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Companies, Corporate Governance, Financial Institutions / 05.11.2020

Suspension of the world’s largest IPO: what’s at stake with Ant Group’s listing

The world's largest IPO, the listing of Ant Group, has been suspended last-minute. The Shanghai Stock Exchange announced the suspension claiming the Group has failed to meet the issuance and listing conditions or information disclosure requirements. However, is this the full story? [caption id="attachment_3850" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]...

Climate change / 18.09.2020

The European Commission has presented the new 2030 Climate Target Plan

The European Commission has published the new 2030 Climate Target Plan, proposing to raise to 55% the cut in GHG emissions by 2030. This more ambitious target for the next decade will put the EU on the right path to reach its goal of climate neutrality by...

Automobiles and Parts / 26.09.2019

Volkswagen bosses charged over emissions cheating

German authorities in Braunschweig have formalized the allegations of Volkswagen chief executive Herbert Diess, chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch and former CEO Martin Winterkorn of market manipulation in connection with the diesel emissions scandal that dates back to September 2015. The firm admitted in 2015 using illegal software to cheat...

Automobiles and Parts, Climate change / 12.09.2019

Air pollution drags down productivity

According to the FT article by Robert Harding as of September 12, 2019, there is an economic case for fighting pollution to boost productivity, since the evidence increasingly suggests that particulates do not just penetrate the heart and lungs but also the brain. Whereas fighting climate change...