Emergence of Sustainable Finance Sustainable finance refers to the process of taking due account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations when making investment decisions. In short, it revolves around the reorientation of capital flows...
The prospect of longer and warmer days in the Northern Hemisphere heralds the return of less favourable conditions for COVID-19 but instead we seem already to have entered a third wave of infections in Europe,...
News Corp and Facebook have come to an agreement three weeks after the Australian government approved laws to make the digital platforms pay for news. The media company had already made a similar deal with...
One of the biggest permanent changes coming out of the Pandemic is that businesses have invested in technologies that have long been available, but that hadn’t been deployed because there was no visible need to...
Equities have more stable footing today, despite yesterday’s losses in the US, as the relative stability in the bond markets bolster risk-appetites. Led by a 2.7% rally in Hong Kong, which matches its largest advance...
From reviving WTO’s dispute settlement process to policing China, the new director-general has her task cut out. A lot of her success would depend on how she deals with the growing mistrust among prominent members....
Around one in 10 people on the bloc’s labor market have got work through digital platforms, such as Uber or Deliveroo, but many miss out on workers rights. The European Commission on Wednesday launched a...
Rising rates continue to spur a rotation and retreat in stocks. Yesterday the NASDAQ sold-off by nearly 2.5% while the Dow Industrials eked out a minor gain. Equities are mostly higher in the Asia Pacific...
Two jet engine explosions in one day point to potential dangers looming underneath the wings of aircraft. But Andreas Spaeth says planes must be capable of withstanding such damage. The long fan blades are made...
The year 2020 has been one of the most devastating years in recent memory. We continue to endure a pandemic, which not only has had global economic and geopolitical effects, but also has more devastatingly...
The European Commission sees a healthy dose of growth from this summer on, but some member states have seen their economic forecasts slashed. The European Commission announced their cautiously optimistic interim economic forecasts on Thursday, predicting a...
Despite a soft close in US indices yesterday, global shares are on the march again today. Led by China and Hong Kong, most large markets in the Asia Pacific region advanced today. Officials gave approval...
