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COVID-19
3 lessons public market investors can learn from private equity
Many of the tactics used by PE firms can help investors engage in more active ownership amid the shift towards stakeholder capitalism.
COVID-19
How to tackle the world's biggest challenges and pursue a return
Institutional investors are increasingly addressing climate change and other risks, without sacrificing expected returns.
COVID-19
Foreign investment is drying up thanks to COVID-19. But there may be a silver lining
Post-crisis winners will be governments that move quickly to attract foreign investors once economies reopen, rather than remain over-cautious.
Sustainable Development
Sustainable investment continues to gain momentum
Growing numbers of institutional investors are incorporating environmental, social and governance considerations into their investment criteria.
Institutional Investors
Tips for investor engagement in emerging markets
Emerging markets are on the rise, but diversifying into them brings new challenges.
Corporate Governance
Accelerating impact – five lessons in five years
Practical insights to help companies fulfil their obligation to create positive social and environmental impact.
Development Finance
SDG500: the fund kickstarting sustainable investment
The SDGs could be worth $12 trillion, but they've been slow to attract finance. SDG500 is a new multistakeholder investment initiative to change that.
Private Investors
A win-win strategy for private equity deals
What if transactions were based on shared goals? Sellers would retain a stake and select a buyer based on their view of the new owner’s ability increase the value of the business.
Private Investors
This is how venture capital can fuel a brighter future
By investing in AI, cloud computing, robotics and more, venture capital could reshape major global industries to help offset and possibly reverse the excesses of capitalism.
Mental Health
This is how much it would cost to end gender-violence across the world
Every day more than 800 women die from preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth. But these needless deaths could ended by 2030, for the cost of 46 military aircraft.
International Trade and Investment
How the Western Balkans can keep its economic momentum
After the recent success of the Regional Roaming Agreement, landmark progress on economic competitiveness and innovation has been achieved in the region.
European Union
Brexit uncertainty is taking a toll on the British economy
Uncertainty is associated with reduced investment and lower productivity, with particularly large effects at highly productive firms most exposed to EU trade.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
'Eden bonds': how rewilding could save the climate and your pension
Eden bonds - a newly proposed financial instrument - would fund rewilding projects at the same time as generating safe, long-term returns for institutional investors. Here's how they woul...
European Union
2 spaces need filling on the ECB Executive Board - who's in the running?
The European Central Bank has two vacant positions for the executive board, but who will fill them? The members must be able to influence the ECB on policy decisions to make a broader agr...
Bangladesh
Bangladesh is booming - and here's why, says the Prime Minister
With a young and tech-savvy population, near double-digit growth and a modernizing, forward-facing economy, Bangladesh is open and ready for business, says the country's Prime Minister Sh...