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Absolutely agree with @KeithCP . This is a crucial point, the links between shareholders, communities of shareholders and companies. @ShareSocUK @MelloEventsUK both help but platform attitudes and legal rules both need to be changed.
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Cool, of the 3 - which "capital" offers the greatest resistance to corruption? Or are they all more or less at risk on this point. What I am getting at is whether it's possible for the 🔺 to be a positive force - can we solve problems / conflicts / wars with this 3-point model?
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If it bleeds, it leads. And if it is not yet bleeding, they will make it bleed.
Many do this subconsciously, but Hearst was most honest about a media corporation’s incentives to stoke conflict.
“You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war.”
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Wirecard interesting development with shareholders looking to move up the pecking order of any fund distribution. Fundamentally it means that instead of shareholders being paid out last they could be paid out at the same time as b…lnkd.in/dbvWNG9u lnkd.in/dgkH87cu
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Ultimately, value creation is about solving problems. Businesses (and Government as a business) would do well to work harder on their responsibility problems. It's not just a check the box exercise. @JolyonMaugham
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If, as an institution, you find yourself asking "How can we get people to trust us?", you should probably first ask "Are we trustworthy?" and, if the answer is no, fix that before you worry about PR and comms.
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The problem with government as a capital allocator is that the money goes to special interests who have the ability to lobby but not to innovate, and it has to come from somewhere, usually innovators who haven’t built up influence yet.
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The infrastructure bill would gladly squash the financial infrastructure of the future if it means a few more dollars going to the special interests of the past.
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Plus people whose business model includes company-killing measures like forcing an asset sale by declaring you in default tend not to worry too much about reputational damage. And it's not good to partner with people who don't worry about reputational damage.
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Some of the best-known lenders are bad lenders, judging by their behavior. They just have the wrong incentives. As soon as a company gets close to being dead, their incentive is to push it the rest of the way there and recover what money they can.
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.@SECGov awarded approximately $950M to 193 individuals through the whistleblower program.
Our whistleblower program helps us to be better cops on the beat, execute our mission & protect investors from misconduct.
sec.gov/whistleblower
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Even the best startups often go through near-death experiences. The problem with venture debt is that it tends to turn near-death experiences into death experiences. Avoid it if you can.
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.@BorisJohnson and I want to see UK pension savers benefitting from the fruits of UK ingenuity and enterprise.
It’s time we recognised the quality that other countries see in us, and back ourselves by investing more money into the companies that will drive growth and prosperity.
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