Investment
Levent Eyüboğlu, CEO, Turkmall
Retail developer Turkmall has spread prolifically eastwards: today it manages $2.5bn of developments, and construction of another $2.5bn is planned for the next 12-18 months. CEO Levent Eyüboğlu discusses Turkmall’s flotation plans and its recent projects, including Europe’s largest shopping mall and a huge build in China.
November 28, 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 Real Estate
Investment
Duilio Calciolati, CFO, Gafisa SA
Brazil’s economy is growing at an astounding rate, as is the wealth of its people, across all income segments. With this growth comes high demand for homes: the country needs 1.5 million new units a year, before factoring in its 5.8 million unit deficit. With 50 years of history in the country and three well-respected brands, Gafisa is well placed to capitalise on these needs. Duilio Calciolati outlines Brazil’s real estate environment.
May 11, 2012
Investment
Seraj Al Baker, CEO, Mazaya Qatar Real Estate
Property in the GCC will hopefully never again reach the extraordinary levels of overvaluation it achieved in the pre-crash bubble – but the real estate market is well on the road to recovery, especially in those states not suffering from political instability and its resultant low investor confidence. Seraj Al Baker discusses Qatar’s progress and the opportunities of the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
January 11, 2012
Investment
Arthur Lang, Group CFO, CapitaLand Limited
CapitaLand is a pan-Asian real estate company, and although it also has interests in Europe the majority (80 percent) of its assets are in Singapore, China and Australia. Arthur Lang explains the company’s particular focus on China, and discusses some of the exciting projects the company is bringing to Singapore’s CBD.
November 11, 2011