PER ARDUA ASSOCIATES’ 2014 CHAIRMAN SURVEY IS FOLLOW UP TO RESEARCH WE CARRIED OUT IN 2010 OF FTSE 100 AND FTSE 250 BOARDS, DISCUSSING THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHAIRMAN AND
Andrew France should know – he has been in the cyber defence business for 30 years we gather – at GCHQ in the UK. If it is the case that
LOOKING BACK A FEW YEARS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE TO ASSUME THAT PASSIVE FUND MANAGEMENT COULD BY NOW BE STRANGLING ITS ACTIVE COUSIN. FOR EXAMPLE, HYMANS ROBERTSON IN MAY
THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT (EIU)/CLIFFORD CHANCE REPORT “A VIEW FROM THE TOP” IS WELL TIMED AND COINCIDES WONDERFULLY WITH A SURVEY BY THE BOARD PRACTICE AT PER ARDUA ASSOCIATES ON THE “CHANGING RELATIONSHIP
Female drop outs? WELL DONE THE 30% CLUB FOR TACKLING WHAT THEY RIGHTLY DESCRIBE AS THE DANGER ZONE, WOMEN BETWEEN 28-38, WHICH IS THE TIME MANY DROP OUT OF THE WORK
APRIL 2014 SAW THE PER ARDUA TEAM WHISKED OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR OUR ANNUAL BASH (BOSSES’ ANNUAL SECRET HAPPENING). A SECRET UNTIL A MATTER OF DAYS BEFORE, WE WERE PRESENTED
AN INTERESTING ARTICLE BY PATRICK JENKINS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES THIS MORNING. THIS IS BY NO MEANS A NEW SUBJECT, INCREASED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DRIVEN BY REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE, HOWEVER IT HIGHLIGHTS
PER ARDUA CEO, SIMON HEARN WAS RECENTLY FEATURED IN THE TELEGRAPH ONLINE AND OTHER INDUSTRY PRESS COMMENTING ON THE PERCEIVED THREAT OF ‘DISINTERMEDIATION’ TO THE HEADHUNTING INDUSTRY – AND WHAT
AS THE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO UNDERGO SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL CHANGE, THIS SHORT ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS A TIMELY QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS AND SKILLS THAT SENIOR LEADERSHIP IN ASSET MANAGEMENT ARE GOING
TO ADD A DIFFERENT DIMENSION TO THE USUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY, WE DECIDED TO ADD A TOUCH OF FANCY DRESS TO THE FESTIVITIES. WE HAD ‘A TOUCH OF’ RAF FOR SIMON HEARN, AND
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