Is Automobile Manufacturing Sustainable?
There has been growing pressure to transform the automobile industry in recent years. Legislature in the industry has been growing rapidly, with lawmakers taking a particular focus on carbon emissions. Manufacturers are required to reduce emissions through the manufacturing process as well as the emissions of the vehicle themselves. The value chain of car manufacturing…
Read More BYJU and the Future of Education and Technology in Asia
The inevitable impact of school closures on the ed-tech industry in Asia has been evident through the rapid growth of companies since the beginning of the pandemic. This is supported by the dramatic increase in shares for GSX, a Chinese online education provider, which jumped 92% from the start of 2020 to March and reported…
Read More A Tale of Two Central Banks
Following the 26th of January, the Federal Reserve announced that it was going to keep its interest rates steady, however, onlookers expect several central bank rate hikes for 2022. Contrastingly, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) recently cut policy interest rates for the first time since April 2020. A tightening labour market and inflationary pressures…
Read More EVERGRANDE and China’s Property Market Crisis
China’s property market has undoubtedly been a key driver of its economy ever since the country began opening its markets in the 1980s, and still proves to be a major contributor to the economy; estimated to make up 17-29% of GDP. The country has been reported to have been constructing more than 10 million residential…
Read More Fortescue Future Industries – an example for carbon emission heavy industry
On 5th October 2021, Fortescue Metals Group Limited (FMG) declared ambitious targets to curtail its environmental impact. The West Australian mining company is the fourth largest iron ore producer globally, following BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale. Following up on its objective to reach carbon neutrality by 2030, FMG announced new aims to reach net-zero in…
Read More The Recent Growth of Start-ups throughout India
Swiggy, which was founded in 2014, is an Indian-based start-up offering a delivery service called Instamart. The firm was the second-fastest Indian company to become a unicorn start-up, reaching a valuation of over 1 billion USD in just under four years in June 2018. This year, in January 2022, they reached a valuation of 10.7…
Read More Synthetic Biology: The new age of Pharma?
According to Sebastian Rowe of Harvard Graduate School, the modern drug discovery pipeline is filled with expensive failures. From the first process of finding a drug target to submitting applications to the Food and Drug administrations for approvals, each process takes millions upon millions of dollars to produce few promising results. Most of them do…
Read More Adidas Vs Nike – Should Investors Buy the Dip?
Both Adidas AG (ADS) and Nike Inc (NKE) find themselves in a similar position. With many global indices falling more than 10% since the start of the new year, it seems safe to say that we are currently in the midst of a market correction. Adidas and Nike have been no exemption to the general…
Read More UBS increases US exposure with the acquisition of Wealthfront
On 26th January 2022, Swiss financial services company UBS agreed to acquire Wealthfront, an automated investment service firm based in California, in an all-cash transaction worth 1.4 billion USD. The deal is expected to complete in the second half of 2022, with Wealthfront becoming a subsidiary of UBS’s US wealth management business. Wealthfront currently manages…
Read More What the Fed’s Balance Sheet Run-Off Could Mean for the Bond Market
The minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting, on the 14-15 December 2022, suggest that the Federal Reserve will turn to a balance sheet runoff, as well as interest rate rises. These moves suggest an intention to help curb inflationary pressure caused in part by low unemployment and a tight labour market. A balance…
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