This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. There’s been no shortage of examples in recent years of how deepfake technology can be used in alarming ways: Fraudsters recently posed as a multinational company’s CFO over video, convincing an employee to pay $25 million out of the company to the scammers. … Read more
Forecasts have suggested that market dynamics are changing and that the private equity is poised to expand at an annualized growth rate of 12.8% to double in AUM from $5.8T in 2023 to $12T by 2029, achieving that goal will require a fundamental re-think of the traditional private equity business model. The total value of … Read more
In the competitive market for financial advice, advisory firms often seek to find ways to differentiate themselves from one another. For firms with high-net-worth clientele, one way to do this is to offer alternative investments, such as private equity, private debt, or hedge funds, which may offer clients the ability to invest in a more … Read more
How a General Surveillance Account Could Cover Privately Collected Data Nowadays, data is mostly collected not by state actors but by businesses. To make use of the data amassed by these companies, law enforcement authorities often oblige them to hand over their records. To ensure that the companies actually collect (and do not delete) the … Read more
I know I have Tweeted that I would add my tuppence on the Court of Appeal at The Hague on Wednesday reversing (English translation of the Court of Appeal here) the first instance judgment in Milieudefensie v Shell. That judgment had imposed CO2 reduction emissions targets on Shell. (In my post on the first instance … Read more
