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Shell supplies first sustainable aviation fuel to Singapore customers
Date: February 17, 2022
By Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Shell has become the first supplier of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Singapore, and plans to start blending the fuel at its plant in the aviation hub, the company said on Thursday during an event at the Singapore Airshow. The first batch of SAF was blended in Europe, Shell...
Gold, oil rise on Ukraine stand-off as stocks slip
Date: February 16, 2022
By Herbert Lash and Sujata Rao NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -World stocks edged lower while oil and gold rose on Wednesday with markets seeking signs of de-escalation after NATO and the United States said they have not seen Russia pull back troops from Ukraine’s borders. Stronger-than-expected U.S. retail sales data and higher inflation readings from Canada...
Who will be the winners and losers in Asset Management in 2022?
Date: February 16, 2022
By Thomas Chevalier, Executive Director, Temenos Multifonds The asset management industry as we know it has changed forever, and for the last two years, the industry has faced a time of unprecedented demands that will ultimately produce new winners and losers. In a report last year, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) stated that the asset...
Away from bubbles and vanity investments, is Africa now the sensible choice for investors?
Date: February 15, 2022
By Martin Soderberg, Managing Partner, SPEAR Capital To say that the past couple of years have been eventful from an investor perspective would be a massive understatement. On the back of the pandemic and its attendant supply chain issues, markets crashed, rebounded, and crashed again. Meme stocks, such as Gamestop and AMC, shot through the...
ESG Through a Data Science Lens
Date: February 15, 2022
For institutional investors with ESG goals, data is the name of the game. But with inconsistent data sets, no unified evaluation methodologies and a lack of global standards, investors can struggle to gather insights into portfolios. Data science can help make that easier. By Paul Fahey, Head of Investment Data Science, Northern Trust Across the...
Stock market performances in 2021: Pharmaceutical stocks performed well, travel stocks took a hit
Date: February 15, 2022
By Dáire Ferguson, CEO at AvaTrade Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic nearly two years ago, financial markets have experienced levels of volatility which are at near unprecedented levels. Rising inflation, increased interest rates and further disruption to the supply chain fuelled this stock market volatility. As such, it’s worth taking a deep dive...