutsche Guggenheim deal, the beginning of another

It all started in 1997… that’s when Deutsche Bank and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation opened “Deutsche Guggenheim” in Berlin, to feature modern and contemporary art. Solomon Robert, of course, one of Meyer Guggenheim’s ten children, founded the foundation in 1937 … Continue reading

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BAILA Society at Alvin Ailey, Peridance & Eifman at NY City Center

Two things stood out this past week on the dance front: Last week, BAILA Society started teaching at Alvin Ailey as part of the Extension.  To be part of the faculty of such an iconic dance company and to be … Continue reading

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