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Dubai guest speaking event 18th March

Professor Scott Moeller; 18th of March on “Global Outlook for Mergers and Acquisitions in 2012”

Jointly hosted by Capital Club and Cass, the discussion forum provided an in-depth look at situations arising from the recent economic turbulence as businesses are hopeful for attractive opportunities to undertake well thought-out and carefully executed mergers and acquisitions transactions.

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Dubai guest speaking event 22nd April

Guy Fraser-Sampson on 22nd of April on “Sovereign debt, deficit financing and liquidity worries”

Guy Fraser-Sampson who shed light on the current status of sovereign debt, deficit financing and liquidity worries shared his views on what does it mean for investors around the world. Delivering the talk on “Is this a new stage of the financial crisis?” on April 22, the Senior Fellow at Cass Business School shared his analysis of the present situation and his thoughts for the future.

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Dubai - Guest Speaking events at the Capital Club


The Capital Club and Cass Business School presented a number guest speakers on a variety of topics in the last couple of months. These topics covered insider trading, business models and lessons from the financial crisis, allowing the audience to have an in-depth discussion on current topics of the business world.

14/09/11 Insider Trading: Should the regulators legalise insider trading?

Based on extensive research on the topic, Professor Lasfer lead a debate on Insider trading
considering the importance of insider trading in increasing market efficiency, whilst trying to maintain
and protect the interest of outside/minority shareholders' interests.






26/09/11 What business models do we need for success and how do we get there?


In this evening debate Charles Baden-Fuller explored what the threats are to the current business models: in terms of the way companies need to think about value creation and value capture. And he looked at the challenges to managing business model adoption, and critically, the role of top management and the board of directors in setting the right agenda.




10/10/11 Investment Lessons from the Financial Crisis…
with Steve Thomas

With the crisis entering a new phase and the global economy facing a possible double-dip, why are policymakers so helpless and why has macroeconomics and finance theory been shown to be so lacking in credible solutions? And are there investment strategies which can secure reasonable returns despite the ultra-volatile market environment?

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Dubai - Guest Speaking Event on 5th June

In association with Cass Business School and Capital Club, one of Cass's strategy experts Dr Gianvito Lanzolla gave a personal view on the latest findings in Strategic Management Research on how to successfully conduct your company in uncertain times.

Held on Sunday 5th June 2011, the seminar explored whether corporate diversification is an answer
to uncertainty and shedded some light on its advantages, and limits. The seminar also briefly discussed how the strategy formulation process may be adjusted to deal with uncertainty.