Good for equality? Good for the economy March 22, 2021 DiverCity® Podcast · The Changing Shape of Female and Inclusive Entrepreneurship International Women’s Day is a catalyst for a wealth of discussions on experiences, equality, and the opportunities to realise gender parity, but this year, the backdrop of COVID-19 has brought new issues to the fore. For the International Women’s Day episode of DiverCity podcast, [...]
Why transparency is key to see through the greenwash March 22, 2021 Adam Robbins, senior investment relationship manager at Triodos Investment Management, offers his view as to why transparency is so important when you’re exploring the many shades of ‘green’ impact investments. Globally, there are undeniable changes shaping our future, such as climate change, ecosystem collapse, population growth, and scarcity of natural resources. Add to those the [...]
How to pick the Gold Cup winner March 18, 2021 Forget natural instinct, paddock picks or pure luck. The only way to consistently back winners is with cold, hard data. Trends are clues. If you find enough, you’ll solve the puzzle. This puzzle is called the Cheltenham Gold Cup and it’s been going since 1819. Just don’t ask us for a receipt… Age No horse [...]
Stakes are high for Envoi Allen March 17, 2021 To everyone who has successfully hurdled their way over the first two days of Cheltenham with their wallets intact, that is a commendable effort. After the first day, it was a winning draw for the bookmakers. After Wednesday, the balance is marginally in our favour again. Despite Monkfish doing his best to make his odds [...]
Is fintech fueling financial M&A’s rebound? March 17, 2021 According to our latest market brief, Fintech will be the wind in the sails of Financial M&A this year. The world was dealt a historic one-two punch in 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic which infected and killed millions of people. As a result of government-ordered shutdowns and travel bans, the shuttering of economies worldwide led [...]
St Patrick’s Day Party March 16, 2021 Wednesday at Cheltenham falls on St Patrick’s Day – no coincidence that all seven favourites are trained by the Irish. With no overseas invasion of fans this year, the Irish horses have more than made up the numbers. If you were contemplating a bet in the Prestbury Cup (Britain vs Ireland), a British victory may [...]
The Cheltenham Festival by Fitzdares March 15, 2021 On the eve of the biggest four days in racing, it is comforting to know that Cheltenham has bookended a terrible twelve months. With work from home very much on the agenda, many fans will see this as a perfect opportunity to #CFH, or ‘Cheltenham From Home’. And perhaps the last, if we are to [...]
No more fifty shades of green March 8, 2021 For quite some time now the term ‘fifty shades of green’ has been used to describe the investor challenge of wading through a sea of sustainable investment options, from dark green, to light green to just plain green-washing. The sustainable investment sector has grown exponentially in recent years, and while I very much welcome the [...]
Balance sheets to the streets: the DiverCity Podcast dives into corporate Pride March 3, 2021 DiverCity® Podcast · The Corporatisation of PRIDE February was LGBT history month – a time to reflect and recognise those who have empowered change before us and champion the collective pride of LGBT individuals and their allies. Each year, LGBT history month provides us with time to acknowledge how far we have come since the [...]
DeFi: Unlocking liquidity for consumers & institutions February 25, 2021 Decentralised Finance (called ‘DeFi’ for short) refers to the distributed applications or financial ‘protocols’ that are built on a public blockchain and are community governed rather than controlled by a centralised entity or intermediary. One way to think of it is as a system of open source “money legos” or components that can be assembled [...]