How to get sponsorship for your executive MBA January 28, 2015 Your employer may offer more than just monetary support. Over the last few years, many have found it difficult to find corporate sponsorship for their Executive MBA (EMBA). In 2007, 34 per cent of students received full financial sponsorship from their employer (according to the EMBA Council), but by 2011, that figure had dropped to [...]
How to recover when a sudden disaster strikes January 28, 2015 The unexpected will only derail your plans if you deal with it badly. Unexpected events are inevitable in business. The unexpected derailing your plans or your success, however, is not. Indeed, the extent to which an unforeseen setback actually causes you serious difficulties entirely depends on how you deal with it. And there are some [...]
Rushed off your feet? How to invest when you’re very busy January 27, 2015 Consider a multi-manager fund as a time-saving option. We all know how difficult it can be to juggle the demands of modern life – and your financial affairs may feel the squeeze from time to time. “In our experience, a great many people who started out as DIY investors with bags of enthusiasm conclude that [...]
We need to end our apathy towards money – before it’s too late January 27, 2015 IT IS an inescapable truth that the UK is facing a crisis of an ageing population. Our research shows that anyone currently under the age of 45 will not be able to rely on the state pension to provide their income in later life. Due to the ever-growing cost of living and lower savings, the [...]
Four principles to keep on track in slippery markets January 27, 2015 GLOBAL markets have served up an avalanche of events in 2015 so far – from a plunging oil price and euro, to rallying government bonds; from the removal of the Swiss franc floor, to the shock election results in Greece. It looks as if European markets will be setting the tone for global risk appetite [...]
How to disagree with your client in the right way January 27, 2015 Don’t arm yourself for battle. That’s not the way to change minds. In business, diplomatic skills are invaluable. Indeed, in some cases, being able to skilfully negotiate your way through a tricky situation can turn a disastrous failure into a notable success. And this is particularly true when you find yourself compelled to disagree [...]
Syriza’s triumph: Where debt dialogue could take markets January 26, 2015 Grexit is unlikely, but expect six months of Eurozone volatility. Financial markets took the result of the Greek general election largely in their stride yesterday. The victory of hard-left, anti-austerity party Syriza was predominantly in line with analysts’ predictions, with plenty of advance warning for investors and traders. But even so, the news did [...]
Wolfgang Schauble’s fine line on the Eurozone’s QE – CNBC Comment January 26, 2015 I had to laugh. Watching the CNBC panel at the World Economic Forum last Friday in Davos, the German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble stole the show in his dry, wry way. Having been one of the biggest critics of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) QE programme from the start, he walked a delicate line defending [...]
How to tell when a trading idea has become too popular – DailyFX Tips & Picks January 26, 2015 WITH Syriza’s victory in Greece, markets should be very nervous given what has been said on TV and in the press. The anti-austerity party is expected to try to renegotiate existing austerity measures with the Troika, which should be a no-brainer sell signal for most euro-dollar traders. So why is euro-dollar higher when I write [...]
Why traditional office desks are about to die out January 26, 2015 There’s no longer room for space-guzzling furniture in the workplace. For all the talk of ergonomic office furniture and standing desks, a more fundamental issue is often overlooked: do we need desks at all? It sounds far-fetched, but with increasing restraints on office space, and technology reducing clutter and making us increasingly mobile, the staple [...]