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Atlas Merchant Capital was founded in 2013 to participate in compelling market opportunities in the financial services sector. Atlas was founded by Bob Diamond and David Schamis, who together form a complementary partnership with extensive operating and investing expertise across the financial services landscape. Atlas brings a competitive ...
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Merchant Capital 1974, BA (Hons), Colby College, Maine; 1977, MBA, University of Connecticut; 2006, Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Connecticut; 2008, Doctor of Laws, Colby College. 1996-2012, with Barclays: Chief Executive; Chief Executive, Barclays Capital and Barclays Global Investors. 2013 ...
Bob Diamond, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Merchant Capital, USA, said the financial crisis in developed countries has significantly affected the availability of trade finance in Africa. He highlighted the need for banks to be incentivized to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Human capital is vital for growth, say the report's authors. Invest in it and it will generate returns, not just for the individuals involved but for the economy as a whole. This means educating young people with the skills they need to thrive in the modern economy. It benefits them and it benefits the companies whose needs they answer.
The progressive removal of capital controls in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in the revival of international trade and in increased demand for credit from firms. The most common trade finance instruments used nowadays are the letter of credit (see Figure 3) and documentary collections (Amiti and Weinstein 2011, BIS 2014, Niepman and Schmidt ...
China Merchants Group (CMG) is a leading state-owned conglomerate based in Hong Kong. By the end of 2015, the company had total assets of RMB901.1 billion and total assets under management of RMB6.5 trillion. The company's profits hit a record high in 2015, with revenue of RMB122 billion and total profit of RMB48.9 billion. It has been ...
Generation Z shows the most concern for the planet’s well-being and influences others to make sustainability-first buying decisions, according to new research. GenZ are people born between the nineties and the noughties – roughly spanning 1995 to 2010 – and three-quarters of them prefer to buy sustainably rather than to go for brand names.
The series was written ahead of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, which focuses on “Globalization 4.0”. In previous pieces, we looked at some winners and losers of economic globalization, the environmental aspect of globalization, cultural globalization and digital globalization. Now we look back at its history.
New data from Eurostat shows how different sized businesses contribute to the EU economy. The data provides insights on where turnover is highest, and which sectors are contributing the most money. And while over 99% of EU companies are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), over half of the bloc’s net turnover comes from large businesses.