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“Do not try to help successful people; help those who want to be successful,” said Jack Ma, Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group, at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in 2013. Join us as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the AIC. More thought-provoking speakers in 2017. Stay tuned: credit-suisse.com/aic

The downturn in the rental apartments market is progressing at full speed. Despite rising vacancies, construction activity in the rental apartments segment is boosting. Vacancies will continue to grow. Negative interest rates are driving this trend. These circumstances are likely to cause prices of multi-family dwellings to increase again in 2017,...

A number of central banks have taken their interest rates into negative territory in the past years. Credit Suisse Research Institute explores the markets where negative interest rates have been introduced and reports on whether they have been successful. In the autumn of 2014, Denmark and Sweden...

Events of the previous year, such as Brexit or the election of Donald Trump, seem to have marked the end of globalization as we know it. The world development is set to change. Will we observe the rise of multiple regional powers? Credit Suisse Research Institute in their latest report takes a look at the shift towards a multipolar world....

Globalization and digitization make IT systems vulnerable to attack. Investing in security is therefore essential, and hackers can actually help in this regard. Cybersecurity was not an issue in the 1980s, when the internet was still in its infancy. Since then, however, the number and the...

Although the hype around bitcoin and blockchain – the public ledger that records bitcoin transactions – is now receding, the next generation of cryptofinance technologies is already moving ahead and applying the lessons learned.  Christine Schmid: Tell me a bit about Monetas. Johann Gevers: The...

Peter Smith, CEO, Blockchain: "We’re very excited about this fundamental ability to rebuild financial infrastructure." #hightechLondon Connect with us on: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/companies/cre... Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/creditsuisse Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/creditsuisse

On January 31st 2017 Credit Suisse held the 2nd High-Tech Forum London. #hightechLondon Follow Credit Suisse: LinkedIn: http://Linkedin.com/company/credit-suisse Twitter: http://Twitter.com/creditsuisse Facebook: http://Facebook.com/creditsuisse

Sustainability is a key concern for the millennials generation. Companies have to adapt processes and production practices to make their products sustainable and seize the opportunities this rapidly growing generation of consumers creates.  The millennials are the most sustainability-conscious...

The most obvious potential use for blockchain technology is the one that already exists – payment systems. But there is much more to blockchain than this.  Ever since bitcoin came on the scene in 2009, evangelists have proclaimed that the end of fiat currency is nigh. A so-called cryptocurrency,...