Christopher Sur Financial services dealmaking remains challenging in the second half of 2024, although pressure is mounting on industry players to use M&A to transform and grow. The financial services (FS) deals market is likely […] Global M&A Trends in Financial Services […]
Chris D’Souza “Many years ago, there used to be something called ‘conflict of interest.’ No longer, I’m afraid. Today, we all bathe in the same river.”― Gore Vidal, The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 The final Shadow Consulting: Australian Public Service ‘Infiltrated’ by Big 4. […]
Chris D’Souza “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” — John F. Kennedy “Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.” — Sun Tzu As the past China and Australian Universities: Economic Opportunity or Global Threat? […]
Keshan Warakaulle The familiar pattern of older generations fretting about the young is as old as history. In 1935, Harper’s magazine released a depressing piece saying saying that young Americans were “rotting before our eyes, Gen Z – The Anxious Generation? […]
Keshan Warakaulle How much are you influenced by environmentally friendly claims in your purchasing decisions? Marketers are aware that consumers are increasingly taking the product’s environmental impact into account when making decisions. However, how precisely Advertising’s Unholy Trinity: ‘Clean’, ‘Green’ and ‘Sustainable’ […]
Deborah Lau After years of discussion, international negotiations on a global plastics treaty resume this week in Nairobi, Kenya, at the UN Environment Programme headquarters. The third session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on We need a global treaty to solve plastic pollution – acid rain and ozone depletion show us why. […]
The industry and its drivers As we all know, over the past few years, the Print On Demand (POD) Industry has seen remarkable transformations. The POD market has continued to expand globally, embracing sustainability practices, Print-On-Demand Industry and the Implications for the Evolution on Technology and Innovation […]