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According to Harvard Business Review, the conversation surrounding enterprise innovation seems to have taken a paradigm shift from the “how” to the “who”. While innovative work processes and methodologies continue to underpin an organisation’s point of inflection in staying relevant, boosting one’s capabilities similarly come under scrutiny. So what and how exactly can you innovate in your professional line of work? Investor relation consultants like...

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Is disruptive the buzzword among entrepreneurs nowadays? With a fast-growing base of start-ups ranging from FinTech to MedTech popping up in Singapore and globally, it makes one wonder how industry incumbents defend their slice of the pie. Today’s corporate world tends to make conventional business models appear a lot less durable than they used to be. While basic proposition of value creation remains,...

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When it comes to investor relations (IR), it is always a debatable topic if it is a profession that is science or art-centric. Given the amount of financial figures our consultants crunch during the quarterly earnings season, it is hardly fair to disregard our flair for art as we craft investment thesis and carefully establish the right corporate positioning for our clients. The...

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It is surely not an overstatement to say that the financial markets suffered carnage over the last few weeks as testified by the sharp spike in VIX, a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P500 index options and of course a “sea of red” across most investors’ portfolios. What is really causing this state of uncertainty and panic in the market? The...

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Dell hit the headlines of all business media recently with their proposed $67 billion takeover of EMC, making it one of the largest leveraged buyout deals in history. The chip-maker is not alone in the merger and acquisition (M&A) scene as Western Digital similarly announced a $19 billion deal to buy out SanDisk yesterday. With a slew of M&A activities happening, is this...

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With rapid economic progression worldwide, it is imperative for us to stay relevant and in line with developments especially within the capital markets. This is only possible if we stay actively engaged with our clients and race toward a solution or objective together. While this more often than not involves an iterative process of failing and learning fast, one key aspect to success...

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As the investment community gets increasingly sophisticated with easy access of financial information, it is paramount for companies to differentiate themselves, be it the products and services they provide or the public perception they establish, in order to attract interests from both the analysts and investors.  The recent oil price rout for instance, set alarming headlines almost every other morning when I log...

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