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Sustainable Finance & Demystifying sustainability reporting frameworks

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...

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Covid-19: Vaccination is a game-changer but not yet a game-winner

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,...

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Complexities in bringing up children

Age of three; sometimes even less, toddlers totter in uniform, with water bottles dangling around their necks, a triangular piece of handkerchief hanging from a safety pin on the uniform, walking along merrily holding onto...

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Are Those Double Tops in the Euro and Sterling?

US benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose for the seventh consecutive week.  Such a streak was seen at the start of 2018 and late Q1/Q2 2009 and 2004, but none longer.  The US dollar was mostly firmer,...

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Australia: Facebook to pay Murdoch’s News Corp for content

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...

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Bypassing censorship with VPNs ― is that really safe?

Virtual Private Networks are a quick emergency solution when regimes block critical websites. With VPNs, you can still access the free internet through a tunnel. But can you trust the provider? More and more countries...

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BIA Approach – Process, Preparation, Know your Stakeholders

Business Impact Analysis is a tool that has a laid-out approach depending upon different criteria like financial and operational impact, employee impact, identification of critical processes and relevant activities, etc. This means whichever approach you...

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Has VW cracked the code to overtake Tesla?

Tesla has revolutionized the auto industry, building cars for the future even as legacy carmakers could barely take their eyes off the rearview mirror. But now Tesla’s days as the leader of the EV pack...

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Mutual Funds & Terms associated with it

Previously we had covered the types of Mutual Funds, now let us take a look at some important terms you will come across when investing in Mutual Funds. Assets Under Management (AUM) Assets under management...

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Insurance & Life: How much life insurance coverage should one have?

Recently, one of my young friends died due to cancer. Arun was just 35 and was working for a software company in Bangalore. He is survived by his homemaker wife Aarthy aged 30 and 2...

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Signs Are Everywhere: Businesses Have Changed Permanently as a Result of the Pandemic

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...

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Zoom vs. handshake battle to impact business air travel’s fate

Many experts are convinced business travelers won’t fly as much as they did before the pandemic. But others say these people might be underestimating the power of a handshake. Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates...