The investor’s dilemma: do sustainable funds need a digital detox? March 3, 2021 | City Talk Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma makes for uncomfortable viewing for users of social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube or Twitter. i.e. pretty much all of us. And as a sustainability specialist who invests (at the time of writing) in Alphabet , the parent company of Google and YouTube, I find the issues covered extra [...]
Pandemic set to cause ‘shecession’ as Covid-19 hampers gender equality at work March 2, 2021 The pandemic is causing a “shecession”, as women’s economic empowerment is expected to decline for the first time in almost a decade, according to PwC’s latest Women in Work Index. For the past nine years, all countries across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have made consistent gains towards progress for women in work. [...]
The Week Ahead: March kicks off with the Budget, Aviva, Zoom and Vroom March 1, 2021 March has arrived and City A.M. looks at what the first week of this month has in store. First of all, of course, there is the Budget this Wednesday. It’s the most important week of the year for Chancellor Rishi Sunak as he outlines the outlook for the UK economy over the next few months. He [...]
Pound off to a good start ahead of this week’s Budget March 1, 2021 The pound has got off to a positive start ahead of this week’s budget as optimism over the vaccine rollout, which passed the 20m at the weekend, fostered hopes for an economic rebound that is likely to be much faster than its peers in Europe. Moreover, with the UK budget only two days away, mortgage [...]
Markets are freshly vaccinated with the latest buy everything potion March 1, 2021 US FDA approval of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over the weekend has seen the global recovery trade reappear with a vengeance, at least overnight across the APAC region. Equities, energy and commodities all jumped higher, as have the cyclical Commonwealth currencies. “Even precious metals have found some friends today, while Asian regional [...]
Six cases of Brazil Covid-19 variant found in the UK March 1, 2021 Six cases of the Brazil Covid-19 variant, potentially the most dangerous so far, have been found in the UK, according to public health officials. The variant is believed to be more transmissible than the original strain of the virus and may be resistant to the UK’s two approved Covid vaccines. Three of the cases have [...]
BDO: Sunak faces all sorts of challenges February 28, 2021 In many ways the first Budget of 2021, which is set to take place on Wednesday, feels like a significant one. It’s against a backdrop of an ambitious roadmap recently unveiled by the Prime Minister to take us out of lockdown, while at the same time the deficit is the highest seen in the post-war [...]
Exclusive: Enviva’s CEO on why COP26 may kick off the decarbonisation of heavy industries February 26, 2021 Next week’s Budget is expected to focus heavily on a ‘green recovery’, as more and more business leaders call on the government and policymakers to ramp up their efforts to drive change in the race to net zeo. With just nine months left until the UK will host the COP26 summit in Glasgow, the UK [...]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘planning stealth tax rise’ on wealthy pensioners in next week’s Budget February 26, 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak 'planning stealth tax increase' on wealthy pensioners in next week's Budget
A catch-up strategy? How Government can give young Brits a boost in Budget 2021 February 26, 2021 A catch-up strategy? How Government can give young Brits a boost in Budget 2021