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10 Things to Keep Kids Occupied While Working From Home
It can be hard enough to stay on top of things with little ones during regular work-from-home days. But when home office meets home school meets quarantine meets one walk a day, keeping kids occupied while staying productive can become daunting.
We have a fair few working parents at the lab, so we asked them to share their top tips on how to keep their kids occupied while also managing fund commentaries, thought leadership pieces, and investment marketing clients across the world.
‘Harder to Read than Moby Dick’: Why Asset Managers Should Simplify Their Content
In an industry where clients are demanding more transparency, asset-management firms could benefit from revamping their web content to include clearer, more concise language in a tone that’s relatable to their audiences.
The Language of Coronavirus
They say that the first casualty of war, or indeed any major crisis, is the truth. That may be so, but one of the first hostages is language.
Of particular interest to us as writers is the gradual takeover of the language used in relation to coronavirus – ‘language infiltration’, if you like – as a new lexicon develops to verbally frame the crisis.
Coping with Coronavirus: How Copylab is Operating in the Months Ahead
COVID-19 is unquestionably a major problem. For those it's affected personally, its impact has been huge and, in numerous tragic cases, incalculable. For people looking to travel, it's thrown their plans into disarray. The world of commerce is reeling too, suffering...
The Gender Gap in Investment: Shattering Barriers
By working to improve diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity, firms will benefit from a more diverse, content and engaged workforce, and have the ability to attract and retain the best people, regardless of gender or ethnicity.
Manufacturing Growth: The Budding Investment Allure of Southeast Asia
Previously perceived as exotic backpacker destinations, promoted and made accessible by publications such as the ubiquitous ‘Lonely Planet Guide’, the likes of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos have moved on. Once viewed as sleepy and rural, they are increasingly becoming vibrant, dynamic and safer places to do business.
8 Tips For CMOs To Help Writers Find More Time And Create More Content
THE PROBLEM The modern office environment isn’t set up with writers in mind. You want your writers to produce more content. Your writers want an atmosphere that allows them to do that. Ask any writer about their perfect day, and it would look something like this:...
Eight Steps To A Winning Award Submission
With the festive season fast fading into the distance, investment marketers are eagerly turning their attention to that other great season of giving and receiving: industry awards. For the next three months, investment writers will be combing through all their sources...
Five inescapable office email clichés – and why we can’t escape them
Like haiku, football commentary and Tannoy announcements on the Tube, office email has a culture and vernacular all its own. We agonise over cc etiquette; we fume over wordy or bewilderingly brief messages; we dream of inbox zero. And like all widely used languages,...
Asset Management Opportunities In Asia – Are You Serious?
Most growth-oriented businesses talk about expanding into Asia, and many financial firms have already taken the plunge into the Pacific – or at least dipped their toes in it. In this post, we explain why asset managers are focusing more on the Far East, and we...
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