Does Impact Investing Make Sense for High-Net-Worth Portfolios?
It’s far from just talk. Ron Cordes spent the first actions of his career creating “the best business in the world.” In his second, he felt compelled to build the best businesses “for” the world. But it’s not as if the two are mutually exclusive. The disruptive lessons learned from building financial powerhouse AssetMark Investment […]
Two Critical Ingredients For Successful Impact Investing
“How do we build bridges between talent and opportunity?” It’s a question rhetorically asked and answered by impact investor Ron Cordes, founder of financial powerhouse AssetMark Investment Services, and central to his “second act” career mission, one with the ultimate goal of leveraging capital markets to help solve large-scale societal and environmental challenges. “I had […]
Leading Brands Caught in a Deep Division of Values
Amazon, Google and Dove rank high in 2017 national report on brands that demonstrate world value and purpose beyond profit. The 2017 World Value Index report, by mission-driven creative company enso has unveiled people’s perceptions of 150 leading brands and their perceived value to the communities and audiences they serve. The report’s findings are based on […]
Bitcoin Soars to All-time High of USD$2,400
Digital currency bitcoin hit a fresh record high recently, surging above $2,400, as demand for crypto-assets soared with the creation of new tokens to raise funding for start-ups using blockchain technology. Blockchain, the underlying technology behind bitcoin, is a financial ledger maintained by a network of computers that can track the movement of any asset […]
Volvo: We Must Change to Reflect New Consumer Demands
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, is updating its business model to a changing world and believes the car industry as a whole needs do to the same, its president and chief executive Håkan Samuelsson has announced. The announcement was made at the bi-annual meeting of the UN Global Compact Nordic Network in Gothenburg and […]
Tesla’s New Solar Roof Can Make Money From The Sun
Elon Musk has just put your old, unemployed roof to work – by creating one that converts the suns rays into energy that will power your home. If you’re lucky, you may even earn some money from it. Innovative electric car manufacturer Tesla has announced the U.S. rollout of its glass, solar roof tiles, with worldwide orders expected to […]
Exaggerated Truth-Telling Is Commonplace, But Not Admirable
In 1919, as the White and Red armies fought a brutal, seesaw war for control of Russia, British War Secretary Winston Churchill prodded his government to commit troops to the fight. The Bolsheviks, he declared, were “swarms of typhus bearing vermin.” They “hop and caper like ferocious baboons amid the ruins of their cities and […]
Microsoft Announces Games to Prepare For Jobs of Tomorrow
This week Microsoft shared its aspirations and products to help students prepare for the jobs of tomorrow, that includes the online phenomenon and virtual construction game Minecraft. CEO Satya Nadella and Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Windows and Devices, have announced a new Windows experience – Windows 10 S, Microsoft Teams for a collaborative classroom, […]
Food Grown in Sahara Desert with Sea Water
With scorching summer temperatures and little rainfall, the barren scrublands around the port of Aqaba in Jordan, one of the world’s most arid countries, might seem ill suited to cultivating cucumbers. Yet a Norwegian company is planning to set up a solar-powered, 20 hectare (50 acre) facility that promises to grow a variety of vegetables […]
Manufacturing Redefined: 6 Trends Changing the Industry Forever
Let’s be honest — sometimes manufacturing gets a bad rap. The industry can be seen as a behemoth — stuck in the past and slow to innovate, the victim of outsourcing and the purveyor of consumerism. Thankfully, in 2017 these stereotypes couldn’t be further from the truth. Global organizations like GE and Caterpillar are investing […]
