Global Finance

JULY 29, 2025

New ventures like Wio Bank, launched with backing from ADQ, Alpha Dhabi, e& (Etisalat) and FAB, signal a strategic shift toward purpose-built digital banking infrastructure while fintechs are filling specific market gaps. Under Vision 2030, the kingdom aims to host 525 fintechs by the end of the decade.

Banking

Value Scope

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As companies continue to legitimately integrate ESG into business strategy, the ability to achieve “alpha,” which is an excess return or performance above a codified index or peer group, might become more difficult to do. Technology. Unsuccessful investment in new technologies. Using Alpha, however, it could be done.

Intangible Assets

Musings on Markets

JUNE 23, 2023

In the last four decades, computer chips have become part of almost everything we use, from appliances to automobiles, and the companies that manufacture these chips have seen their fortunes rise, and sometimes be put at risk, as technology shifts. From High Growth to Maturity!

Start-ups

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Seen with this perspective, corporate venture capital investments can be framed in one of two ways: Replacement for internal R&D : For some companies, corporate venture capital investments displace internal R&D, designed to generate future products and develop new technologies.

Start-ups