Οι νομάδες της μετα-πρώιμης ψηφιακής εποχής ΛΟΥΗΣ ΛΟΪΖΟΥ Πρόεδρος του Ελληνικού Δικτύου Τεχνολογίας Διανύουμε την πρώιμη φάση της ψηφιακής εποχής, η οποία χαρακτηρίζεται από την άνθιση του ψηφιακού εμπορίου, τη μαζική χρήση των έξυπνων συσκευών και την καθιέρωση των μέσων κοινωνικής δικτύωσης. Ξεκίνησε το 1990...
Continuing the heritage since 1994, the Hellenic Bankers Association (HBA-UK) connects both Greece and Cyprus to the City of London, while contributing to the development of ‘brain gain’. Since 2018, we brought together more than 3,500 professionals by implementing 30+ initiatives; a notable one is...
Agreement between the Cyprus Stock Exchange and Harneys Loizou Armila Shearman Consortium – as the consultant – for the privatization of the CSE. The Council of the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) announced on the 6th of April 2020 that it has signed an agreement with...
The world in 2022 is far away from the Huxleyan dystopia, but is getting closer to the artificial intelligence divide. Can laggards play catchup? Το χάσμα της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης και το «κυπριακό πείραμα» Λούης Λοΐζου Συνιδρυτής και πρόεδρος του Ελληνικού Δικτύου Τεχνολογίας #hellenictech Ένας «θαυμαστός...
Big-bang disruptions don’t follow the usual pattern of customer adoption famously described by Everett Rogers. According to his model, new products sequentially gain popularity with five market segments. In the big-bang model, new products are perfected with a few trial users and then are embraced...
Loizou & Co and MAP Innovation have been appointed as the consultants of CCCI for the provision of crowdfunding campaign services for Cypriot startups and small and medium-sized enterprises The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) appointed Loizou & Co and MAP Innovation to...
According to Louis Loizou partner of Loizou & Co, the success of crowdfunding presupposes the development of the local investment community The connection of the Cypriot ecosystem of start-ups with Greece is an important ingredient The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), in collaboration...
Σύμφωνα με τον Λούη Λοϊζου της Loizou & Co, η συμμετοχική χρηματοδότηση (crowdfunding) προϋποθέτει την ανάπτυξη της τοπικής επενδυτικής κοινότητας Απαραίτητη η σύνδεση του κυπριακού οικοσυστήματος νεοφυών εταιρειών με την Ελλάδα Το ΚΕΒΕ, σε συνεργασία με την Loizou & Co και τη MAP Innovation, διοργάνωσαν...
Loizou & Co και MAP Innovation οι σύμβουλοι του ΚΕΒΕ για την παροχή υπηρεσιών εκστρατείας crowdfunding για κυπριακά startups και μικρομεσαίες επιχειρήσεις Το Κυπριακό Εμπορικό και Βιομηχανικό Επιμελητήριο (ΚΕΒΕ) ανέθεσε στις εταιρείες Loizou & Co and MAP Innovation την ανάπτυξη εκστρατείας συμμετοχικής χρηματοδότησης crowdfunding για...
In collaboration with The Hellenic Initiative (THI), The National Herald and THI have begun a partnership to introduce the NEXTGEN of Greek/Cypriot ‘movers and shakers’ to the rest of our Diaspora community around the world. Established to inform its readers about all things related to...
The Kalifa Review of UK Fintech has been warmly welcomed by the industry. As the UK looks to forge its path in the world, the Government should safeguard the global leading position of the UK fintech sector. The Kalifa Review of UK Fintech was published...
Αλλαγή παιχνιδιού Η νέα οικονομία, το σύνολο δηλαδή των οικονομικών δραστηριοτήτων που εκτελούνται μέσω του ψηφιακού επικοινωνιακού συστήματος, εκτείνεται πέραν των επτά δισεκατομμυρίων έξυπνων συσκευών σε όλον τον κόσμο. Μέσω αυτού του συστήματος επικοινωνούν αμφίδρομα μεταξύ τους καταναλωτές και επιχειρήσεις, καθώς επίσης επιχειρήσεις με άλλες...
Ancoria Bank has selected the London-based firms Loizou & Co and Armila Capital to recommend a series of strategic initiatives, lead its capital raising process and consider potential investment opportunities that will drive its growth within the Cypriot banking sector and abroad. Due to its...
