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There are hopes of improvement for Europe's commercial property market, as a long-standing trend of decline showed a slowdown for the first three months of 2024. Although values were down, they fell by just 0.5% in the first quarter. That was an improvement on the previous quarter, which saw a drop of 3.4%, according to data from the Altus Group. "As we start off 2024, we're seeing encouraging signs in the European commercial property market, with commercial property value declines moderating significantly across all sectors," Altus Group's senior vice president Phil Tily wrote in the group's ...
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Artificial intelligence holds the potential to completely transform the way we live and work, from generating realistic images in seconds to potentially replacing smartphone apps. New developments and applications are emerging daily, and businesses are increasingly implementing AI-based tools and platforms into their operations with the hope of reaping the benefits. In fact, the adoption of AI tripled last year, with 37% of organisations implementing AI in some form, according to Gartner. But AI is not a quick magic fix. Business leaders cannot just implement AI and then step back and assume i...
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Formal education isn’t for everyone but we’re often led to believe that it’s the only path to success. When looking at Forbes’ Global 2000 of 2023, the ranking of the world’s biggest companies, almost all of the CEOs or senior leaders of the top 10 companies have a Masters of Business Administration (MBA). Only Bank of America’s CEO, Brian Moynihan had no business qualifications, but as he holds a doctorate in law, he’s hardly uneducated. It’s been a long time since many of today’s C-suite did their studies and the world has changed a lot. As we look towards the future, we ask the question, is...
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In recent years, Uzbekistan has become a focal point for foreign investment, thanks to significant governmental reforms initiated in 2017. The Third Tashkent International Investment Forum showcased the country's burgeoning appeal to global investors. Participants from over 90 countries convened to discuss business prospects and inked contracts valued at billions of dollars. Notable figures such as Marco Arcelli, CEO of ACWA Power, lauded Uzbekistan's rapid embrace of decarbonization, citing the nation's ambitious agenda as a catalyst for investment. ACWA Power further solidified its commitmen...
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Brewer AB InBev announced on Wednesday that its revenue grew by 2.6% in the first three months of the year, a result which fell in line with analysts' expectations. In terms of volume, AB InBev sold slightly more beer than anticipated, noting a decline of 0.6%. Revenue figures for the firm, which makes Stella Artois, Bud Light, and Corona beer, were boosted by sales of products such as spirits-based drinks in cans. The results are nonetheless historically low due to the lasting effects of a customer boycott. Last year, AB InBev sparked controversy when deciding to work with the transgender inf...
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In a move that is likely to increase tension between Russia and Western Europe, the Kremlin has unexpectedly announced the "temporary external management" of Russian subsidiaries of Italian water heating company Ariston and German appliance maker BSH Hausgeraete. The subsidiaries, Ariston Thermo Rus, and BSH Household Appliances, now come under the management of Gazprom's Household Systems and are now completely under Russia's control. The Executive Order, signed by President Putin, which was revealed on Friday and backdated to Tuesday, states the measures are "an urgent response to the United...
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There are 44 countries in Europe and across all of them there’s an estimated 32 million active enterprises, according to 2022 data from the European Commission. However, growth has been pretty bleak in the past few years. The European Central Bank (ECB) estimated growth in 2023 to be 0.6%, and is only projecting a marginal improvement of 0.8% in 2024. To put that in context, in the USA GDP increased at an annual rate of 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023 and both Reuters and the World Bank have put China’s 2023 growth at 5.2%. So what is Europe doing wrong? In this episode of The Big Question,...
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Fund managers are meant to be focused on value creation, and paid to make decisions that financially benefit the firm they invest in and, by consequence, the fund they manage. Yet, recent research suggests that’s not always the case and that, in the United States at least, their decisions can actually be driven by political motivations. What’s more, these managers then look to hide that bias by engaging in “signal jamming” to avoid any potential backlash for breaching their fiduciary duties. Not all behaviour is as expectedThis conclusion is based on an analysis of the proxy voting behaviour o...
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Twenty years after the European Union's 2004 "Big Bang" enlargement, we have seen it all: perceptions and reflections have been morphing from enthusiasm to fatigue, from hope to fear, from aspiration to disappointment. With the wisdom of the past two decades and seven different waves of enlargement since the beginning of the European project, it would probably be appropriate to celebrate this "big bang" anniversary with facts and figures to dispel emotional debates ahead of the EU elections in June. The three-year-long war in Ukraine has pushed the issue of enlargement to the forefront of the ...
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Gold has recently reached record highs. Following the 2008 financial crisis, and amid the current commodity uncertainty, many people have turned to the precious metal as a safe investment. However, this has also created a hotbed for fraudsters who are looking to cash in on its value, but not in a good way and at your expense. There have been some 54,000 Google searches in the UK over in the past 12 months related to spotting fake gold, showing this is a clear concern for customers. Gold is typically considered fake when there is less than 37.5% or 9 carats. The first thing to do if you're unsu...
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