BUSINESS
Investors eye emerging market upswing after China shock
Emerging stock markets such as Brazil, India, Turkey or South Africa have trailed significantly behind developed markets
BUSINESS
Carbon offsets: a licence to pollute or a path to net-zero emissions?
Shell’s deal with PetroChina is part of a growing trend, in which fossil fuel shipments are paired with carbon offsets
TRENDS
Big Four accounting firms rush to join the ESG bandwagon
The opportunities include a chance to rebrand a scandal-plagued profession as experts on climate change, diversity and winning consumers’ trust
BUSINESS
Long live the labour shortages
According to OECD forecasts, the pandemic has accelerated labour productivity growth in most high-income countries
BUSINESS
Wavering US investors cut leverage for first time since start of pandemic
Borrowings to buy securities dipped to lowest level since March
BUSINESS
Will gold have its day as a crisis hedge?
Palantir’s investment in bullion bars raises questions for retail savers
BUSINESS
The real reason why most super apps are not super great
For one thing, Big Tech’s rush to create one-stop shops on your phone’s home screen is annoying for the user
BUSINESS
The ESG investing industry is dangerous
A BlackRock dissident speaks the truth
BUSINESS
Why Jay Powell should be bold at Jackson Hole
The longer the Fed chair waits to detail his own thinking, the greater are the economic, financial and institutional risks
BUSINESS
Business can stop the ESG backlash by proving it’s making a difference
Honesty about impact is needed to build confidence in a movement blighted by hype and woolliness
BUSINESS
‘Goldfinger’ 2021 plot twist could be villainous for banks
Under the new Basel III banking framework, not all gold assets will be considered equal, making it a challenge for bank balance sheets
BUSINESS
The uncertain lessons of COVID: preparing for the next pandemic
Governments have discovered it is hard to create back-up vaccine plants and even harder to devise plans for a new crisis
BUSINESS
First to vaccinate and first to party, Israel now mulls lockdowns
One of the most vaccinated nations in the world is a test case for how Delta will play out. So far, it’s not pretty
BUSINESS
What a $600m heist tells us about the future of crypto
Industry intervention over hacking raises questions for digital asset enthusiasts
BUSINESS
Investors need to evaluate the impact of a growing nationalism
Moves to protect technology and secure food and raw material supplies hit markets
BUSINESS
Lex | Climate change: Companies must see past trees to blazing forests
Businesses should account as transparently for carbon reduction as they do for profits
BUSINESS
A consumption boom is nothing to fear
Consumption’s purpose, beyond the necessities, is to make our lives better in the here and now
ECONOMY
How the Fed’s digital currency could displace crypto
The Boston Fed and MIT are building a CBDC from scratch that aims to usurp existing tokens
WORLD
Fires and floods: Can science link extreme weather to climate change?
Is climate change to blame? To the casual observer, the flurry of extreme weather events over the past two months can feel like the obvious consequence of rising average temperatures — and something that many scientists have been warning about for years.
BUSINESS
Quants may upend corporate debt and private equity markets next
The quantitative investment industry is seen to take over more territory in finance long considered risky for algorithmic strategies
BUSINESS
IPO prospectuses: the long and longer of it
Paytm, listing in India, this month bested Didi and Uber with a 500-page “red herring”, as preliminary prospectuses are known.
BUSINESS
Pandemic fuels broadest global house price boom in two decades
Average house prices across the OECD are growing faster than incomes, making housing less affordable. They are also rising faster than rents
BUSINESS
Robinhood push to democratise finance falters with own shares
Corporate governance activists believe the upstart company has not lived up to the democratic ideals of its mission statement
BUSINESS
China lays down challenge to the West on crypto
Governments and private sector must adopt more unified approach in response to Beijing
