International Finance

Category : Business Leaders

Someone to show the right path

GrowthEnabler, which mentors startups, wants to look beyond the Valley Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya March 24, 2015: Every year, millions of young minds come up with ideas that they feel can culminate in a startup. However, many fail to see the light of the day. Come to think of it, China sees 1.3 million startups every...

DWF Partner Andrew Gregory joins Pre-Pack Pool stakeholder group

Pre-Pack Pool established to assess the viability of pre-pack administrations March 19, 2015: Andrew Gregory, partner and head of the financial services sector group at business law firm DWF, has been appointed as a member of the independent Pre-Pack Pool Stakeholder Group.The purpose of the Pool is to act as an independent committee which will...

Leading by example

Inspiring and empowering young people to get involved in their own communities is a global issue Jonathan Freeman March 17, 2015: Mosaic delivers a range of programmes internationally thanks to its diverse network of supporters, partners and International Leadership Programme (ILP) alumni across many different countries. The two principal international programmes, the International Leadership Programme...

Big businesses support Earth Hour

Over 100,000 employees in the UK expected to take part in the world’s biggest ‘lights-out’ display March 4, 2015: With just under one month to go, some of the UK’s biggest business names are helping to build a brighter future by supporting WWF’s Earth Hour, a symbolic lights out event that focuses the world’s attention...

‘Sacombank has been growing steadily’

CEO Phan Huy Khang says it is the outcome of targeting the correct areas, and providing a broad range of services and products            Sacombank CEO Phan Huy Khang March 2, 2015: Though Vietnam is one of the many south-east Asian countries witnessing strong economic growth, it is also home to...

India’s Kickstarter

Wishberry.in is now crowdfunding hundreds of creative projects David Drake February 24, 2015: Funding to pursue creativity and innovation in India is very limited, particularly when an idea has no connection with technology. This, coupled with the lack of accountability and transparency in the use of funds on projects that are purely creative, makes the...

Economic sustainability? Grow your own entrepreneurs

The Enterprise Challenge and how businesses can contribute to the next generation of entrepreneurs Jonathan Freeman February 18, 2015: Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales, Mosaic’s award-winning and accredited mentoring programmes are designed to improve the future prospects of thousands of young people from some of our most disadvantaged communities. In the UK, where...

‘By exiting Eurozone, Greece would shoot itself in the foot’

Lars Oberle, Chairman of Finanz Konzept, spoke to IFM about the company and developments in Europe Tim Evershed February 17, 2015 Tell us the history of Finanz Konzept and the ethos behind the company? We concentrate all of our efforts on meeting the personal expectations of our clients and we guarantee that we will provide...

‘Insurance companies should practice self-regulation’

Excerpts from an interesting interaction with Nihal Senaratne, chairman of Sri Lanka-based Senaratne Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Ltd. Jaya Smitha Menon February 17,2015: With 61 years of experience, Nihal Senaratne is a doyen of the insurance industry in Sri Lanka. His career and the insurance sector in Sri Lanka began almost at the same time; and...

‘We want people to think Ness develops products that never fail’

Excerpts from an interview with Douglas Mow, Senior VP Corporate Strategy and CMO, Ness Software Engineering Services Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya February 13,2015: Ness Technologies, a leading technology service provider, was listed on the Nasdaq till 2011 when it was acquired and delisted by Citi Venture Capital International, in a $307 million deal. IFM spoke to...