The central theme of MHAW this year is nature, underpinned by the Five Ways to Wellbeing, a series of steps aimed at maintaining the mental health of you and those around you. Here is how we try to adhere to these steps at Copylab.
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Conversations around the equator
My eldest – an incredibly resilient young woman – was recently part of school charity walk for a mental health charity. Collectively, they covered the distance of the equator over a four-week period – that’s 40,075 kilometres (kms), or just under 25,000 miles. She...
The Power of Storytelling in Investment Communications
“You’re never going to kill storytelling because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it.”We humans appear to have evolved to be ‘wired for story’. Neuroimaging has shown that a good story can prompt the release of chemicals, including oxytocin and cortisol....
Bridging the Gender Gap: Three Tips to Engage and Empower Women Investors
The book “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” discusses the fundamental differences between men and women. Is the phrase also true when it comes to investing? Studies in both Europe and the US indicate that women and men have different financial experiences; and...
A plain-English experiment
According to Bill Gates, “if you can't explain something simply, you don't really understand it”. If we apply that maxim to investment concepts, how well do we really understand them? To find out for myself, I’m trying an exercise devised by Randall Munroe,...
Book-lab: Books for Christmas and Beyond
Spending this Christmas in tiers means there’s no better time to cosy up with a good book. Here are our top picks — spanning feminism, communication and business — to delve into during the holidays
Systemic Risk and Changes to Regulation Post-Covid
This blog has been produced in collaboration with Irish Funds Industry Association (Irish Funds) Covid-19 has impacted us all, in one way or another. Apart from the very real and ongoing human tragedy, the pandemic has had major economic and financial repercussions....
4 Barriers to Effective Crypto Communication (And How to Solve Them)
Cryptocurrencies have been on a tear. But as they gain broader acceptance with investment managers, communication about their benefits and problems hasn’t always kept pace. Malaysia-based Copylabber Ian Lee breaks down the challenges and solutions when it comes to communicating crypto’s unique value.
Mieux communiquer : un impératif!
À l’heure de l’accélération de la distribution transfrontalière des fonds, mieux communiquer en anglais reste un défi important pour les sociétés de gestion françaises afin d’imposer leur marque dans un environnement international hautement concurrentiel. Nathalie Collot partage son expérience avec un brin d’ironie. Do you speak Franglish?
Ireland and Asset Management: Is This the Landing Zone?
Beyond the “landing zones” and “cliff edges”, what might a post-Brexit financial landscape look like? Our head of business development in Ireland, Karl Daly, investigates