Rockstar Business | Better Consulting on LinkedIn: Banking on interest rates: A playbook for the new era of volatility (2024)

Three recent trends illustrate significant recent changes in Europe’s chemical markets. First, high prices for natural gas and electricity are resulting in high production costs for energy-intensive chemicals. Second, a global oversupply of many chemicals is leading to depressed unit margins and lower volumes. And third, demand is shifting to sustainable chemicals. For these reasons, […]https://lnkd.in/dbU9xSaUwww.Cyprus-CEO.com#CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money

Quick Hits On June 7, 2024, OFCCP published a CSAL that identified 500 establishments of federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors for compliance reviews. The CSAL operates as a “courtesy notification” to a contractor that an OFCCP compliance review will be undertaken; the compliance review process begins when the company establishment receives a scheduling […]https://lnkd.in/dNzq-JR2www.Cyprus-CEO.com#CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money

For several decades prior to the current state of affairs, Russia promoted the idea that we must look East. At the same time, however, a significant part (if not most) Russian international trade activity was still connected to the EU. Now the situation has changed (maybe forever), and for Russia there is no other option […]https://lnkd.in/dhZeVB9ywww.Cyprus-CEO.com#CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money

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Private equity firms manage a wealth of sensitive data, making them prime targets for cybercriminals. With the growing number of sophisticated cyber threats, Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) must adopt a proactive stance to safeguard valuable data assets. However, despite the escalating risks, only a fraction of private equity firms have a robust cybersecurity program in […]https://lnkd.in/dCPnikJEwww.Cyprus-CEO.com#CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money

This conversation between Maya Chorengel, a managing partner at The Rise Fund, and Alexandra Nee, partner and co-lead of the Impact Investing Service Line for McKinsey’s Private Capital Practice, was recorded on November 10, 2023. It was part of McKinsey’s Women in Private Equity Global Forum, which was held virtually, with an audience of 140 […]https://lnkd.in/d6FbP2rXwww.Cyprus-CEO.com#CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money

Russia is ramping up malign disinformation campaigns against France, French President Emmanuel Macron, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. While Russia has a decades-long history of targeting the Olympic Games, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) has observed old tactics blending with artificial intelligence (AI) in malign activity that […]https://lnkd.in/dkuN6n5wwww.Cyprus-CEO.com#CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money

Productivity – the amount of output each worker produces – is the core of our shared global prosperity and as the world wrestles with shifting geoeconomics, it matters more than ever. Asia has experienced a productivity surge in recent years, but cannot afford to be complacent if the region’s economies are to continue closing the […]https://lnkd.in/dfd_iHTewww.Cyprus-CEO.com#CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money

Quick Hits Minnesota Governor Walz signed employment-related legislation that amends laws addressing consumer data privacy, drug and alcohol or cannabis testing, employee misclassification, pay transparency, and restrictive covenants. Leave-related provisions address earned sick and safe time, paid family and medical leave, pregnancy accommodations, and parental leave. Wage- and pay-related legislation addresses rideshare drivers, pay transparency […]https://lnkd.in/dRevyZzWwww.Cyprus-CEO.com#CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money

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8 June 2024 By Christine Lagarde The ECB has cut interest rates. President Christine Lagarde explains why and sets out what still needs to be done to bring inflation back to 2% over the medium term. Two years ago, we started raising interest rates because inflation was far too high. Today, the situation is improved. […]https://lnkd.in/d5ZYmNPAwww.Cyprus-CEO.com#CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money