November 2011 – Page 3

Tougher, faster, smarter

European CEO talks to Josette de Goede, Executive Director at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the leading Dutch business school, about preparing leaders for the future

The bottom line

If we are to learn anything from the past year, it is that if you want to achieve business transformation, look first at the basic financial building blocks and make sure you build on a solid foundation. Hilary Robertson, Group BPO Strategy Director, Steria reports

German coalition agrees ceasefire in tax cut row

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition partners have agreed to stop arguing in public over tax cuts, and delayed a decision on their scope and timing until May at least, coalition sources said. The dispute over billions of euros in tax cuts has caused tensions in the centre-right government but the three party leaders […]

Working the assets

The corporate treasury function has often been regarded in the boardroom as something akin to a piggy bank – a static, low risk place to park surplus money for use in times of need

MBA – Most bankable asset

In the grip of the most severe global economic crisis since the Great Depression, with more job losses to come, the best thing that can be done is to invest in yourself

Anguilla: The road ahead

Like all growing international financial centres, 2009 was a tough year for Anguilla economically but the offshore industry continued to weather the storms

Christophe de Margerie

For anybody wanting a candid view on the big energy questions of our day, the 58 year-old Chief Executive of France-based Total, the world’s fourth-biggest energy company, is probably your best bet

VistaJet defies turbulence

It could be described as the worst time to run an airline of any sort, let alone a fleet of private jets. VistaJet however, are proving that high standards prove resilient to pressure

Lifestyle technologies

Making technology work is fast becoming the holy grail of a happy life. Offering fully integrated technology systems for your home, office or yacht, Riviera One is well on its way to finding it

Growth through diversification

Since the dawn of the millennium and especially in the last several years, growth has been explosive at the Turks and Caicos Islands

What can you do in a day?

“Video conferencing has come of age.” How often have you read or heard that statement in recent months? Does it ring true or are most organisations still struggling with video deployment, reliability and acceptance?

MAN assets shed four percent on AHL

Assets at Man Group fell back four percent to $42.4bn as poor performance from its flagship AHL strategy and profit taking by some institutional clients knocked the group’s recent recovery off course. The world’s largest listed hedge fund manager, which in the autumn began to see assets recover from the effects of the credit crisis, […]

Greece pledges to cut deficit

Greece’s three-year fiscal consolidation plan targets a budget deficit of 2.8 percent of GDP in 2012, the finance minister has announced. Greece, whose fiscal ills have prompted ratings downgrades and higher borrowing costs, is under pressure from markets and EU peers to take drastic action to restore its public finances. “According to the plan, the […]

Poland has no plan to cede control of Lotos

Poland has no immediate plan to cut its stake at No.2 refiner Lotos below 50 percent and cede control of the company, although such a scenario cannot be ruled out in the distant future, the treasury ministry said. Puls Biznesu daily newspaper reported earlier in the month that Poland, which wants to sell 13 percent […]

UK recession may be over in Q4

Britain’s economy may have exited recession in the final three months of 2009, the British Chambers of Commerce said recently, though its latest survey showed it was a close-run thing with the services sector still in decline. In its Quarterly Economic Survey of over 5,000 firms, the BCC said there had been improvements in some […]

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