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 appears most prominently. The...

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 dedicated to the banking sector...

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 business climate has continuously...

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 employment and the diversity of the economic...

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 industry, attests to the fact...

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 particular, will certainly be...

  On the lookout in the Dark Exchange rate fluctuations, indecision on debt management in the Euro Zone countries and in the United States, the risk of another serious slow down and all this in a world where State economies are ever more...

  2011, or the perils of M & A Forecasters seem to be in agreement: 2011 will be a year of economic recovery, but it will be a weak one for developed economies while the major developing countries will continue on their strong growth path....

The implication of the credit crisis on the relations between companies and investors After a period during which banks were not mutually lending and where credit terms had so tightened that even the rashest investors seemed to have capitulated, we...