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UAE’s COP28 Gathering Scores Some Initial Successes
White hydrogen and AI to the rescue…? Wim Romeijn reports. Beneath our feet, the Earth manufactures — and hides — a trove of clean energy. In Lorraine, a former coalmining region hugging the French-German border, a reservoir containing up to
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Asian Development Bank: Optimising Capital Management to Meet Challenges of Asia-Pacific Development
Multilateral development banks are turning their attention to the bolder action needed to help those who suffer most in crises. Capital management is a strategic priority for multilateral development banks (MDBs) — it underpins their lending capacity and development mandates.
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Political Upset in The Netherlands: Voters Turn to Firebrand Leader
In an election upset without precedent, Dutch voters on Wednesday chastised the ruling coalition of longtime prime minister Mark Rutte and handed the levers of power to political provocateur Geert Wilders whose Party for Freedom (PVV) unexpectedly secured 37 seats
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James Caan CBE, an Ambassador for the Transformational Power of AI Development, Welcomes the £500m Boost for AI Development in the Autumn Statement
AI has the power to be a game changer for the UK economy, and so I was incredibly relieved to see the Chancellor pledge £500 million into AI development in his Autumn Statement. It’s investment at a level that matches
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A Merger that Sparked a Revolution in India’s Modern Banking Universe
Despite its twists and turns, the harmonious merger between a fintech NBFC and an Infrastructure Bank turned into a massive success and an enduring example for future such mergers. India’s IDFC FIRST Bank started out with a vision: to build
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Nordea Asset Management: Uniting Investors to Confront Rising Menace of Methane
By Eric Pedersen, Head of Responsible Investments at Nordea Asset Management If the world has any chance of slowing the rate of global warming, methane emissions must be cut. This greenhouse gas is estimated to account for as much as
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SegurCaixa Adeslas Emphasises Value Creation as a Way to Endure Its Sustainable Growth Strategy
The Spanish insurance company stands out for the digitalization of its proceses that allows it to offer more accesible, personalised and convenient services. Throughout the world, the insurance industry responds to today’s major societal challenges, providing a tool to counteract
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From Beeb ‘Rescue’ to Champion of a Break-out Platform for Content Creators
Ben Lavender, the man once credited with ‘saving the BBC’, is now backing a disruptive online platform. The former founder of BBC iPlayer is helping to formulate a platform to help content creators get their work noticed — and financially
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Dollar Strains — Our Currency, Your Problem: Specialised Investment Research and Analysis from PGM Global Inc.
Unlike their DM counterparts, EM central banks have started to cut rates, in some cases aggressively, to offset weakening growth amid high inflation. The rate cuts and the weaker global growth outlook have hurt EM equities and local currency bonds.
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World Bank: The Digitalisation of Capital Markets Can Boost Bond Market Efficiencies
Since its creation in 1944, the World Bank has issued bonds to raise funds from private investors that have mobilised close to $1tn for sustainable development projects and programmes in middle-income countries. But while both the World Bank and the
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