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Alternative Investment Fund Manager enso manages hydropower, the most efficient form of renewable energy. Investing in hydropower signifies investing in a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and social manner. Hydropower is a well-tried, sophisticated, and economically competitive technology. While the average life
Read MoreCFI.co Meets the CEO of enso GmbH: Dr Georg Kühhas
Dr Kühhas, can you tell us about the development of the economic environment for investors in hydropower? For quite some time now, we have been faced with rather low prices on the electricity market. As a result, short-term operative yields
Read MoreEnergy for the Masses: Raiders of the Lost Promise – The Holy Grail of Nuclear Fusion
All You Ever Wanted to Know about Stellarators and Tokamaks The vast amounts of energy released by splitting the atom has enabled scientists to produce both nuclear power and nuclear weapons, demonstrating that mankind’s amazing technical and creative ingenuity is
Read MoreGrant Thornton Hong Kong: M&A – Cultural Alignment for Successful Integration
Too often companies put together look great on paper but are fraught with management and structural problems that end up turning deals into busts. Acquiring companies often underestimate the problems that different corporate cultures can inflict on a merger. In fact,
Read MoreScience-Based Emissions Targets: A New Foundation for Corporate Climate Action
Corporate emissions-reduction targets have become commonplace. In 2014, 80% of companies that reported their emissions to CDP, an international NGO that holds the largest collection of corporate emissions data, also reported targets for cutting their emissions. These targets vary significantly
Read MoreCFI.co Meets the CEO of Rothschild & Cie Gestion: Jean-Louis Laurens
Displaying a strong preference for the pursuit of returns over long investment cycles, Rothschild & Cie Gestion, one of France’s leading conviction-based asset managers, offers institutional investors, independent financial advisors, and external distributors a full suite of services extending across
Read MoreRoss Jackson: Stemming the Flow of Refugees – An Holistic Approach
The unprecedented surge of refugees streaming into Europe is no doubt due to the ongoing wars in Syria and Iraq and the unstable situation in Libya. However, refugees were arriving in Europe long before these wars began. They will continue
Read MoreMichael Pettis: Money Is Not Created Out of Thin Air
A recurring conversation I have with clients concerns the ability of banks to create credit, and of governments to monetise debt, and whether this ability is the solution to or the cause of financial instability and economic crisis. Monetarists and structuralists
Read MorePatrick Awuah: Educating the Future Leaders of Africa
The prestigious and pioneering Ashesi University in Ghana is on a mission to educate a new generation of business leaders. Built on a hilltop in the countryside near Accra, the private-run institution has set out to develop critical thought and
Read MoreSpaceX: Making a Splash in Privatised Space Exploration
The United States government is outsourcing its business in space at an astronomical rate. Contracts worth billions of dollars are being awarded to private enterprise. This has caused a dynamic marketplace to emerge which supplies cost-effective solutions for NASA’s routine
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