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Opportunities And Challenges For The Asset Management Industry, Singapore Management University
Opportunities And Challenges For The Asset Management Industry, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
With the secular rise of Asia and a deluge of capital inflows, amid a backdrop of battered global financial markets, bankers, asset managers, academics and investors gathered to hear and discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the asset management industry in Asia. Organised by the Centre for Asset Securitisation and Management in Asia(CASA), under SMU's Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, the inaugural asset management conference hosted a panel of experts.
Social Renaissance: When Governments, Businesses And Society Collaborate, Singapore Management University
Social Renaissance: When Governments, Businesses And Society Collaborate, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
The world has been great at inventing high-tech “stuff” but it hasn’t been so good “at things to do with humanity and people” said Geoff Mulgan, chief executive of NESTA, the UK’s National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts. He was speaking at Social iCon 2011, a conference jointly organised by the Lien Centre for Social Innovation, the Young Foundationand Ashoka. Held at Singapore Management University (SMU), the conference saw a gathering of veteran social innovators eager to share their experiences with participants.
No Fear: Leadership, "Digital Cowboys" And The "Playstation Generation", Singapore Management University
No Fear: Leadership, "Digital Cowboys" And The "Playstation Generation", Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
Finnish entrepreneur Pekka Viljakainen would be considered as successful by most measures. At only 38 years of age, he has managed a staff of 8,000 across 20 countries from Munich. His information technology (IT) consultancy, Oy Visual Systems, had merged with Tieto, another European IT firm, and Viljakainen was made executive vice-president.
Cloud Computing: Low Cost High-Rise Living For Small And Medium Businesses, Singapore Management University
Cloud Computing: Low Cost High-Rise Living For Small And Medium Businesses, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
The trajectory of Information Technology’s (IT) growth and its impact has been explosive. Its continual evolution has created new paradigms in the way businesses are conducted, and how people interact with one another. One might even say that IT has trumped television to become the most important household entertainment medium.
Supporting Global Metals Markets: The Role Of The London Metals Exchange, Singapore Management University
Supporting Global Metals Markets: The Role Of The London Metals Exchange, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
The London Metals Exchange (LME) has seen its trading volumes continually expand of late, with 120.3 million lots traded in 2010, an increase of 7.4 per cent from 2009. This expansion is on the back of an increased interest in commodity trading and an expanded range of products, the latest being LME Cobalt and Molybdenum.
Growing In Asia: P&G Turns To Market Research, Singapore Management University
Growing In Asia: P&G Turns To Market Research, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
“Create excitement in the market with new products; entice the competitors to play, and together, we can grow the market,” said Medhee Jarumaneeroj, the 'influencer marketing & external relations leader' for Procter & Gamble (P&G) Asia's male grooming outfit. Speaking at the Marketing Excellence Speaker Series, a monthly talk organised by SMU's Centre of Marketing Excellence, Jarumaneeroj expressed excitement about Asia as a huge growth market for the American multinational.
For A Competitive Edge In Services, Invest In The Right People And Processes, Singapore Management University
For A Competitive Edge In Services, Invest In The Right People And Processes, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
Steve Jobs can teach us a thing or two about customer loyalty. Though Apple products have sometimes fallen short of expectations, Apple customers think nothing of standing in line for hours just to get their hands on the company's latest. According to Valarie Zeithaml, a David S Van Pelt Family distinguished professor of marketing at the University of North Carolina, recent financials show that Apple is achieving US$4,406 per annum sales per square foot – far higher than brands such as the US$3,000 per annum sales per square foot of premier global jeweller Tiffany and US$1,700 per annum sales per …
Building Structured Products: Like Manufacturing A Complex, Abstract Car, Singapore Management University
Building Structured Products: Like Manufacturing A Complex, Abstract Car, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
What are structured products, and how do they fit in with clients' needs and the banks' range of services? Experts from Standard Chartered Bank's (SCB) structuring business provided their take at SMU's Lee Kong Chian School of Business Public Lecture.