Newsletter – February 2013

Home » Newsletter Newsletter – February 2013 The fight against bureaucracy is a theme which surfaces in the press and public debate at regular intervals. This bureaucratic phenomenon affects numerous different organizations but it is in the public sector that it...

Newsletter – November 2012

Home » Newsletter Newsletter – November 2012 It is often the seemingly harmless act or words said without thinking that are most revealing of the true state of mind reigning in a company. These revelations are sometimes vertiginous. During a recent conference...

Newsletter – September 2012

Home » Newsletter Newsletter – September 2012 Applying extraordinary tools to meet extraordinary circumstances   The publication of a newsletter implicitly implies a reference to current events and for over three years now it is striking to note that the...

Newsletter – May 2012

Home » Newsletter Newsletter – May 2012 The “blind spot” for strategic decision making The recent announcement of the closure of the Merck Serono headquarters in Geneva has created a shock in the region. Besides the distressing consequences on...

Newsletter – March 2012

Home » Newsletter Newsletter – March 2012 Cornered, the financial market-place should be inspired by the watch-making crisis of the 1970’s   The difficulties presently facing Swiss private banking are not insuperable. The example, as given by the watch-making...

Newsletter – November 2011

Home » Newsletter Newsletter – November 2011 Mergers in the world of private banking and asset management: will the stumbling blocks be avoided? The factor triggering a wave of consolidation of private banks and asset managers in Switzerland and in Geneva in...