Investment
Martin Estlander, CEO, Estlander & Partners
Throughout Europe some €5.2trn are invested in collective investment schemes under the UCITS directive. Martin Estlander discusses how the directive has helped Estlander’s products expand into new countries and markets – as well as the benefits of doing business in Finland, away from the traditional financial centres.
September 19, 2011Related by the tag Europe
Telecoms
Costis Papadimitrakopoulos, CEO, Globo
Business telephony has moved swiftly past the BlackBerry archetype and is now embracing the bring-your-own-device trend – which presents new challenges of control and security for businesses. Globo’s CEO discusses his company’s GO!Enterprise Server solution for secure enterprise telephony, its origins in providing a smartphone experience on feature phones, and the possibility of moving from London’s AIM to New York’s Nasdaq.
May 9, 2012
Brokerage
Michael Konnaris, CEO, easy-forex
Currency volatility, the single dominant factor driving the forex market, has been one of the key features of 2011, as every day the world speculates on the future of Europe as a whole and its member countries individually. Michael Konnaris discusses the growth of the market, and how easy-forex is capitalising on increased retail interest – especially in Asia.
May 2, 2012
Investment
Dr Erling Refsum, CEO, Farsight Bioscience
While a lot of biotech solutions are developed from the ground up – by researchers investigating possibilities and potential – Farsight works the other way around – by identifying a market need and developing the science to provide a solution. Dr Refsum talks about his ideal project, the pressure on traditional research streams, and the global potential for scientific development.
April 30, 2012Related by the tag Investment Funds
Investment
Endre Dobozy, Managing Director, FTM Ltd; and George Andrews, Vanuatu Financial Services Commissioner
Three hours north of New Zealand is the tropical archipelago and emerging financial centre Vanuatu. George Andrews explains how the Financial Services Commission keeps the country commercially attractive, and Endre Dobozy discusses maintaining capital security alongside his ‘forget the market’ investment strategy.
October 13, 2011
Investment
Bader Nasser al-Subaei, Chairman and CEO, Kuwait Investment Company
The last two decades have been turbulent for Kuwait, with beginning in 1990 when Iraq invaded, followed by continued uncertainty in the GCC region and climaxing in the latest global financial crisis. Mr al-Subaei explains how investment culture in the Middle East has evolved through these seismic events.
July 11, 2011
Investment
Michael Fuss, Head of Institutional Distribution, DB Advisors
Where next for investment management? Significant changes to regulatory regimes and high volatility are damaging investor confidence and squeezing opportunities for long-term returns. A holistic approach to risk management is more important now than ever before.
June 30, 2011