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Age Diversity on Corporate Boards — is it a Case of Old Fogeys vs Upstarts?

Diversity and inclusion are topics of our time in discussions about corporate governance. There’s been significant progress in gender and racial diversity on boards, but age remains a relatively unexplored frontier. It’s an important issue, with regional variations, potential benefits,

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Norvestor: Seeing — and Seizing — the Full Potential of ESG

Private equity firm Norvestor has partnered with Nordic businesses for more than three decades. It has offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, and Luxembourg, and is one of the most active investors in the Nordic mid-cap private equity market. Sustainability

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EY: Argentina’s Need for Tax Reforms, and How They Could Be Achieved

The current Argentine macroeconomic situation is characterised by Covid-19 recession, inflation, record tax pressure, a reduction in tax revenues, poverty levels standing at 42 percent and rising, and government spending exceeding genuine financing possibilities. Sovereign debt refinancing is still under

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Co-op Legal Services: Opportunity and Optimism Abound in the Exciting Legal Services Sector

Co-op Legal Services, which is part of the Co-op Group, offers legal advice and services for estate planning, probate, family, employment and serious injury compensation and is a leading provider of digital legal services. CFI.co puts questions to managing director

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OECD: Business as Usual? Forget About That, and Prepare for Novel and Impactful Variations on a Theme

As we turn our attention towards the imperative of “building forward greener” post-pandemic, there can be no more business as usual. This was Sir Ronald Cohen’s message at the OECD Blended Finance & Impact Week in February. During his keynote

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PwC Africa: Africa’s Finance Leaders Take Steps to Ensure the Safety of Workers

As lockdown regulations are eased all over the world, business leaders are recognising that they have a critical role to play in the safety, health and stability of their employees and customers. While business leaders implement new policies and processes

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How Will the Pandemic Impact Pay Equity Within the Finance Industry?

The financial services industry is at a turning point. Though there is evidence to suggest that the global coronavirus pandemic could set back several years’ worth of hard-earned progress in closing the gender pay-gap in the sector, it has provided

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United Nations Leadership Launches Initiative Against Unregulated Small Arms Circulation

“The United Nations has sought to tackle the widespread availability of illicit small arms and ammunition from many angles: peace and security, gender equality, sustainable development, transnational crime, counter-terrorism and humanitarian action. United Nations peacekeepers often work on disarmament programmes

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Robert Azevêdo: Levelling the Playing Field

In times such as these, with rapidly escalating trade tensions and countries engaging in tit-for-tat spats that can – and do – spin out of control, the job of Roberto Azevêdo, director-general of the World Trade Organisation, becomes nearly impossible.

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EY: Argentina – Aspects of the Labour & Social Security Reform

A labour and social security reform bill has been recently sent to the Argentine Congress. In general, proposed amendments represent material changes to current regulations and introduce new concepts. Although the government has the support of the main labour unions,

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