Bloomberg - Mahony Partners

Jan

2014

PIMCO: The End of an Era

Financial Services, Taking & Managing Risk

The surprise resignation of PIMCO’s Mohamed El-Erian rocked the investment world. Such an abrupt leadership change is almost unknown among investment firms, and with El-Erian's sky-high public profile his departure was even more newsworthy. The change signals a big shift for PIMCO and a greater focus on restoring its performance after a poor few years. But it also marks the end of the full-o... Read More

Jun

2013

What the Dog Heard (About PR Measurement)

Marketing Strategy

After the dog woke up last night at 4am for some unknown reason I was unable to fall back to sleep, so naturally I thought about a proposal I’d been working on, particularly the client’s request for a methodology for measuring the impact of their communications program. (more…) Read More

May

2013

The Many Ironies of Bloomberg’s Terminal-Peeping

Crisis, Media

The Bloomberg terminal-peeping scandal is rich in irony. It has launched a media feeding-frenzy that could run for a while - and prove difficult for the company to manage. (more…) Read More

Dec

2012

Hank Greenberg Just Won’t Go Away

Crisis, Financial Services, Media

We suffering taxpayers were treated to some rare good news this week, when the U.S. Treasury sold the last of its holdings in AIG, earning a cool $23 billion profit. Not bad for a risky corporate turnaround. But there to rain on the parade was Hank Greenberg, the former CEO of the insurance giant, who has spent the past four years on a one-man crusade to turn bac... Read More