Banks, Banking, Financial Services Keynote Speaker
Contrast between publicly owned companies and privately owned. Role of private equity and influence of management buyouts. Short-termism in analyst valuations of companies. Pressures on boards and senior teams for quarterly profit forecasts. Cultural contrast. Family owned business tends to take a longer term view. Different priorities and agendas. ipos can create huge new pressures on business leaders. Analysts should take a longer term view since it is impossible to run a business quarter by quarter on key performance indicators which apply only to the ...
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Future of Insurance - Keynote Speaker on Risk
ASIA INSURANCE REVIEW (edited): Interview on future of insurance and reinsurance: Dr Patrick Dixon, Chairman of Global Change and notable Futurist, expects the current risks to spawn opportunities for insurers and reinsurers to grow, but insurers must communicate the right message first.
Keynote conference speaker at the recent invitation-only 7th Swiss Re Asia Forum, Dr Patrick Dixon, considered Europe’s leading futurist, shares his irrefutable belief that: “Either we take hold of the future or the future will take hold of us.”
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