“Once you get into debt, it’s hell to get out. Don’t let credit card debt carry over. You can’t get ahead paying eighteen percent.” Charlie Munger (Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman) Let me start with a confession: […] Credit Nirvana: Mastering Your Credit Cards Without Losing Your Sanity […]
Preamble The following words were written 14 years ago by Barry Eichengreen, a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, in the wake of the 2007-09 financial crisis (Eichengreen, 2010). “Serious economic and Desparately Seeking Safe Havens […]
Imran Javaid & Dan Barabas Executive Summary Workers see rising wages: AI-skilled workers see average 56% wage premium in 2024, double the 25% in the previous year Confounding expectations, data shows job availability grew 38% AI linked to an increase in productivity growth and wage premium, with jobs growing even in easily automated roles […]
Tim Sarson & Arran Thoma The US Tariff regime has thrown global trade into a new era from which there appears to be no turning back. As we reflected in our initial analysis of the Tariff Talk: Navigating the shifting sands – strategies for building resilience […]
Myra Williamson Seabed mining could become one of the defining environmental battles of 2025. Around the world, governments are weighing up whether to allow mining of the ocean floor for metal ores and minerals. New Seabed mining is becoming an environmental flashpoint – NZ will have to pick a side soon […]
The CMA Professional Forum Guest Lecture on aligning Strategy with Corporate Budgeting was held on 17 May 2025 In June 2025,tThree forums were held in to bring together thought leaders, practitioners, academics, and students to Indonesia : CMA Professional Forum Series 63 […]
A CMA program was conducted at Park Regis Hotel in Dubai on April 26-May 4, 2025. This is 31st CMA intensive program organised by Shakeeb Ahamed and MV Jayafar of the SMART Education Centre. The Dubai : 31st CMA Program in Dubai […]