Tag: investment

• Capital Markets & Asset Management Views

  November 1, 2020

  Fundamentally, the emergence of a digitally-native infrastructure will quicken the pace of digitization.  Just as liquidity begets more liquidity, digitization will drive more digitization. The joint application of cloud computing, APIs, SaaS models, advanced data… more ›

• International investors reportedly bought bonds backed by the Italian mafia

  July 9, 2020

  Investors around the globe were buying bonds backed by a notorious mafia in Italy for four years, The Financial Times reported, citing financial and legal documents. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/07/international-investors-reportedly-bought-bonds-backed-by-the-italian-mafia.html more ›

• How the UK’s “fund of funds” influences investment financing in Africa with a long view

  June 21, 2020

  Major international banks and private equity (PE) houses have been reducing their exposure to Africa in the past few years, but, thankfully for the continent’s startups, not everyone is retreating.… more ›

• Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Ray Dalio Says Global Economy Faces ‘Scary Situation’

  October 29, 2019

  Oct.29 — Billionaire hedge-fund founder Ray Dalio says the global economy is under threat from an explosive mix of ineffective monetary policy, a rise in the wealth gap and climate… more ›

• The future of travel experience: A view from mega-investor Andreesen Horowitz

  October 8, 2019

  When you look at the travel industry overall, how do you see the opportunity for change? There are a number of monster markets that have been somewhat immune to disruption.… more ›

• SoftBank Bet Big on Disruptive Companies. Many Have Not Paid Off.

  September 27, 2019

  Anyone who has taken an Uber, sent a Slack message or enjoyed a free beer at a WeWork owes a little something to Masayoshi Son. Through his Japanese conglomerate SoftBank… more ›

• The 13 craziest slides that show SoftBank’s vision for the next 300 years

  September 27, 2019

  In June 2010, the richest man in Japan revealed his latest vision for the next 30 years and the next 300 years. Masayoshi Son, the chairman and CEO of tech… more ›

• Paradigm Shifts

  July 21, 2019

  Identify the paradigm you’re in, examine if and how it is unsustainable, and visualize how the paradigm shift will transpire when that which is unsustainable stops. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/paradigm-shifts-ray-dalio more ›