FinTech Robo Advisors . . . and the incumbents
In the hot start-up world of FinTech, there are many different segments from Insurance to Banking to Bitcoins and trading and . . . . One of these advisory business that has been well know by the likes of Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard. The new players are increasingly algorithmic based and are are labeled […]
Corporate Complexity & the UK Exit from the EU
Among the issues facing the UK as it moves closer to separating from the European Union, are the trade issues facing companies that do business with their UK based customers. With the EU, trade agreements and business rules have been negotiated and in place for years and the UK has been living under those arrangements. […]
Market Metrics Report for the Global 5000
Using the data for the 5000 largest companies in the world — the Global 5000 database – we have created a set of market metrics based on growth by industry and country. This short report looks at metrics including revenue per employee, market density as well as five year CAGR. For a copy of the […]
FinTech Activity — All Part of Big Financial Player’s Operations
Since embarking on building out a FinTech company database, we have discovered and started to profile over 725 firms in the FinTech space. In detail, we have researched, profiled (and estimated the revenue) for 110 of these. Along the way we have reviewed a number of lists, top 10’s and the never ending stream of […]
Amazon and the Retail Industry Woes
The retail industry segment represents just under 10% of the Global 5000 companies and with the holiday sales tallies being reported and earnings season beginning, we are hearing the not-so-jolly news from the retail sector. This is worth a closer look. It was not a particularly strong season plus the brick & mortar general stores […]
FinTech Market Segmentation
With the rush of funding into the dynamic startup world of FinTech, even more new companies and types of opportunities appear daily. With an eye towards securing funding, many types of companies claim to be a FinTech startup so the definition of ‘what is Fintech?’ becomes really broad. Trying to keep track of it all […]
AT&T Buys Time Warner and the Entertainment Industry Shifts Some More
The proposed AT&T / Time Warner merger is certainly a headline grabber with not only two iconic corporate names involved but an amazing $85 billion dollars on the table. It is the latest turn in the evolving picture of technology and distribution meet content. All the major players want access to the consumers across whatever […]
Lists, Lists & More Lists
People love lists. Consumers like the top 10 lists — top 10 tourist attractions, top cities for retirement, restaurants, US News & World Report’s list of top universities are all popular and a hit every year. The same holds true in the business world where we find a number of top business lists with some […]
Largest Market Opportunities – where are your major accounts?
Account Based Marketing (ABM) continues to get a lot of play in online blogs and consultant advice writings. One of the principles of ABM is that the efforts are focused on key accounts rather than a scatter approach to marketing and sales. In earlier iterations this was also called major account or strategic account marketing. […]
Global 5000 Companies and Brexit
When the results from the UK referendum vote were posted a few days ago, so many questions have popped up and a murky picture of the the future is all that can be seen so far. Naturally, the stock market and UK currency felt the most immediate (and somewhat knee-jerk) reaction. Key among the most […]