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European Shares Rally Sharply Ahead of Producer Price Data
Date: October 4, 2022
By Devik Jain (Reuters) -European shares rose sharply on Tuesday in a broad-based rally, led by chipmakers, travel and leisure companies, and some strong corporate updates, with investors eyeing producer price data due later in the day. The region-wide STOXX 600 index was up 2% by 0827 GMT, hitting its highest level since Sept. 23....
Analysis-UK Bond Market Crash Takes Shine Off Big Bang Plans for London
Date: October 4, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss promised to “unshackle” the City of London to fuel growth, but crashing the bond market over tax cuts will take the shine off her “Big Bang” plan for financial services. Markets took fright last month when UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled plans...
Understanding Robovoting & Why It Affects ESG Initiatives for Financial Companies
Date: September 30, 2022
A bedrock principle of American democracy has always been one man, one vote. Shareholder elections are different because, typically, the voting power a shareholder has is directly proportional to their ownership stake. While this is not one man one vote, it is at least one share one vote. Unfortunately, most shareholder elections are as fake...
Alternative Data Is an Investor’s Greatest Ally Against Volatile Markets
Date: September 26, 2022
By Ed Lavery, VP Investment Intelligence at Similarweb The current economic situation is turbulent for investors, to say the least. From the threat of a looming recession, through to rising inflation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing fallout from Brexit, current market conditions mean that it is becoming increasingly difficult for investors to predict...
Double-Materiality Is Only Useful When It Is Not Associated With Revenues
Date: September 26, 2022
The team at GBAF spoke to Bertrand Gacon, CEO and Co-founder of Impact Measurement Platform: Impaakt, he gave his thoughts on double materiality and its link to impact. Why revenues are a red herring when it comes to impact double materiality In financial services, we’re hardwired to look in detail at any company we’re planning...
Ppf Calculator – a Tool to Calculate Your Maturity Returns
Date: September 23, 2022
A PPF calculator is for everyone who is either currently investing in PPFs or planning to do so in years to come. It helps you get out of your indecisiveness about how much investment amount should you begin with and how much returns you shall earn on the invested amount. Furthermore, once you have decided...