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As capital inflows slow, PE firms need to get creative & proactive
Alas, we lost two beloved Tinas in the last 12 months. The eight-time Grammy winning Queen of Rock & Roll passed away in Switzerland in late May. She was predeceased by another TINA—the market regime where There Is No Alternative to risk-assets—a year ago this month in Jackson Hole, Wyo. That’s when the world’s leading central bankers made it clear that lots more pain [...]
9 head-turning charts, animations, images from investment firm marketers
It’s been too hot to read—instead, this week let’s look at some pictures! Here’s a shout-out to some of the finest graphics we’ve seen circulating on the socials lately. The set of nine celebrated below is a mix of new and old-but-evolved charts, animations and images produced by asset management and advisory firm marketers over the last few months. Pour a glass of lemonade [...]
Ho-hum and hmm: Threads seems like a pale imitation of Twitter
“All we really need is 250 words,” Jody Lowe said when she suggested a quick, simple blog post acknowledging the launch last week of Threads. Right. Someday I will write a 250-word blog post, you have my word. But on the subject of the so-called “Twitter killer” app—whose user base rocketed from 0 on July 6 to more than 100 million in seven days, [...]
This slowpoke recession is clogging inboxes everywhere
Whether you’re a marketer, financial advisor or a money manager, to be a communicator in the investment industry is to accept that there will be some repetition in your work. The required quarterly, semi-annual and annual reporting and updating make certain of that. But changing market cycles keep things interesting, leaving plenty of room for variety and creativity in investment communications … until lately. [...]
We’re on Instagram—here’s why
The Lowe Group has joined the investment industry on Instagram! We’re used to seeing asset managers, financial advisory firms and fintechs active on LinkedIn and sometimes Twitter, but Instagram is part of the social media mix now, too—and we want to be where you are. Lowe Group’s Instagram will post stories and reels, and share quick, casual posts about our employees, community and office [...]