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This paper focuses on analyzing Singapore's new prime areas - Marina Bay and Sentosa Cove - as well as the emerging prime areas - Ophir-Rocher Beach Road Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Bay - against the traditional prime districts. The growing response of homebuyers and investors to the residential properties in new and emerging prime areas has helped to establish price levels that are similar to the traditional prime districts. It is a new dawn of the horizon for the nation, as changes to the urban fabric of the city state will continue to challenge preconceived idea of prime districts. Download this whitepaper to learn more.

In today’s globalized business environment, the need to build strong relationships with partners, suppliers, internal teams, investors and customers is more important than ever. High-quality video conference calls enable you to communicate as effectively as actually being there in person, helping you to build the engaging relationships needed for success in business.

Email is the backbone of today’s corporate business processes. It lives as the primary communication vehicle internally between employees and externally with customers, vendors, partners and investors. It is arguably today’s most pervasive and critical business application within which is stored the most valuable business content. To protect this vital information while working to eliminate risk, lower management costs and improve business insight, companies require a comprehensive email archiving solution. This solution should not only work to effectively retain email information in a searchable repository, the best email archiving solutions also provide a smarter approach to collecting, retaining and accessing data so that it can deliver true business value.

Based on responses from more than 1,100 adults who currently have investments, the research found the wave of millennials (ages 18-34) entering the market is not only putting pressure on financial advisors to use newer technologies in managing their money, but also pushing even Gen Xers (ages 35-54) and baby boomers (ages 55+) toward more modern financial tools, such as modeling on mobile devices or online portfolio rebalancing.

In the next five years, more than $2 trillion is expected to transfer between generations. To capitalize on this massive redistribution of wealth, financial advisors need to meet the demands of today’s clients who are social, mobile, more connected, better informed and looking to collaborate with their advisors when they want, where they want. In fact, according to the Salesforce Connected Investor report, 55% of investors want to work more closely with their advisors. To succeed, advisors must have relationships with their clients that are deeper than just the numbers, and focus on individuals and their unique needs.

In this report, leading entrepreneurs, recruiters, and investors share the best practices they use to win the talent wars.

This leading global financial services firm provides a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services. It has offices in countries around the world and serves corporations, governments, and institutions as well as individual investors.

With rising demands for shorter lead-times, faster throughput, improved quality and lower costs, automated manufacturing systems have become essential to the success of U.S. manufacturing. Their benefits stretch across numerous industries and production methods; however, their complexity can oftentimes be intimidating to first-time investors. Within this white paper, manufacturers can uncover the information necessary to properly plan and specify the integration of a new automated manufacturing system.

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In 2017, Europe produced more Of its electricity from solar, wind and biomass resources than from coal. Today's market is more volatile, with greater variability in energy sources due in large part to the desire to reduce environmental damage. The European Union (EU) is on track to achieve its 2020 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared to 1990 levels l by reducing its reliance on carbon-based power. This paper examines the five most critical variables that investors, developers, and others must recognise in the due diligence process before investing in a new power generation project in Europe.

Money makes the world go ‘round, but can you tell your organisation’s “money story”—how it generates revenue and profits, maximises cash flow and steers clear of trouble? Not the practiced version that is supplied to the company’s investors, but the actual per unit economics, the metrics indicating the financial viability of the organisation, what is working well and what needs to be improved, and when to hit the brakes or pound the accelerator?

Digital transformation (DX) has progressed well beyond the abundant hype predicting it to where it is now an existential concern for many enterprises. We are at an inflection point as digital transformation efforts shift from "project" or "initiative" status to strategic business imperatives. Growing enterprises, regardless of age or industry, are striving to become "digital native" in the way their executives and employees think, what they produce, and how they operate. IDC predicts that by 2021, at least 50% of global GDP will be digitized, with growth in every industry driven by digitally enhanced offerings, operations, and relationships, and that by 2020, investors will use platform/ecosystem, data value, and customer engagement metrics as valuation factors for all enterprises.

Independent external audits of GAAP financial statements are an inescapable reality for finance professionals. External audits are required by statute for public companies and are also becoming the norm among private companies experiencing growing demands for transparency from regulators, investors, and other stakeholders.

This ExecBlueprint provides practical advice for developing such a code that will go beyond “window dressing” and inspire leaders and employees alike to build and sustain a compliant and ethical culture. While acting ethically is important for its own sake, the authors also provide pragmatic reasoning for fostering such a culture: ethical organizations earn the trust — and loyalty — of employees, customers, and investors. Accordingly, the code should be simple to understand, widely circulated, and aggressively enforced. But most importantly: adherence starts at the top.

Part art, part science, sales forecasting can be daunting for new and experienced sales leaders alike. Your sales forecast is required for successful company planning, and when it goes wrong, the dominoes begin to fall: your executives, investors, and even the public may question your credibility. Download now to find out!

We update our three 2018 investment themes against a backdrop of synchronized global growth, rising inflation and interest rates, higher equity market volatility and more economic uncertainty. By submitting this form you agree to share your contact information with BlackRock and to follow-up communication. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Prepared by BlackRock Investments, LLC. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc., or its subsidiaries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. BlackRock, Inc. is not affiliated with The Economist. 483635

Today, every B2B company is feeling the heat. Investors and shareholders expect high growth and anything less is not good enough for Wall Street. While a new company can drive growth from new customer acquisition, maximizing customer lifetime value is the secret to sustainable and predictable growth.

In 2015, mobile devices are becoming ubiquitous with daily life. This connection has made its way from the consumer world to the B2B world. But this is not only the case for that outside sales person or the execuitve who is on the plane next to you speaking with investors. Three-fourths of organizations in Aberdeen reseach have a mobile initiative in place specific to field service, with nearly two-thirs having that program in place for more than two years. But what does a mobile initiative mean? Is it enough to roll out the latest mobile devices for the field team? Is there a difference between a device with some bells and whistles, or toll that empowers the field with access to the insights needed to solve customer issues in real time?

A spear-phishing attack could bring your company to its knees – today. For all you know, you may already be under attack. That could result in a data breach that lands your company in the glare of the news cameras – and in hot water with your customers, partners and investors.

Explaining what your company does can be a challenge. When your product is natural language processing, it can be outright difficult. Learn how the explainer video we produced for Inbenta helped to communicate their value to both customers and investors, but also increased online conversion rates by 20%.

In today’s globalized business environment, the need to build strong relationships with partners, suppliers, internal teams, investors and customers is more important than ever. High-quality video conferencing solutions enable you to communicate as effectively as actually being there in person, helping you to build the engaging relationships needed for success in business.

Banking, insurance, securities and investment firms are challenged to keep employees, broker dealers, investors and others current in a world of constant change. Enabling video and mobile communications is the most efficient way to clearly communicate and stay ahead of competitors and changing regulations. Discover how 8 out of the top 10 US financial institutions use Brainshark communications to increase compliance, decrease risks, and lower the costs of communications.

HP’s $8 billion write-down. A disappointing IPO from Facebook, Groupon’s famous flameout. These watershed moments have crystallized what we’ve known for a while: Fluff can no longer trump sound operations in terms of a company’s valuation. Organizations must be built on an empirically firm foundation to flourish. And everyone – from investors on Wall Street to customers on Main Street to the SEC– is looking at companies with more scrupulous eyes.

Learn how Trade Center needed to reach highly qualified individual investors while educating them on the benefits of their products and services. Read how InvestBrite can help your investment firm get qualified investing sales leads. Read this paper today.

An informative new whitepaper on the 5 essential changes to the PR Cycle offers important insight into how you can accurately monitor your brand in the marketplace and respond effectively to consumer and media needs and interests.