EU’s sovereign ambition in capital markets suffers setback… for now By Burhan Khadbai The European Union’s long-held desire to be seen as a sovereign issuer in the capital markets is…
Embracing the Markets 3.0 paradigm By Ollie Carew and Fran Clausen Interest in the use of blockchain or distributed ledger technology across financial services has grown in recent years, especially…
Financial services can find innovation in tokenisation By Dom Ghazan The rights to various assets can be converted into digital tokens using distributed ledger technology. This enhances accessibility and liquidity and…
Leveraging data, technology and AI for a sustainable future Technology is playing a critical role in scaling up climate action and transforming capital markets. It is helping to overcome challenges…
UK turns to private finance to boost infrastructure investment By Peter Sedgwick Given the constraints on public sector borrowing in the UK, the new Labour government wants a substantial increase…
State of the nation: the UK after the election Wednesday 3 July, Seminar On the eve of the 4 July UK general election, OMFIF convenes an expert panel to discuss…
Market Report – UK retail sales much better than expected, AI profit-taking seen on Wall Street Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “Unsurprisingly, the Bank of England’s interest rate…
Tototheo Global and Neuron have announced an agreement to deploy Neuron’s AI-powered quality of experience (QoE) management platform to vessels contracted to Tototheo. Through this partnership, Tototheo Global and Neuron…
Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “The FTSE 100 has failed to benefit from a risk-on attitude in global equities, helped by the ECB’s decision to loosen monetary policy.…
On the eve of Posidonia 2024, in an exclusive interview with AllAboutShipping’s John Faraclas, John McDonald, President and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bureau of Shipping, responds to the challenges…
Bank capital: how much is enough? By James Haley The biggest issue in US banking right now is the higher bank capital requirements proposed by the US regulatory authorities. These…
Unleashing Africa’s investment potential By Udaibir Das Africa stands on the precipice of a financial renaissance, poised to redefine its influence in the global investment sphere. The continent’s quest for…
European Union acts on artificial intelligence safety By Julian Jacobs and AJ Mannan The European Union has passed a landmark piece of legislation that attempts to regulate artificial intelligence. On…
Why Russia still can’t defeat Ukraine By Christopher Smart Ukraine is well on its way to joining the rest of Europe economically and politically. For all Moscow’s recent battlefield success and…
Oscar Lewisohn: in best traditions of Anglo-Continental finance By David Marsh and Niels Thygesen Oscar Lewisohn, who died on 18 March aged 85, was an old-school banker who kept up the best…
Digital assets need interoperability to achieve global scale By Jonathan Ehrenfeld The discussion around tokenised assets and their use cases has surged in the past year. A recent study from…
The maritime industry, often viewed as conservative and measured in its approach to technological integration, is on the cusp of a transformative era with Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerging as a…
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’Housing woes are front and centre today as investors reflect on the difficulties of UK housebuilders and a deepening property crisis…
Artificial intelligence as financial regulation technology Tuesday 5 March, Roundtable Much has been written about capacity of artificial intelligence to help actors subvert global financial rules. This panel brings together…
Indonesia election uncertainty clouds fiscal outlook By Johanna Chua On 14 February, Indonesia will hold general elections and voters will head to the polls to elect the next president, vice…
Gardens, islands and bridges: The quest for interoperability By Lewis McLellan New technology is offering us some exciting opportunities to overhaul and improve the ways in which we pay, borrow,…
Netflix – revenue and margin beat sets positive tone for tech earnings Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown: “Netflix has fired the starting gun on consumer-led earnings and…
The 16th Maritime Conference, jointly organized by Maritime Economies and UPoilTankers & Trading Ltd, concluded on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, with resounding success. The conference focused on the theme: “Navigating…
Slow gender equality progress sees historic milestones By Arunima Sharan While progress towards the goal of gender equality and diversity in the global economy remains slow, the past year witnessed…
Market report: Geopolitics in focus at Davos while PageGroup flags difficult jobs market Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The focus is being trained on tense geopolitics,…