The politicisation of ESG, inflation, market volatility and slowing GDP growth are among the key challenges facing pension funds as they seek to balance short-term economic pressures and structural [...]
The number of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) benchmarks and indexes demanded by the asset management community has grown at an unprecedented rate over the past two years. That’s [...]
Regulators are sharpening their focus on the growing importance of ESG data providers due to the subjective nature of how ratings are calculated. Last week, however, leading ESG ratings providers [...]
According to a recent McKinsey study, the typical “time to decision” for commercial lending is between three and five weeks, while “time to cash,” on average, fluctuates around three months. This is [...]
Gas prices have soared after Russia further cut gas supplies to Germany and other central European countries after threatening to earlier this week. European gas prices are up almost 2% trading above [...]
Potential fraud in the environmental health bureau and lack of a city budget are leading toward potential difficulties in repayment of Trenton's existing bond obligations. Bitvore has been tracking [...]
Texas continues to attract cryptocurrency miners with inexpensive power and few regulatory hurdles. Electricity demand in Texas hitting record levels amid critically high temperatures this summer but [...]
A recent report by the European Central Bank (ECB), presented as a “deep dive into crypto financial risks,” calls for “appropriate” regulation and oversight of stablecoins and decentralized finance [...]
Despite the current market volatility, Investment Managers globally continue to successfully launch new ESG focused investment offerings. Europe continues to lead the way, BNP Paribas Asset [...]