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Shane Ian Murphy: Explain a Product Change in the Order a UK Customer Needs It. AI-Generated.
A product team can describe a release accurately and still leave its customers unsure what to do. The internal record may list components, completed tasks and new capabilities. A person using the service has a different set of questions. Will a familiar task change? Do they need to prepare? Can they continue using the old process while learning the new one?
By Shane Murphy19 days ago in Journal
BNP Paribas Expands Digital Proxy Voting Globally in Partnership with Proxymity
In an initiative set to reshape how shareholders exercise their rights across continents, BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business, one of the world’s largest global custodians, with USD 17.5 trillion in assets under custody as of June 30 2026, has officially expanded its partnership with digital investor communications platform Proxymity to deploy Vote Connect Global across EMEA and Asia Pacific. Announced on October 6, 2026, this follows a highly successful pilot launched just over a year ago in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. What began as a regional innovation is now a comprehensive global service designed to replace slow, opaque, paper‑heavy legacy processes with a unified, near‑real‑time digital ecosystem linking issuers, intermediaries, and investors directly.
By Mark Lim 19 days ago in Journal
Nomura Asset Management: Seizing Japan’s Moment From Underweight to Global Growth
For more than a generation, Japan was the market global investors could comfortably overlook. Decades of deflation, sluggish growth, and near-zero yields meant most international portfolios held far less Japanese exposure than economic fundamentals would suggest, a trend so entrenched it became standard practice. Today, that consensus is shifting dramatically, and Nomura Asset Management , the country’s largest investment manager with 128 trillion yen ($809 billion) in assets under management, is placing itself squarely at the centre of this renaissance. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Shoichi Ohkoshi, the firm is turning renewed interest into lasting global presence, redefining what a Japanese asset manager can be on the world stage.
By Mark Lim 19 days ago in Journal
Sephora’s "Hearts Not Hate": A Global Stand Against Appearance-Based Discrimination
At the Shangri-La Paris, during an evening of conversation, shared purpose, and collective resolve, Sephora officially launched Project Hearts Not Hate , its first global initiative dedicated to understanding, addressing, and ending appearance-based hate. Held in partnership with Vogue Business , the event marked far more than a campaign debut: it was a defining moment for one of the world’s largest beauty retailers, stepping forward not just to sell products, but to shape how people see, value, and respect one another.
By Mark Lim 19 days ago in Journal
Shane Murphy: Explaining the Next Stage of a Cambridge Business Project. AI-Generated.
I am Shane Ian Murphy, a former co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Limitless Mobile and cofounder of Dual Party Capital, and this is an affiliated founder’s perspective on the business I am helping develop. Our stated focus includes asset tokenisation, structured financing and investment discussions. Those subjects can attract attention very quickly. I think the more useful starting point is slower and more practical: what does the business need capital to accomplish, and what evidence would show that the money had done its job?
By Shane Murphy19 days ago in Journal
Shane Murphy: Giving a Cambridge Commercial Proposal a Clear Purpose. AI-Generated.
A proposal can contain many pages and still leave its reader unsure what is being requested. The asset is described, the company is introduced and the presentation looks finished, but the central question remains unstated. A purpose sentence is a small piece of writing with a demanding job: tell another person why they are receiving the proposal.
By Shane Murphy19 days ago in Journal
Shane Murphy: Connecting a UK Project Brief to Its Supporting Documents. AI-Generated.
A project presentation has a practical job: help another person understand the proposal well enough to ask the next useful question. A strong purpose matters, but the commercial story also needs a clear account of the project stage, the people responsible and the support being sought. Development support becomes easier to discuss when those elements are connected.
By Shane Murphy19 days ago in Journal
Shane Ian Murphy: Defining a Commercial Role for a Cambridge Project. AI-Generated.
I am Shane Ian Murphy, a former co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Limitless Mobile and cofounder of Dual Party Capital. I am writing as an affiliated founder about an approach I want the business to take in asset tokenisation, structured financing and investment discussions. One distinction deserves particular care: bringing two parties into contact does not, by itself, establish a mandate. The difference matters because an introduction and an ongoing commercial role create different expectations about work, authority, communication and responsibility.
By Shane Murphy19 days ago in Journal
Shane Ian Murphy: Mapping Dependencies in a Cambridge Energy Proposal. AI-Generated.
A renewable energy proposal often begins with an understandable purpose: provide power, support an activity or improve the reliability of supply. The purpose explains why the idea matters. An operating plan explains what would need to happen for the individual proposal to work. A useful project introduction gives the reader both accounts without treating an ambition as an established result.
By Shane Murphy19 days ago in Journal
Shane Murphy: Making a Supplier Promise Clear for a Bahamas Event. AI-Generated.
A promise becomes useful when the person receiving it can tell what it covers. “We will take care of everything” sounds reassuring, but it leaves the most important questions unanswered. What will arrive? When will it arrive? Who will notice if the arrangement changes? Trust has a practical side, and those ordinary details are part of it.
By Shane Murphy19 days ago in Journal
Shane Ian Murphy: Building Useful Business Relationships in Cambridge
I am Shane Ian Murphy, a former co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Limitless Mobile. In this personal business commentary, I want to examine a practical distinction: knowing someone and having a useful working relationship are different things. A contact list records names. A working relationship gives both people a clear understanding of what they can reasonably ask, contribute and expect.
By Shane Murphy19 days ago in Journal
Shane Murphy: Explaining a Failed Booking to a Cambridge Customer. AI-Generated.
I am Shane Ian Murphy, a former co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Limitless Mobile and the founder of Global Secure App. This is an affiliated founder's design note about how a service should explain a failed transaction. It sets out requirements I want to examine, rather than claiming that a particular process is already operating. The central question is simple: when the screen reports a problem, can the customer tell what happened to their instruction, their money and the task they were trying to finish?
By Shane Murphy19 days ago in Journal