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Do Joint Bank Accounts Increase the Risk of Financial Abuse?

09/04/2025 No Comments

JP Morgan’s Chase retail banking division offers good insights into the pros and cons of joint bank accounts. Among the cons of a joint bank …

How Strong Will the South African Rand (ZAR) be in 2025?

21/03/2025 No Comments

The South African Rand (ZAR) had a strong start to the year, but it will ...

How Elon Musk Disrupted the Social Security Administration

04/03/2025 No Comments

Elon Musk’s recent claim that 150-year-old “vampires” were receiving social security benefits raised concerns about ...

As Pandas Thrive, Is Panda Diplomacy Dying Out?

28/02/2025 No Comments

Since 1949, the establishment of the PRC (People’s Republic of China), giant pandas have been ...

Energy transition needs corporate law overhaul to serve stakeholders, not shareholders

July 29, 2022

Outdated corporate laws drawn up to protect the interests of shareholders need a revamp to tackle twenty-first century climate concerns.

Are the UK’s green bonds ESG friendly?

July 22, 2022

Is the UK Government ready to quickly transition towards the renewable energy sector?

Putin shows Japan the time has come to scale up in renewable energy

May 20, 2022

The reconfiguring of global energy supplies triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine gives Japan an opportunity to scale up in renewable energy.

Carbon credits past sell-by date show it’s time for corporate net-zero rethink

March 30, 2022

The use of “vintage” carbon credits which may be years old as a way to offset current carbon emissions shows its time for corporate citizens to get real on helping to create a net zero world, experts say.

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Saudi Arabia lures investors with green energy Vision

March 24, 2022

Africa Sustainability ESG

DRC responsible cobalt initiative needs breakthrough on mine access

January 18, 2022

Trying to avoid buying DRC cobalt makes little sense in purely financial terms. The DRC’s predominant role in global supply means that buyers will need to pay a premium to avoid it entirely. There is no green world without DRC cobalt

Banking News Sustainability ESG

Why is Deutsche Bank focusing on ESG?

December 29, 2021

Only a few months ago Deutsche Bank became entangled in a story about ‘greenwashing’.

Events Sustainability ESG

HSBC talk sustainability at Reuters’ Future of Money Event

December 10, 2021

Kelly Fisher from HSBC Bank USA spoke to the Reuters' Future of Money event about what her bank is doing to improve its ESG credentials.

Africa Sustainability ESG

Rwanda aims to become the Luxembourg of Africa for green finance

December 3, 2021

Africa urgently needs a new international finance centre, according to a survey of African decision-makers by Rwanda Finance, the agency mandated to develop the KIFC, and Africa Legal

Digital Assets Sustainability ESG Technology

Tailored Investing with ALLINDEX

November 30, 2021

This is a trend that Swiss FinTech company ALLINDEX is looking to capitalise on. They are aiming to “democratise customised investments” – allowing individual investors to build customized indexes in a self-service fashion in order to reflect their own ambitions and beliefs.

Asia Sustainability ESG Technology

Guangzhou: The Beating Heart of China’s Electric Vehicles Push

October 20, 2021

The development of electric vehicles can almost be read as a case-study in the success of the Chinese economy since the late seventies: an example of the long-term economic planning, and shrewd government investment, that has allowed the private sector to flourish – albeit under the iron fist of the state.

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Moody’s: G20 financial institutions face $22 trillion of exposure to carbon-intensive sectors

September 29, 2021

This week Moody’s Investors Service has published new data showing that G20 financial institutions have nearly $22 trillion of exposure to carbon-intensive sectors.

Sustainability ESG

What can banks do to help combat climate change?

August 12, 2021

What is needed, then, is a genuine green finance revolution. Investing in green debt, for example, would have a much greater long-term impact than directing capital to the same conventional companies who are simply claiming to have strengthened their dedication to ESG.

Asia Sustainability ESG

What is changing the Japanese approach to ESG?

August 4, 2021

Economic stagnancy has also reduced the ability (or desire) of companies to invest in green alternatives. Japanese companies have long been wary of investing and prefer to sit on piles of cash, reducing both innovation and the amount of investment that is pumped into green transformation.

Banking Europe Sustainability ESG

Good results for Amundi is good news for Europe

July 30, 2021

Today’s news by Amundi shows a strong result so far in 2021. Some of the takeaways of the financial statements for the second quarter of 2021 were summarized by their CEO, Valérie Baudson, who spoke about their Medium-Long-Term (MLT) Assets amongst other things:

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Russian Northern Sea Route opening raises dangers of Arctic environment disaster

July 22, 2021

In May 2020 one of Russia’s worst ecological disasters occurred when a fuel tank owned by a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel ruptured, dumping more than 20,000 tons of diesel oil into the Ambarnaya river in the Russian Arctic.

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