Η Ancoria Bank ανέθεσε στις εταιρείες Loizou & Co and Armila Capital, με έδρα το Λονδίνο, την ανάπτυξη ενός στρατηγικού πλάνου δράσεων με στόχο την αύξηση κεφαλαίων και την επιλογή επενδύσεων, που θα ενισχύσουν την ανοδική πορεία της τράπεζας εντός και εκτός της κυπριακής αγοράς....
The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), in collaboration with Loizou & Co and MAP Innovation, organizes a series of webinars on the development and implementation of a successful crowdfunding campaign as follows: Tuesday, January 26 “Preparing a Crowdfunding Campaign” Wednesday 3 February “Good...
Το Κυπριακό Εμπορικό και Βιομηχανικό Επιμελητήριο (ΚΕΒΕ), σε συνεργασία με την Loizou & Co και τη MAP Innovation, διοργανώνει μια σειρά διαδικτυακών σεμιναρίων με θέμα την ανάπτυξη και υλοποίηση μιας πετυχημένης εκστρατείας συμμετοχικής χρηματοδότησης ως εξής: • Τρίτη 26 Ιανουαρίου «Προετοιμάζοντας μια Εκστρατεία Συμμετοχικής Χρηματοδότησης»...
The topic of industry disruption is rife with misconceptions. To help business leaders better understand the landscape, this index measures an industry’s current level of disruption as well as its susceptibility to future disruption. It positions 20 industry sectors — and 98 segments within those...
Annual P/E ratios for disruptive companies are far higher than historical levels, leading analysts to believe their shares were overpriced. Yet the extraordinary performance of disruptive companies in the market suggests that their shares were persistently underpriced. The stacks of M&A literature are littered with...
“Get big fast” has been a start-up mantra since the 1990s. Many VCs try to grow their companies quickly in order to raise as much capital as possible; having a cash hoard, the thinking goes, gives a start-up greater flexibility and more power to fend...
If $50/barrel oil becomes the new normal, countries with large populations, low reserves, and an overdependence on oil could become severely stressed. Chart shows population (log scale) and years to deplete oil reserves and sovereign wealth funds. Deficit is calculated using $50/barrel against a country’s...
Launching a new enterprise—whether it’s a tech start-up, a small business, or an initiative within a large corporation—has always been a hit-or-miss proposition. According to the decades-old formula, you write a business plan, pitch it to investors, assemble a team, introduce a product, and start...
Diderot’s Encyclopedie, best known as an eighteenth-century repository of Enlightenment principles, might also serve as an interesting lens into what makes economies grow. The Encylcopedie was a project spearheaded by Denis Diderot, published in 28 volumes between 1751 and 1772. It aimed to gather all the knowledge in...
Juan Díaz-faes for HBR Alice, an outstanding 24-year-old engineer working for a top technology company, wants to launch her own startup within the next five years, but she doesn’t yet have a venture concept. What knowledge and skills does Alice need to lead a technology...
When I first became a CEO, at age 33, I read everything I could find about legendary business leaders and the companies they created. I was trying to discover the secret to building an innovative organization that would empower employees, deliver on our bold mission...
What defines success for a business? For most of the last century, it was profits. The leading enterprises of the world were ones that fashioned a profitable business model and leveraged it over time. Profitability as the key measure of business success was akin to...
Μη Εξυπηρετούμενες Χορηγήσεις (ΜΕΧ): Το βαρίδι της οικονομίας και το τίμημα της στασιμότητας Το βαρίδι της οικονομίας Οι Μη Εξυπηρετούμενες Χορηγήσεις (ΜΕΧ) αποτελούν ένα από τα κατάλοιπα της κρίσης του 2013. Κορυφώθηκαν το δεύτερο εξάμηνο του 2014 σε 28,1 δισ. ευρώ ή 48,5% του συνολικού...
Στα πλαίσια της εκπομπής Κύπριοι του Κόσμου του Ραδιοφωνικού Ιδρύματος Κύπρου (ΡΙΚ), “φιλοξενήθηκε” το ένθετο “Έκθεση φωτογραφίας με θέμα την κλιματική αλλαγή” της βραβευμένης Κύπριας Φωτογράφου Μαρίνας Αντωνίου που πραγματοποιήθηκε την Πέμπτη 6 Φεβρουαρίου 2020 στο Ελληνικό Κέντρο του Λονδίνου. Την εκδήλωση τίμησαν με...
