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KAAPA partners with Elixirr to drive enterprise transformation and unlock future growth

22 October 2025

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More than a shirt: How merchandise became the cultural engine of modern sport

Merchandise has long been a core component of revenue generation for sports organisations. Shirts, scarves and hats have filled club shops for decades, giving fans a tangible way to show…

25 July 2025

Sports

Articles

Powering progress: How cloud & AI are reshaping regional banking 

Regional banks have always been close to their communities, but now they need to be just as close to innovation.  Legacy systems, shifting expectations and rising cost pressures are creating…

23 July 2025

Financial Services

Retail & Corporate Banking

AI & Machine Learning

Articles

Redesigning match day for a match week economy

For decades, match day was the heartbeat of a club’s income. Tickets, pies, pints, programmes – all sold in a tight window between turnstiles opening and final whistles blowing. Sport…

18 July 2025

Sports

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Banking on tomorrow: Why regional banks need a digital-first strategy

The future of banking demands a deeper understanding of the next generation of customers: Personal, hyper-connected and continuously evolving. Banks have a distinct advantage in this new landscape, but only…

16 July 2025

Financial Services

Retail & Corporate Banking

Digital Strategy

Articles

Navigating risk and growth in pursuit of financial inclusion in developing nations

In emerging markets, digital banks like TymeBank have shown what’s possible with scalable onboarding. In just under six years, TymeBank reached 10.7 million customers by December 2024, growing from 8.5…

14 July 2025

Financial Services

Articles

The media rights shake-up: A new arena for ambitious sports

It would be amiss to discuss traditional revenue streams in the modern sporting landscape without beginning with the true backbone of the industry: media rights. In 2023 alone, the global…

04 July 2025

Sports

Articles

AI will not save you

When it comes to AI investment – it’s no longer a differentiator, it’s a given. Every firm in the market is placing bets on AI, signing contracts, launching pilots and…

03 July 2025

Technology

AI & Machine Learning

Articles

Traditional revenue: Can we make the past work for the future?

Continuing our series We started by exploring the growing opportunity of sport as an asset class and all the ways it’s penetrating the market. We now want to take a…

26 June 2025

Sports

Articles

The inexorable rise of Third-Party Management (TPM) in financial institutions

Introduction As financial institutions increasingly evolve into a complex network of internal teams and external partners, the holistic management of third parties, encompassing value generation and risk management, is now…

26 June 2025

Financial Services

Articles

Summer 2025: IQ Insigniam Quarterly®

We’re thrilled to share the Summer 2025 issue of IQ Insigniam Quarterly®, an award-winning digital thought leadership magazine by executives, for executives, published by Insigniam, an Elixirr company.  Traditional strategic planning…

26 June 2025

Technology

Articles

Why so many M&A deals miss the mark 

Despite the promise of scale, synergy and market expansion, the failure rate of an M&A deal falls in the range of 70-90%*, and many deals fail to deliver on their…

24 June 2025

Financial Services

Retail & Corporate Banking

Mergers & Acquisitions

Articles

From crisis to coverage: Winning the war on under-insurance

With unprecedented risks unfolding in a new age of digital transformation and a climate changed world, it’s the unknown coupled with demands for hyper-personalisation that is resulting in growing protection…

19 June 2025

Insurance

Articles

What’s shaping financial services right now?

The financial services landscape is undergoing a transformation – driven by changing customer behaviours, technological advances and evolving strategic priorities. While some challenges are constants, others are rapidly emerging. In…

17 June 2025

Financial Services

Retail & Corporate Banking

Articles

AI in oil & gas: Five strategic shifts every leader should be thinking about

AI isn’t coming to the oil and gas industry – it’s already here. From predictive maintenance to generative ESG reporting, applications are multiplying. The pressure to act is mounting. This…

12 June 2025

Oil & Gas

AI & Machine Learning

Articles

Breakthrough or bust: Why biopharma can’t afford to transform slowly

Why now? In 2025, biopharma is caught in a squeeze. R&D costs are soaring. Timelines are slipping. Regulatory reform is tightening margins. Add the expiry of blockbuster patents and a…

06 June 2025

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

Articles

Harnessing AI in private market investing

In the second episode of The Enterprise AI Playbook: How Leaders Drive AI Transformation, Adam Hofmann, Generative AI Practice Lead, speaks with Scott Kraemer, Head of Markets in the US from…

29 May 2025

Technology

AI & Machine Learning

Articles

From icons to investors: How celebrity ownership is turning clubs into cultural brands

Sport has always attracted celebrity. But today, celebrity is owning sport and redefining what it means to run a club. From Hollywood actors and global athletes to musicians and media…

20 May 2025

Sports

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Power, prestige and the playbook: How sovereign wealth funds are rewriting the global sports order

The professionalisation of sport has taken many forms – from the structural logic of multi-club ownership to the financial discipline of private equity. But perhaps the most powerful force reshaping…

13 May 2025

Sports

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