Philippe Bens has over 25 years of experience in asset servicing. After graduating from a Business University, he began his career at a top-tier Luxembourg bank and after two years, moved to Bank Indosuez Luxembourg to work as a fund administration manager. In 1994, he was appointed Head of Depositary and Custody Bank and six years later, he became Senior Project Manager for Fastnet Luxembourg, where he was in charge of customer communication flows. In 2002, Philippe was promoted to Business Development Director for Switzerland, Benelux, Scandinavia and the Middle East and six years later, in 2008, he moved to Switzerland to become the Managing Director of CACEIS, where he is in charge of all operational activities and business development with a specific focus on real estate. With the creation of the CACEIS Bank Switzerland Branch in Nyon in 2015, his role changed to Country Managing Director and Head of Regional coverage for all CACEIS activities in Switzerland. We caught up with Philippe to find out more about CACEIS’ Swiss Branch and the most frequent problems that the investors they work with face.
The House of Marketing, the number one strategic marketing consultancy and staffing firm in Belgium, which was acquired by Quanteus Group in 2014, has posted solid double-digit growth in the last five years, and today has over 100 Consultants and a strong network of freelancers. Its sister company Upthrust – a digital business accelerator offering digital sales & marketing expertise, from staffing to project delivery – has enjoyed extremely rapid growth since coming to market in 2018.
The FinTech sector is booming and it has continued growing at an unprecedented rate in the past few years. From crowdfunding to mobile payments and money transfer services, FinTech is revolutionising how businesses and consumers handle financial transactions and it will continue to do so in the new year.
For CFOs, it can be a difficult task to determine how much money to dedicate to risk management. Without properly analysing each sector of the company and asking critical questions, this task can seem impossible.
In a perfect world, 2020 would be the year when open banking in Europe flourishes, says J. Bennett, Vice President of Operations and Corporate Development at Signifyd. Cue sunny skies, chirping birds, consumers effortlessly surveying and managing all their personal finances in an app in the palm of their hand, fully confident that their data is protected and in their control.
Equilibrium is a financial services firm with a difference. The company, founded by Colin Lawson in his bedroom 24 years ago, has made a name for itself over the years with its resistance to fit the traditional wealth management business model.
Jessica Dore leads Rehmann’s Technology Risk Management Group, overseeing cybersecurity assessments, information security assessments, vulnerability and penetration testing, social engineering testing and information security training. Below are her tips for businesses to stay safe during the biggest shopping spree of the season.
Customer engagement isn't what it used to be in the financial services industry. To quote Bob Dylan: 'The times they are a-changin'. In the digital era, consumer behaviour, attitudes and their channel preferences through which they interact with brands are all evolving to reflect a growing reliance on digital technologies.
As a New Year and indeed decade approaches, there is growing consensus that Europe’s real estate market is entering the last stages of the current investment cycle. The US vs. China trade war, Brexit and geopolitical risks in the Middle East have contributed to a slowdown by generating market uncertainty over the last year. Although Europe’s economy may avoid recession, growth is widely expected to remain subdued over the next 12 to 18 months and there are lingering questions about how much further the cycle has to run. Rosanna Woods, UK Managing Director at Drooms, explores the future of the real estate industry in Europe.
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