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Back to homepageRobert 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.
Read MoreAfrican Risk Capacity: African Innovation in Action
For the third consecutive year, the African Risk Capacity (ARC) won the CFI.co award for the Most Innovative ESG Risk Protection Provider in Africa. The winning streak recognises an inherent quality of ARC that runs through its policy, practice, and
Read MoreChristian Mumenthaler, CEO of Swiss Re: Insuring Future Growth
The new frontier of insurance runs through cyberspace. Hacking has professionalised and is no longer the preserve of lone bespectacled teenagers with more brains than brawn trying to prove the point they failed to make during recess. Today’s hackers are
Read MoreUS Trade Policy: End of the Liberal World Order
The established wisdom, first formulated and then imposed by the United States, says that trade encourages nations to maintain peace. In the decades following the end of World War 2, the US erected a new world order based on the
Read MorePreference Pass: Sunny Travel Savings Franchise
Avid world travelers may have experienced the hopelessness of arriving in a foreign land with little information and knowledge. At best the wary traveler ends up paying a premium for sub-par goods and services. By the time the ins and
Read MoreTD: Making the Environment Part of the Bank’s DNA
When Mike Pedersen joined TD Bank Group in 2007 as Group Head, Corporate Operations, he was tasked with putting an environmental strategy in place for the bank. Early on, he saw the need for full-time executive leadership to drive the
Read MoreCFI.co Meets the President and CEO of TD Bank: Mike Pedersen
As green as its corporate logo – or greener still: TD Bank Group, one of the six largest banks in North America and the first to fully offset its corporate carbon footprint, has placed the environment at the core of
Read MorePrinciples for Responsible Investment: Fiduciary Duty – Coming of Age
Unfortunately, fiduciary duty can be a contested term when it comes to investments, with different legal interpretations in countries around the world. Fiduciary obligations exist to ensure that those who manage other people’s money act responsibly and in the interests
Read MoreMIGA (World Bank): FDI – Treading Carefully into Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations
More than 1.5 billion people – about one in five of the global population – live in what the World Bank Group terms “fragile and conflict-affected situations” (FCS). For many investors, these countries are “no-go” zones due to their weak
Read MoreWhat Does Carbon Pricing Success Look Like? Ask These Leaders
British Columbia, Sweden, California and China have been pioneering carbon pricing systems to lower emissions and help shift their economies onto cleaner, greener trajectories. Currently, nearly 40 countries and more than 20 cities, states, and provinces use a form of
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