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Lord Waverley on Digital Transactions: Well Worth the Paper They Aren’t Written On
Trading across borders is a notoriously complex process, highly dependent on paper documents — despite decades-long efforts to digitalise. A cross-border transaction involves multiple actors and, on average, the exchange of 27 documents. All of this makes trade expensive, slow,
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UAE’s Economic Progress to Extend Beyond Post-Oil Era
Nearly seven years ago, President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan provided a glimpse of what the future holds for the UAE. “In 50 years, when we might have the last barrel of oil, the question is: When
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Dawn of a New Age in Data Control: Oasis Gives Power to the People
By HEATHER LEAH SMITH Dawn Song and the Oasis team are striving to bring about a better internet by giving users control over their own data. Users sign away the rights to their data without ever reading the fine print.
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ARCA Fondi SGR: Another Year, Another Profit Record
ARCA Fondi SGR has won recognition — and financial rewards — with go-ahead strategies, transparency, and a focus on client needs. Italian asset management specialist ARCA Fondi SGR has become a leading light in the sector thanks to collaborative innovation,
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OECD: Only Scale and Development Impact Will Help Us Reach the SDG Mountain Summit
The development community is used to responding to crises but current events, not least COVID-19, have put the SDGs further out of reach. The private sector is recognised as a key contributor to delivering the SDGs by the development community
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Steve Fechheimer: Brewing Up a Storm to Combat Climate Change
New Belgium’s craft beers were inspired by a bike ride, first brewed in a basement, and showcased at the Colorado Brewer’s Festival — where they were so popular, they sold out. That was 30 years ago, and there have been
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BVI Finance: One Country’s Role in the Ongoing Globalisation Story
BVI Finance is the voice of the British Virgin Islands’ financial services industry. Here chief executive Elise Donovan gives CFI.co readers a glimpse of a globalised, co-operative future… One of the topics under discussion at this year’s World Economic Forum
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IMF: Turbulence and the Lessons of History
Opportunities are born of crisis, but the lines that connect them are far from direct Events of recent years, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, have forced all of us to confront some of the
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AAY Investments Group: Panama-based Company Earns a Happy Niche in the VC World
Panama-based Venture Capital Funding firm AAY Investments Group started life in 1986 — and has been able to adapt to the buffeting of changing times and challenging economic trends. The group is made up of Templeton Equity, Swiss Credit &
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Federal Realty Investment Trust: ESG Pays Dividends at Leading Real Estate Investment Trust
‘It not only helps us be a better business — it is our business,’ says Federal Realty Investment Trust CEO Don Wood. For more than six decades, US-based Federal Realty Investment Trust has been forging an enviable reputation for the
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