The last meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee (“FOMC”) delivered the first rate cut of 2025, after many months of market speculation (and government pressure). As of the time of writing, the markets are nearly certain that the next meeting will result in another 25 basis point cut. This would bring the rate below 4% for the first time since December 2022.^[1]

Oct 21, 2025

Chuck Prince, in a now infamous interview with the Financial Times in July, 2007, uttered the words, “As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance.”^[1] He was defending Citigroup’s continued participation in the subprime mortgage market, which was showing signs of buckling. The rest, as they say, is history.The question is, are we at a similar fork in the road right now? And are we, unlike Chuck Prince, in a position to choose whether and with whom to dance? In this article, we investigate.

Oct 16, 2025

On Monday, September 29th, gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) announced that it is to be taken private by a consortium of sovereign wealth and private equity funds, with the deal set to close in 2027.^[1]

Oct 2, 2025

Around the world, wealth is moving from one generation to the next at an unprecedented scale. Over the coming decades, trillions of dollars are expected to change hands globally in what experts call the “great wealth transfer”.What makes this transfer remarkable is not just its scale, but the growing share expected to be inherited by women. Longer life expectancy, evolving family structures, and demographic trends mean that women will increasingly become the custodians of family wealth.According to UBS, women already control 33% of total global investable wealth, a share projected to rise to 35% by 2025.^[1] While this shift is global, its implications in the GCC are particularly profound. Wealth in the GCC is heavily concentrated in family businesses, sovereign-linked enterprises, and private assets. Here, preparing women for financial leadership is no longer a question of equity; it is a matter of long-term wealth preservation.

Oct 1, 2025

The Federal Reserve (the "Fed") decided to maintain rates at the current level of 4.25% - 4.5% at the last meeting on July 29 and 30. As of now, markets are nearly unanimous in their belief that the coming meeting will see the first cut since December 2024.^[1] There, however, the clarity for market observers ends.

Sep 9, 2025

The last meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee (“FOMC”) delivered the first rate cut of 2025, after many months of market speculation (and government pressure). As of the time of writing, the markets are nearly certain that the next meeting will result in another 25 basis point cut. This would bring the rate below 4% for the first time since December 2022.^[1]

Oct 21, 2025

Chuck Prince, in a now infamous interview with the Financial Times in July, 2007, uttered the words, “As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance.”^[1] He was defending Citigroup’s continued participation in the subprime mortgage market, which was showing signs of buckling. The rest, as they say, is history.The question is, are we at a similar fork in the road right now? And are we, unlike Chuck Prince, in a position to choose whether and with whom to dance? In this article, we investigate.

Oct 16, 2025

On Monday, September 29th, gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) announced that it is to be taken private by a consortium of sovereign wealth and private equity funds, with the deal set to close in 2027.^[1]

Oct 2, 2025

Around the world, wealth is moving from one generation to the next at an unprecedented scale. Over the coming decades, trillions of dollars are expected to change hands globally in what experts call the “great wealth transfer”.What makes this transfer remarkable is not just its scale, but the growing share expected to be inherited by women. Longer life expectancy, evolving family structures, and demographic trends mean that women will increasingly become the custodians of family wealth.According to UBS, women already control 33% of total global investable wealth, a share projected to rise to 35% by 2025.^[1] While this shift is global, its implications in the GCC are particularly profound. Wealth in the GCC is heavily concentrated in family businesses, sovereign-linked enterprises, and private assets. Here, preparing women for financial leadership is no longer a question of equity; it is a matter of long-term wealth preservation.

Oct 1, 2025

The Federal Reserve (the "Fed") decided to maintain rates at the current level of 4.25% - 4.5% at the last meeting on July 29 and 30. As of now, markets are nearly unanimous in their belief that the coming meeting will see the first cut since December 2024.^[1] There, however, the clarity for market observers ends.

Sep 9, 2025

The last meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee (“FOMC”) delivered the first rate cut of 2025, after many months of market speculation (and government pressure). As of the time of writing, the markets are nearly certain that the next meeting will result in another 25 basis point cut. This would bring the rate below 4% for the first time since December 2022.^[1]

Oct 21, 2025

Chuck Prince, in a now infamous interview with the Financial Times in July, 2007, uttered the words, “As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance.”^[1] He was defending Citigroup’s continued participation in the subprime mortgage market, which was showing signs of buckling. The rest, as they say, is history.The question is, are we at a similar fork in the road right now? And are we, unlike Chuck Prince, in a position to choose whether and with whom to dance? In this article, we investigate.

Oct 16, 2025

On Monday, September 29th, gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) announced that it is to be taken private by a consortium of sovereign wealth and private equity funds, with the deal set to close in 2027.^[1]

Oct 2, 2025

Around the world, wealth is moving from one generation to the next at an unprecedented scale. Over the coming decades, trillions of dollars are expected to change hands globally in what experts call the “great wealth transfer”.What makes this transfer remarkable is not just its scale, but the growing share expected to be inherited by women. Longer life expectancy, evolving family structures, and demographic trends mean that women will increasingly become the custodians of family wealth.According to UBS, women already control 33% of total global investable wealth, a share projected to rise to 35% by 2025.^[1] While this shift is global, its implications in the GCC are particularly profound. Wealth in the GCC is heavily concentrated in family businesses, sovereign-linked enterprises, and private assets. Here, preparing women for financial leadership is no longer a question of equity; it is a matter of long-term wealth preservation.

Oct 1, 2025

The Federal Reserve (the "Fed") decided to maintain rates at the current level of 4.25% - 4.5% at the last meeting on July 29 and 30. As of now, markets are nearly unanimous in their belief that the coming meeting will see the first cut since December 2024.^[1] There, however, the clarity for market observers ends.

Sep 9, 2025