ARA: REIT Pioneer Wins Recognition for its Transformative Efforts in Sustainability

Established in 2002, ARA Asset Management Limited (ARA) is a leading APAC real assets fund manager which manages real estate investment trusts (REITs), private real estate equity and credit funds, and infrastructure funds with a footprint in 28 countries globally,

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World Bank’s Vice President for Infrastructure: Now is the Time to Rethink Transport and Logistics

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on transport. The response to the pandemic, from social distancing to lockdown policies for affected areas, has disrupted mobility and connectivity everywhere. It has had cumulative impacts on the basic infrastructure and systems that

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António Guterres: SDG Champion

“The global coronavirus pandemic, which has already caused unimaginable devastation and hardship, has brought our way of life to an almost complete halt,” he said. “The outbreak will have profound and lasting economic and social consequences in every corner of

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The Book That Trump Rewrote

The lesson learnt from the 2020 US election is that 2016 was not a fluke. The surprise triumph of Donald Trump four years ago did not represent a momentary lapse of reason, but rather signalled the demise of the traditional

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Oops, He Did It Again?

Oops, he did it again. The choir of commentators that almost unanimously predicted a Biden landslide has been caught singing from the wrong hymn sheet. Though the outcome of yesterday’s US vote is still very much up in the air,

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US Investment Analysts Have Moved On from Trump

Wall Street doesn’t believe in miracles. In anticipation of a ‘blue wave’, US investors pushed the blue-chip S&P 500 up as the nation decides on the next occupant of the White House. With some 100 million votes already cast, pundits

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Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: The Board Perspective on ESG

Sustainability is a moving target. Though we might want uniformity, unanimity, and harmonisation — of standards, disclosures, and data points — there is mostly disorder. The signal of value is strong enough to hold our interest, but all the surrounding

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Toronto Finance International: Toronto Takes Its Place at the Head Table of North American Finance

Toronto is North America’s second-largest financial centre, and is fast becoming a destination of choice for companies looking to establish a presence in North America. The city is well positioned to capitalise on its world-class talent in financial services and

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FCI: Factoring Has the Wind in Its Sails — and a Long and Successful History Behind It

There is nothing complex about factoring. It is simply a unique blend of services designed to ease the traditional problems of selling on open account terms. Factoring is based on the idea of selling or assigning a business’s outstanding receivables

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Alpha MOS: Improving Human Life

Alpha MOS, a world leader in the design and development of instruments for sensory analysis, has gone through significant changes in the last few years. The company’s CEO, Pierre Sbabo, explains how an aggressive strategy to expand the business is

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