Of con men, spivs and ‘gangreenous’ stocks
The headline on a recent Bloomberg stock market report out of Japan said it all: “Japan Stocks Rise on Green Technology Optimism”. We’re seeing a growing number of headlines in that vein. Indeed, the...
View ArticleRBS’s sticky situation
Poor RBS. In addition to superglueing their hands to the trading floor of the bank’s London HQ, environmental protesters are making fun of the company’s M&A history.Continue reading: RBS’s sticky...
View ArticleBP warning over Mexico oil spill
BP was on Monday fighting to shut off oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from broken pipes following the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster, which is believed to have killed 11 men, reports the FT . The...
View ArticleObama steps up BP oil spill fight
The Obama administration yesterday stepped up its response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, designating it an event “of national significance” as rescue workers struggled to stop the oil from...
View ArticleBP: not good enough for FTSE4Good
A slap on the wrist for BP on Friday, from index compiler FTSE: (Reuters) – BP is to be evicted from the FTSE4Good ethical investment index due to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, index compiler FTSE...
View ArticleCancún hears call for ‘tapestry of compromise’
Continue reading: Cancún hears call for ‘tapestry of compromise’
View ArticleThe 21st century is when everything changes
With government finances still dealing with the aftershocks that are rippling out of the epicentre of the financial credit crunch, the world economy could do with a period of calm in which to heal....
View ArticleThe pollution constraint on China’s future growth
The 12th National People’s Congress convenes tomorrow in Beijing and, by the time it ends, Xi Jinping will be named head of state and Li Keqiang will be appointed premier. There’s naturally much...
View ArticleShould central banks adopt a green agenda?
We know central banks have the power to support asset classes and to move markets, and do so frequently in the name of financial stability. But are there other social threats that could be stabilised...
View ArticlePutting ESG risk into the market with Volkswagen
ESG stands for Environment, Social, Governance. And it’s an increasingly big thing in the asset management world. The basic premise is that if you can get the biggest investment managers to...
View ArticleCommodity financing as a deflationary feedback loop of hell
Money printing was supposed to cause an inflationary collapse, right? Except, points out Seth Kleinman at Citi on Wednesday, by encouraging investment in risky commodity ventures like shale, easy money...
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