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				<title>The rise of venture capital secondaries</title>
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				<title>How to raise financially capable children</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Rebuilding trust in a bank that was once on shaky ground</title>
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				<dc:creator>Salvatore Cantale, Konstantinos Trantopoulos , Michael R. Wade</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Empowerment and purpose: How UK fintech Wise ensures its staff want to stay</title>
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				<dc:creator>I by IMD</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How to succeed as an enterprise co-pilot: Three priorities for the modern CFO</title>
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				<title>How longevity is reshaping work, wealth, and well-being</title>
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				<dc:creator>Damien Ng</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>At the centre of everything: How CFOs lead through connection, curiosity and data</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>What do those who foresaw the 2008 financial crisis expect today?</title>
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				<dc:creator>Eric Matt</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Inside the CEO–CFO–Board triumvirate: Why vigilant CFOs matter in high-stakes decisions</title>
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				<dc:creator>Salvatore Cantale</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The next frontier in sustainability: Why businesses should care about voluntary biodiversity credits</title>
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				<dc:creator>Adrian Dellecker</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Mindy Lubber </dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Soft power, hard results: Making the case for active ownership</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Salvatore Cantale, Karl Schmedders</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Philip Rosenzweig, Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
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				<title>Higher borrowing costs call for financial prudence&#160;</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Ivan E. Velez-Leon, Salvatore Cantale</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 07:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Banking on transformation to drive long-term success</title>
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				<dc:creator>Misiek Piskorski</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How to turn a financial fire-sale into a people-centric merger</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 07:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The permanence paradox: why shareholder value always wins</title>
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				<dc:creator>Jerry Davis</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 07:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Stéphane J. G. Girod, Jana M. Arden</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Maik Meusel , Karl Schmedders, Maude Lavanchy</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Why the future of financial inclusion could be orange</title>
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				<dc:creator>Durreen Shahnaz</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>developers</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 11:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Sustainable finance: Acceleration depends on cross-sector collaboration </title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Three filters for making business decisions in the age of stakeholder capitalism</title>
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				<dc:creator>Michael Yaziji</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How much money can our corporate giants spend fixing the world?</title>
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				<dc:creator>Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Alexander Gruber, Felix Reitz</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Alexander Gruber, Felix Reitz</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>developers</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2023 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 07:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin, Salvatore Cantale</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Karl Schmedders, Raphaël Grieco</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Karl Schmedders, Raphaël Grieco</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Salvatore Cantale, Barry Gavin</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Here’s what we predicted for 2024… how did we do? </title>
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				<dc:creator>Robert Hooijberg, Arturo Bris, David Bach, José Parra Moyano, Michael R. Wade, Julia Binder, Howard H. Yu, Simon J. Evenett, Alyson Meister, Salvatore Cantale, Stefan Michel</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Financial trends 2025: tighten your (safety) belts for a roller-coaster ride </title>
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				<dc:creator>Karl Schmedders</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Kinder Morgan: Navigating growth in the digital energy era </title>
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				<dc:creator>developers</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The Motor City takes a detour from Silicon Valley orthodoxy</title>
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				<dc:creator>Jerry Davis</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Out of your comfort zone: What it takes for traditional CFOs to become CEOs</title>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Roi</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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