“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
Yes failure, something we all fear, provides the greatest moment for us to learn. How we manage or better put how we are honed to manage the process of failure provides not only the basis for but is the best indicator of future success.
The investor lawsuits, I believe, will largely center around investors claiming that these financial products where much more risky than represented by the investment banks that sold them.
By: Ainsley Brown Is China growing more hostile to foreign investment? Many would answer the question with a resounding, YES, especially given the recent Cabinet announcement of a panel to review foreign mergers and acquisitions (M&A). However I think it’s all a matter of perspective – are the Chinese doing anything different than what the United States, Canada or the
By Charles Wanguhu A proposed toll road in Nairobi has fallen through after the World Bank withheld funding after claims that the project did not adhere to the Banks social and environmental safeguards, and Kenyan laws, including land acquisition. Kenya was to work with Austrian construction firm Strabag AG which has previous experience of road construction especially interior of Kenya.
By: Ainsley Brown In a move that would be the first of its kind, a state-owned Chinese bank could take control of a US retail bank. The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has reportedly signed a deal to acquire the majority stake in the US subsidiary of Bank of East Asia. The deal signed during the recent state
By: Ainsley Brown Hedge Funds, a business synonymous with offshore and often tropical locals is witnessing a surprising trend in the European Union (EU). Are you ready for this? Ok, one word: onshoring. With the passage of the controversial EU Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive last year, many a fund have abandoned offshore locations such as the British Virgin Islands,
By: Ainsley Brown Listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) could become a much quicker process in 2011 if several of the leading investment banks in the UK follow through with their plans. It currently takes five weeks generally to go from a company announcing its intention to list to it being placed on the LSE – the banks
By: Ainsley Brown Talk about kicking off the New Year with a bang: it is official as of January 1, 2011 Australia now has its first national Consumer Law. The new law ushers in a comprehensive national consumer protection regime that mandates quick remedies – repair, replace, refund – to customer complaints. It replaces a patchwork of 20 national, State
By Emma Peart Recently a bill named the Daylight Saving Bill has passed through the initial stages of Government voting. The bill effectively suggests the changing of time within the UK away from Greenwich Mean Time(GMT). The proposal is to change to Continental time, whereby in the spring the UK would have GMT plus two hours – also known as
By Emma Peart A new deal has been announced that could open up the intellectual property market. The European Patent Office has announced that it is arranging a deal that will ease the translation of Patents. Part of the well known Google name consists of an on-line translation service named “Google Translate”. Perhaps spotting the potential benefits to protecting intellectual