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Biggest Commodity Price Shock in 50 Years is Here
In addition to death and destruction in Ukraine, the Russian invasion brought several significant shocks to the global economy. The geopolitical consequences of the war reinforce the downward trend in trade globalisation and financial integration, with fresh rounds of disruption
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Tamsin Lejeune: Saving the World in Style
Tamsin Lejeune, founder and CEO of the Ethical Fashion Forum and Common Objective, is uniting a global community behind a mission to make fashion more sustainable. Lejeune worked as an architect before striking out in the fashion industry. She grew
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WEF 2022: The World Is No Longer Flat
This week, a colourful cabal of cognoscenti gathered in Davos to offer diverse takes on the world’s most pressing issues. With climate change, war, pestilence, and a host of lesser plagues assailing the global village, there is not a dearth
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Paolo Sironi, IBM: 2022 Global Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets
In the third year of a global pandemic, the financial services industry appears to be acclimating to a new reality. Many temporary measures put in place are now poised to become permanent, and a new industry structure is emerging. While
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How Do You Define the Metaverse?
Bashar Kilani, managing director at Dubai-based Accenture, gives CFI.co readers the low-down on the hi-tech trends that enable organisations to build a digital core. Significant cultural shifts tend to start in a place — such as Renaissance Florence, Vienna in
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GoldenTree’s Steven Tananbaum – Governance and Experience: Winning Combination for Any Investment Firm
Asset management firm GoldenTree understands that — and its governance structure has been key to two decades of sustained success. GoldenTree, founded in 2000 by Steven Tananbaum, is one of the largest independent asset managers focused on credit. The employee-owned
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Setting the Standard for Sustainability and Advancing the ESG Agenda
AccountAbility is an expert Sustainability / ESG consulting and standards firm that provides objective counsel to CEOs and boards on how to improve their business performance. The firm has a centred purpose – to innovate and advance the global Sustainability
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Kickstart Seed Fund: From Recession to Co-operation
Kickstart Seed Fund was founded in 2008. Yes, 2008 — and despite the recession, the company closed its first fund of $8m. The seed-stage venture capital firm is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and, as the name implies, its
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Gavin Christensen: Shared Values at Kickstart Management
Seed-stage venture capital firm Kickstart, founded by Gavin Christensen, started life in the 2008 recession — and has to date raised more than $345m in follow-on capital. It boasts a portfolio of 100+ active companies, has $148m in capital under
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Infinity Asset Management Diversity and Strategy: Two Key Factors That Have Driven the Infinity Group to Success
It was 25 years ago, in São Paulo, Brazil, that Infinity Asset Management, and the Infinity Group, started as a brokerage firm. It became a licensed fund manager and investment company in 1999, and today prides itself on its tailor-made
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