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Today's investment landscape would be very different without the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Sharpe ratio, both developed by this Nobel Prize-winning economist.

April 18, 2024

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Even investors with long-term goals can focus too closely on the present and miss opportunities that only develop over time. While it's particularly hard to predict the future in times like these, we can identify investment themes like sustainability and technological innovation that will drive...

Two young women "ride" on an office chair through an office and radiate great joy.

Is New Work a passing fad, or a trend that will shape how companies operate in the future?

A photographic composition of maize, beans, coffee and gold

Before the development of today's global transportation networks, only the most expensive commodities were traded in bulk. Now commodities trading covers a wealth of goods from wheat and gold to oil and gas.

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Is New Work a passing fad, or a trend that will shape how companies operate in the future?

April 12, 2024

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Flexible work models that allow employees to have a say in how they work may be the way of the future. And according to recent studies, they can also have financial benefits for companies.

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Hamburg has a reputation for being a cold, arrogant and unfriendly city. But is that really the case? Jörg Finck works at LGT in Hamburg and shares his insights into what the city is really like.

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"Culture eats strategy for breakfast" is more than a pithy aphorism attributed to management consultant Peter Drucker. It's a philosophy that says that strategy might set the course, but it's the culture - the deeply ingrained ethos of an organisation or team - that navigates its path to success.

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From invitations to farewells: How to master business lunches with style and success.

In 2023, we pursued authenticity in a world increasingly blurred by digital innovation.

Paraplegic patient, center, walks in between Gregoire Courtine, right, and Jocelyne Bloch, left

New technologies that connect to the human brain promise to help millions of patients with debilitating diseases as well as the world’s growing ageing population.

In an increasingly complex business world, etiquette and the right tone of voice influence more than just first impressions: they also determine long-term success.

Companies and investors are racing to make sense of the latest AI boom. But the verdict is still out on which artificial intelligence tools truly boost productivity and improve the bottom line.

Ruth E. Carter is the first African American costume designer to win an Oscar. She talks about her first sewing machine, Black Panther, Afrofuturism and superheroines.

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Today's investment landscape would be very different without the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Sharpe ratio, both developed by this Nobel Prize-winning economist.

An Aerones robot is pulled up a wind turbine wheel

Solar panels, wind turbines, hydroelectric plants: Renewable power generation is thriving, and so is the industry's need for operation and maintenance providers - particularly using robotics. An interesting investment opportunity?

Zwei ältere Herren in Anzug und Krawatte bei einem Fototermin

They established what many consider to be the most successful investment partnership of all time: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. What can today's investors learn from them?

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As the global population ages, retirees will need better health and social care options, more assisted-living housing, and flexible retirement solutions. That's good news for investors.

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Battling climate change via the energy transition will cost trillions. But where will the financing come from? With government budgets stretched to the limit, there are excellent opportunities for private investors to help the world - and themselves.

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After securing their parties' nominations, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are set to go head to head again in this year's presidential elections. But the US currently stands at an important crossroads, and that won't change, no matter who wins.

Best known for her work on the gender earnings gap, the Nobel laureate combines insights from both economics and history to interpret the present through the lens of the past.

There are plenty of reasons to doubt the durability of the USA as a hegemonic power these days - and thus the durability of the US dollar as the world's leading reserve currency. But sceptics have called time on dollar dominance before - and been proven wrong.

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William F. Sharpe: The ivory tower meets the real world

Beyond the horizon: a five-year capital markets outlook

The revolution taking place at the office

Commodity trading

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