Financial technology start-ups are in a funk. Sweden’s Klarna is reportedly raising funds at a lower valuation than last time. Venture capital is cooling across the fintech board: funding this … Read More
The writer is a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University In 1951, six European countries started to co-ordinate national economic policies to develop the … Read More
Chinese ride-hailing group Didi has notified the New York Stock Exchange it will move to delist in the US after shareholders overwhelmingly backed the plan designed to get the company’s … Read More
The biggest producer of oil and gas in UK waters has pushed back strongly against government threats of a windfall tax on the industry’s surging profits, warning it would make … Read More
Pfizer has said it will seek emergency authorisation in the US for its Covid-19 vaccine for children under the age of five after interim results from its clinical trial showed … Read More
Binance promoted terraUSD as a “safe” investment just weeks before the stablecoin and its counterpart luna collapsed in a $40bn wipeout that shook the crypto industry. The world’s biggest crypto … Read More
BNP Paribas has joined JPMorgan in using digital tokens for short-term trading in fixed income markets as some of the world’s biggest investment banks step up efforts to modernise the … Read More
Both traditional and digital exchanges are offering crypto futures trading, as professional investors show a preference for derivatives. Plus: the EU seeks to unify its fragmented trading venues using live … Read More
As more money looks to benefit from the transition away from fossil fuels, picking when and where to invest responsibly is becoming ever more complicated. Plus: war in Ukraine upsets … Read More
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