Europe: Strategy

On 21 May 2025, I had the pleasure of ditching my usual morning commute to speak at the Dura breakfast talk arranged by Lottie Leefe, founder of The Dura Society...

At some point, a frustrated discussion about “advisory work” arises with nearly all of the firms Panalitix works with.

Organizations seeking competitive advantage must move beyond traditional hierarchies toward networked execution models that prioritize speed, agility, and cross-functional collaboration.

Defence investment has re‑emerged as a strategically important and structurally growing area of capital allocation. Heightened geopolitical tension, including the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, along with a renewed focus on state‑on‑state risk, have driven a sustained increase in defence spending across the UK and Europe.

The Future Pensions Act (Wtp) is fundamentally reshaping how Dutch pension funds approach investment policy, shifting from defined-benefit schemes focused on security to defined-contribution schemes emphasizing purchasing power retention.

The Pension Schemes Act 2026 introduces reserve powers allowing the UK government to mandate investment allocations for DC master trusts, potentially overriding trustee fiduciary duties. This analysis examines the scaled-back mandation provisions, their relationship to the Mansion House Accord's voluntary commitments, and the safeguards designed to protect trustees while channeling pension assets into unlisted investments and UK markets.

Inspired by my Kenyan safari, "Field Notes" are my observations from the field where my clients and I work — coaching sessions. Each field note is drawn from actual client sessions and gives insight into the personal evolution of my clients.

Explore the nuances of workplace culture and professional relationships as colleagues engage in casual conversation over coffee. This analysis examines how informal interactions contribute to team dynamics and organizational communication patterns.

Ankura's content hub showcases diverse expertise across cybersecurity threats, AI integration in construction, operational efficiency challenges, data privacy compliance, business transformation strategies, data center partnerships, private credit defaults, enterprise AI security, and banking M&A trends. Each piece offers practical insights from industry experts navigating complex business and regulatory landscapes.

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The Henry Royce Institute has unveiled a comprehensive Materials Map that quantifies the advanced materials sector's economic impact across UK regions, revealing a distributed network of innovation clusters.

A German court's landmark decision in the European bathroom fittings cartel case has established a five-step framework for estimating cartel damages, with particular emphasis on using economic simulation models to assess pass-through rates to indirect purchasers. This analysis explores how these models address the fundamental challenge of reconstructing unobservable counterfactual market conditions and demonstrates their practical applicability in litigation.