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Why are multi-asset portfolios regaining popularity among advisors?

Investments and Business

Multi-asset portfolios: a popular choice for advisors once more

Peter G. Killigang

Multi-asset portfolios are drawing fresh attention from financial advisors, who, after years focused on single-asset plays, thematic strategies, or tightly concentrated equity positions, are increasingly revisiting diversified multi-asset methods to…

Budapest, in Hungary: How entrepreneurs attract international customers from smaller markets

Investments and Business

Attracting international customers from smaller markets: a Budapest, Hungary perspective for entrepreneurs

Peter G. Killigang

Budapest combines a deep technical talent pool, relatively low operating costs, favorable corporate taxation, and strong ties across Central and Eastern Europe. The city hosts universities, accelerators, and a growing…

Pop star Shakira acquitted in Spanish tax fraud case

Culture and Entertainment

Singer Shakira acquitted of tax fraud by Spanish court

Peter G. Killigang

A Spanish court has decided in Shakira’s favor in her prolonged tax battle, instructing officials to refund several million euros in penalties and accrued interest, a ruling that adds a…

Placebo and nocebo: the power of expectation in health

Science and Technology

The psychology of healing: placebo, nocebo, and expectation

Peter G. Killigang

Expectations shape physiology. The terms placebo and nocebo capture the positive and negative consequences of those expectations. A placebo effect occurs when a beneficial health change follows an inert treatment…

What ethical debates are emerging around AI-generated scientific results?

Science and Technology

Discussing the ethics of AI-driven scientific outcomes

Peter G. Killigang

Artificial intelligence systems are now being deployed to produce scientific outcomes, from shaping hypotheses and conducting data analyses to running simulations and crafting entire research papers. These tools can sift…

Science and Technology

Why the strategy for obesity is shifting

Peter G. Killigang

Obesity is increasingly recognized not as a simple result of willpower or a cosmetic issue, but as a complex, chronic health condition with biological, behavioral, social, and environmental drivers. That…

Burkina Faso: CSR initiatives supporting maternal health and safe water access

Social Responsibility

Maternal health and safe water: Burkina Faso’s CSR focus

Peter G. Killigang

Burkina Faso faces persistent public health challenges. Maternal mortality remains high by global standards, with recent estimates placing the maternal mortality ratio in the low hundreds per 100,000 live births…

Warsaw, in Poland: How startups expand across Central Europe efficiently

Investments and Business

What makes a startup fundable when exits are less predictable?

Peter G. Killigang

In periods when acquisitions slow and public markets remain volatile, the traditional startup narrative of rapid growth followed by a clear exit becomes less reliable. Investors adapt their criteria, and…

What role do managed futures play in modern diversification?

Investments and Business

Managed futures: a key to modern portfolio diversification?

Peter G. Killigang

Managed futures are investment strategies that trade futures contracts across global markets, including equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities. These strategies are typically run by professional managers using systematic, rules-based…