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SegurCaixa Adeslas Emphasises Value Creation as a Way to Endure Its Sustainable Growth Strategy
The Spanish insurance company stands out for the digitalization of its proceses that allows it to offer more accesible, personalised and convenient services. Throughout the world, the insurance industry responds to today’s major societal challenges, providing a tool to counteract
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Modest, Frugal, Retiring, and Famous for Being Anonymous: the Founder of Zara, Amancio Ortega
By TONY LENNOX When the famously private Spanish entrepreneur Amancio Ortega finally gave his consent to a biography, he had one simple request: “Don’t just put in the good parts.” Ortega, the 86-year-old founder of the Zara fashion brand and
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Casting Russia Adrift: The Decline of Western Power May Have Been Exaggerated
The Austrian subsidiary of Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, has collapsed after its parent company was unable to provide the liquidity required to keep the bank afloat. Sberbank’s other European subsidiaries are being wound down or offloaded in fire sales to
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GNB GA – Change, Challenge, and Reward: Portuguese Firm takes Teamwork to a Whole New Level
GNB GA, part of Novo Banco Group, is a leading asset manager in Portugal. The firm was born in 1992 and operates domestically, as well as in Spain and Luxembourg. Fund manager João Zorro has been leading Portugal’s GNB Gestão
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Spain NAB: ‘Impact-Washing…? It’s a Thing, and to be Avoided at All Costs
The Spanish impact investment market is catching the eye of mainstream financiers — with increasing frequency. With that attention comes the risk of “impact-washing”, which — according to the GIIN’s latest annual survey — ranks as the main challenge for
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Global Imbalances and the Pandemic
The International Monetary Fund’s tenth annual External Sector Report (ESR, August 2021) shows how current account deficits in the global economy widened in 2020 during the pandemic. On the other hand, the ESR also argues that overall, the misalignment between
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SegurCaixa Adeslas: The Year that Put Healthcare in Focus
It’s certain that 2020 will go down in history as the year of Covid. The pandemic has affected almost all the world’s population, and put healthcare in prime position of every country’s agenda. Healthcare has been the main tool to
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BBVA Asset Management: Going Global in the Battle to Bring Sustainability to the Wider World of Investment
Spanish bank BBVA is working on a global strategy which will affect all of its investment solutions. BBVA Asset Management embeds sustainability in the process. It has launched a sustainability plan that applies to all of its mutual and pension
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Uranium Production at Spain’s Salamanca Project: SDG Champion Berkeley Energia Will Create Jobs, New Skills and Prosperity
Berkeley Energia Ltd is the owner of the Salamanca Project which will contribute significantly to sustainable recovery following COVID-19. The Salamanca project, with a production of 4.4 Mlb of Uranium per year, will be one of the top 10 producers
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Brexit: Fishing in Troubled Waters
It’s perhaps a case of having your fish and eating it too. The number of analogies that may be rallied to describe the current standoff between the European Union and the United Kingdom over the post-Brexit assignment fish stocks is
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