Demographic change means that companies today are facing a previously unknown challenge: the battle over the best employees. Only companies that are able to keep good employees are able to increase productivity, grow and survive amid the competition. But the very employees they are in search of, the young “Generation…
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SA Business moves to backup plans as power crisis drags on
South African enterprises are moving toward multi-faceted power plans as the power crisis shows no sign of coming to an end in the foreseeable future, say power sector experts on the POWER-GEN Africa Advisory Board. Bertha Dlamini, Managing Director of EON Consulting and a member of the POWER-GEN…
The oil price: a windfall or foreshadow of economic weakness?
We believe that a lower oil price is a clear positive for the US economy because of its impact on the consumer, while lower input costs should be supportive to companies. In US dollar terms, the oil price ‘windfall’ is as large as some of the major fiscal…
Forget the Billion Dollar Club, let’s create the Billion Pound Club, says Powa CEO Dan Wagner
Following recent wave of $1bn valuations, the founder of the $2.7bn commerce specialist believes the global investment spotlight has fallen on the UK London, 29 January 2015: As the UK shows signs of establishing its own billion dollar start up club with a wave of new investments, one…
The ECB’s theory of quantitative easing is put to the test
Time will tell whether the European Central Bank’s (ECB) €1.1 trillion quantitative easing (QE) package will have the desired impact on the real economy. Beating deflation is the paramount objective – how many times does the ECB have to reiterate its explicit mandate of maintaining price stability? Raising…
Regulators’ focus on market abuse means firms must invest in policing the market
Market abuse is expected to be one of the primary focuses of regulators in the coming year, according to a recent survey of nearly 300 finance professionals worldwide conducted by Kinetic Partners, a Division of Duff & Phelps, the premier global valuation and corporate finance advisor.