“There is a splinter of ice in the heart of a writer”, wrote Graham Greene. Watch Capote, and it’s hard to disagree. Bennett Miller’s forensic biopic serves up such a chilling portrait of Truman Capote, as he researches and writes In Cold Blood, that it’s never clear whether the title of the groundbreaking ‘non-fiction novel’ […]
May
16
12 Reasons Why Investment Writing is NOTHING LIKE Game of Thrones
posted by Duncan Black
If you’ve even glanced at a financial-news site during the past month, you’ll be well aware that Game of Thrones, HBO’s turbo-sadistic version of Downton Abbey, is back on our screens – every episode generates a startling amount of internet coverage. And that’s not all: these stories are flanked by sidebar and footer links with […]
May
05
Copylab Meets: Anne-Marie McConnon, Head of Marketing EMEA at BNY Mellon Investment Management
posted by Niels Footman
Anne-Marie McConnon has seen some changes in her time. In more than eight years as a leader in investment marketing at M&G and then BNY Mellon Investment Management, Anne-Marie has overseen rebrands, implemented digital strategies, and headed brand-awareness campaigns across Europe and the Middle East – while also finding time to help launch the massively […]
May
04
Encouraging Diversity in University – Highlights of the 30% Club’s Seminar
posted by Susannah Green
As part of Copylab’s work with the 30% Club, we sent our intrepid reporter Susannah Green to cover the club’s recent seminar on higher education and leadership. Here’s what she found: On 21 April, for the first time, the 30% Club brought together leading lights from the UK’s corporate and higher-education worlds to debate ideas […]
April
27
Filmlab: Best Movies about Writing – Barton Fink
posted by Copylab
The best cure for writer’s block is sometimes just writing. Look at Joel and Ethan Coen. Stuck trying to figure out the complex plot machinations of their convoluted gangster film Miller’s Crossing, the brothers took a break for a month to clear their heads and ended up banging out the script for Barton Fink, their surrealist […]
April
21
10 Tips For How Finance Marketers Can Navigate Compliance
posted by Carmen Reid
If you work in financial marketing, you really should be best buddies with the people in compliance. Both departments have the same goal: to create literature that will promote the business, engage the customer, sell the product and comply with strict guidelines. So why, when marketing and compliance get together, does it feel like battle lines […]
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How To Save Your Fund Managers’ Time (And Other Major Benefits of an Investment Writing Team)
posted by Katy Gardner
There are few things in the investment world more important than crisp, timely writing. When the going’s rough, the arrival of insightful and dispassionately written commentary (with all the apostrophes and hyphens precisely where they should be) can provide just the tonic an edgy investor needs to reassure her. Conversely, when times are good, tight, […]