LOUIS LOIZOU “… having been introduced to the New Leaders, I see it is a great opportunity to mobilize the young generation…” Investment Banker Louis Loizou has been in London for 19 years, beginning his career there after studies in econometrics, mathematics, and finance...
ΤΟ BREXIT ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΕΣΩ ΔΥΟ ΚΥΠΡΙΟΙ ΠΟΥ ΖΟΥΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΓΑΖΟΝΤΑΙ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΒΡΕΤΑΝΙΑ ΑΝΑΛΥΟΥΝ ΤΟ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΟ ΤΗΣ ΜΕΛΛΟΝ Το Brexit με το οποίο ασχολείται ολόκληρη η υφήλιος εδώ και περισσότερο από τρία χρόνια, είναι ολοένα και πιο κοντά στην υλοποίηση. Μάλιστα, οι τελευταίες εξελίξεις...
The Eastmed-London investment summit: Cyprus- Greece -Islael: Propelling a Partnership for growth At The Economist’s EastMed London Investment Summit, at the London Stock Exchange, in December 2019, Louis Loizou, partner at Loizou&Co and Chairman of the Hellenic Bankers Association-UK suggested moving towards...
From a recent live discussion on TV, together with Nicos Nicolaou, Head of International Relations at CYTA. It was hosted by acclaimed journalist Paris Potamitis during his daily show “Apo Mera se Mera”, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. We discussed a series of topics relevant to the...
Loizou & Co participated in the LSESU London Investment Banking Conference (LIBC) which took place on Saturday the 27th of October 2018 at the Barbican Centre. The conference was organised by the London School of Economics Students’ Union (LSESU). The LIBC 2018 is EMEA’s largest...
The Economist Events presented their 3rd annual event, entitled “Cyprus: Interweaving extroversion with aspiration”, which took place at the London Stock Exchange on the 5th of December 2018. Cyprus has made significant progress towards improving its business environment, restoring the competitiveness of its economy and...
EXIT FROM THE CITY IS MANAGEABLE WE ASKED SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY OF LONDON TO GIVE US INSIGHT INTO EUROPE’S BIGGEST FINANCIAL CENTRE AMIDST UNCERTAINTY OVER THE TERMS OF BRITAIN’S EXIT FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION. WE SPOKE TO LOUIS LOIZOU, PARTNER AT LOIZOU...
It’s widely believed that the most successful entrepreneurs are young. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg were in their early twenties when they launched what would become world-changing companies. Do these famous cases reflect a generalizable pattern? VC and media accounts seem to suggest so. When...
ΕΛΕΓΧOΜΕΝΗ Η EΞΟΔΟΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ CITY ΖΗΤΗΣΑΜΕ ΑΠΟ ΕΝΑ ΑΤΟΜΟ ΠΟΥ ΖΕΙ ΤΟ CITY ΤΟΥ ΛΟΝΔΙΝΟΥ ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΑ, ΝΑ ΜΑΣ ΔΩΣΕΙ ΜΙΑ ΕΙΚΟΝΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΕΝΔΟΤΕΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΥΤΕΡΟΥ ΧΡΗΜΑΤΟΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΟΥ ΚΕΝΤΡΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΥΡΩΠΗ, ΕΝ ΜΕΣΩ ΤΗΣ ΑΒΕΒΑΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΚΡΑΤΕΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΤΩΝ ΕΚΚΡΕΜΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΠΟΥ ΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΝ ΓΥΡΩ ΑΠΟ...
EXIT FROM THE CITY IS MANAGEABLE WE ASKED SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY OF LONDON TO GIVE US INSIGHT INTO EUROPE’S BIGGEST FINANCIAL CENTRE AMIDST UNCERTAINTY OVER THE TERMS OF BRITAIN’S EXIT FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION. WE SPOKE TO LOUIS LOIZOU, PARTNER AT LOIZOU...
The pace of technological change means that today’s most innovative thinkers are in high demand. They’re also more accessible than ever, thanks to the internet. And when tricky questions arise for big companies, tapping into the hive mind by crowdsourcing solutions is one way to arrive at...
Background A project presented to the Economics Department of the London School of Economics in May 2003 in fulfilment of the requirements for the course of Quantitative Economics Project. Abstract This project presents an empirical study of Internet access demand in Europe. It considers more...