Agave Partners is a cross-border investment bank specializing in the access to the Chinese market for innovative product companies in such domains as Semiconductors, Telecommunications, Data Centres, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Automotive and Avionics. With offices in San Francisco, Beijing and Chicago, Agave Partners represent US and European companies interested in developing strategic partnerships in China […]
Brett Hickey is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Star Mountain Capital LLC, a specialized asset management firm focused on investing in the largest segment of the US economy - private and established small and medium-sized businesses. Star Mountain is a thought leader which has created a niche for itself as a leading investment […]
Britain’s retailers look set to emerge, counter-intuitively, as the most exposed to lease commitments, according to analysis by Aptitude Software. Aptitude Software estimates that 90% of UK High Street retailers will struggle to comply with the impending new lease accounting standards (IFRS 16) which come into effect in January 2019. This is in part due […]
Valicom is a leader in telecom, technology and wireless management services for mid-marketand enterprise organizations. Founded in 1991, the company offers a full suite of technology expense and inventory management services, delivering visibility and control over voice, wireless and data environments. This month, CEO Today speaks with the company’s President and COO Jeff Poirior, […]
Cadence Capital Management is a boutique-style investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Mike Skillman, who joined Cadence in 1994, now serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director on their investment team. Here, he tells CEO Today about the history of the company, its business strategy and overcoming the inevitable hurdles involved in delivering […]
By Cici Wang, Co-founder of VisionMe How to attract investment from China, and then make sure it stays, is a pressing ambition for many UK companies, but often goes unrealised through avoidable errors in presentation and preparation. My experience from running a company helping firms link between the two business cultures is that golden […]
Many small and medium-sized businesses in the UK operate on tight margins and have to manage every cost closely to ensure they remain in profit. For import/export companies, the greater the difference between an FX transaction and the spot inter-bank exchange rate, the more excess they are paying. A higher excess means lower profits. Below […]
This month CEO Today spoke to Bespoke Risk Solutions about their new a facility, together with Purbeck Insurance Services that might provide Company Directors with insurance cover in the event of a call on their personal guarantee by a lender. In July this year, the Independent reported that the ‘whole EU finance system faces a tipping point’. With financial institutions quitting the City of […]
Ashvan Luckraz is an associate in the Mauritius Office of Conyers Dill & Pearman. His practice covers civil/commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular emphasis on insolvency, contractual matters, shareholder disputes, and urgent interim relief. He is also experienced in all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on finance, mergers and acquisitions […]
Xugang Yu is a Senior Partner at Dentons, and former director of the Global Board. Based in Beijing, he has 20 years of experience in securities transactions, including IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, private equity and venture capital, and refunding for domestic and overseas companies, operating in the securities markets of Mainland China, Hong Kong, […]
To learn more about reinsurance in Africa and African Reinsurance Corporation, as part of Game Changers section, CEO Today reached out to the Group Managing Director and CEO Mr. Corneille Karekezi. Can you tell us a bit more about African Reinsurance Corporation? Established in 1976 by 36 member States of the African Union and the African […]
Intercorp Group is an international consulting firm that serves High-Net-Worth entrepreneurs and their families. The company’s consultants pride themselves on finding professional solutions to often very personal issues, including migration and succession planning, right through to finding the right property and a good school. Intercorp has a rigorous understanding of their clients’ businesses, paired with […]
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