When Caution Becomes a Cage: A Case Study of Over-Regulation in Swiss Banks
Regulation — it’s a metaphorical referee on the financial industry’s playing field, standing ready and willing to ensure that everyone in the industry adheres to the rules. When implemented well, regulatory forces protect consumers...
Want A Good Acquisition? 5 Ways Startups Can Get A Win-Win
A crisis puts pressure on both slowing down and accelerating startup acquisitions. Slows down because many acquirers, especially corporates, become more conservative trying to conserve cash. Case in point the week of Apr 13...
How Startups Can Help Fix Our Broken Healthcare Infrastructure — The Unbundling Of The...
A pandemic exposes the flaws in our society, healthcare very much included. While meaningful improvements require all 5 Ps -- Payors, Providers, Patients, Pharma, Policy-Makers -- startups can help. Big time. Entrepreneurs by definition...
Handpicked resources for the best short-term investment options of 2020
Investing is a great way to increase your net wealth. If you have saved a good amount of money by following a strict budget, proper financial planning, and using money management skills, then you...
Three Simple Questions (And One Difficult One) To Ask Before Investing In A Blockchain
There has never been a better time to be learning about blockchain. Between the rate of growth amongst currencies like Bitcoin or Litecoin and the wide-reaching applications outside the financial sector, distributed ledger technologies...
ESG Investing Has a Data Problem — Here’s Why That Matters
Sustainable ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing requires, by its very definition, a robust and sensible approach. No investment that purports to improve the world can be made without a full appreciation of historical...
Updated Patent system in China: the PAO
The very recent economic and trade agreements, as well as political ones, between American President Donald Trump and the Chinese Government, should facilitate a quiet and future cooperation, putting a pause and a truce...
The Best Way to Use Stock Market Correlations
When Alfred Winslow Jones pioneered the world's first "hedged" fund (the "d" was dropped later) he blew other investors away by borrowing funds to short 20% of the stocks trading at the time. He...
Intellectual Property Protection in China
According to WIPO Director-General, Francis Gurry, China «has given the issue of intellectual property a strategic role and has paid great attention to the value of intellectual property in various sectors of the economy». This...