About a week ago I came across a LinkedIn post that posed the question about whether you should post personal events on LinkedIn or whether it should remain focused on…

The image on the front cover of this week’s Economist is striking.  A Chinese state worker, sledge hammer over his shoulder, poised to slam it down onto brands of well-known…

Although I am not an avid day to day watcher of the financial markets, I feel that I have a reasonably close finger on the pulse of what is taking…

The other day I was gripped by the sight of two teams of four cyclists whizzing around the Olympic velodrome, each team member hunched low over their bike and seemingly…

Inspiration is a word that often springs to mind on Wednesday morning.  As I sit down and proverbially put pen to paper to write the blog, I hope for inspiration. …

There is something magical about a good story told well.  Sometimes it can be difficult to say whether it is the storyline that holds the attention or perhaps the way…

Institutional Adviser was on a break earlier this week, so the usual Wednesday blog was pushed back a day.  The break was akin to a corporate, team-building offsite.  The difference…

An email hit my in-box this week from a ‘leading LinkedIn Marketing Agency’ offering to create for me ‘high-performance outbound prospecting campaigns on LinkedIn.’  It was similar to ones I…

We need language to communicate, yet its very construction is often a barrier to achieving that objective.  I am not referring to languages from different countries here – simply how we…

This post often touches on the structural challenges the investment management industry faces, which lead to inefficiencies in managing portfolios or bottle necks in decision-making when examining governance.  There are…