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Nov 20, 20232 min read

Out of This World: Mars Acquires Hotel Chocolat for £534m

Earlier this week, Mars, the US's fourth-largest private firm, completed the purchase of upmarket chocolate maker, Hotel Chocolat, in a...

Oct 31, 20233 min read

How gold can be implemented in an ESG-friendly portfolio

Without a doubt, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing is the future of asset management and investment. According to a...

Mar 19, 20232 min read

The First Republic Deal

Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) after a bank run on March 10th and the ensuing doubt cast over Credit Suisse causing...

Mar 19, 20232 min read

Why do Republican Governors hate ESG?

Today, the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, established an alliance with 18 other Republican governors to ‘push back’ against the ‘ESG...

Mar 19, 20233 min read

Champion Challenger Bank Monzo Closing in on IPO

Earlier this year, Business Insider reported that investment banks were falling over each other in a bid to secure a role in Monzo’s...

Feb 27, 20232 min read

FDA grants Insilico Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Insilico Medicine ("Insilico"), a clinical-stage end-to-end AI-driven drug discovery company, announced that they have received Orphan...

Feb 27, 20233 min read

Market Roundup

Company Spotlight On Friday, lithium prices in China drastically fell by 30% to $61,795 per tonne, which left many investors puzzled....

Feb 26, 20232 min read

Carbon Capture is a Scam

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, along with their forays into lab-grown meats and bug consumption, tout carbon capture technology...

Feb 26, 20233 min read

Has The Worst Yet to Come for the UK?

Suffice it to say that the past year has been relentless for the United Kingdom. Having just started the path to recovery following the...

Feb 19, 20233 min read

The Economic Ramifications of Turkey's Earthquakes

On February 6th, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey's southern province of Kahramanmaraş, causing widespread destruction and...

Feb 19, 20234 min read

China’s economy may be 60% smaller than we first thought

A recent paper by Luis Martinez from the University of Chicago has found that the elasticity differs greatly between democratic and...

Feb 19, 20233 min read

The Deal that Ensures ESG Remains at the Top of the Investment Agenda

The increasing prominence of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing reached new heights last week as the Dutch state...

Feb 12, 20233 min read

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – What’s New?

On the 7th of February this year Rishi Sunak divided the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) into four new...

Feb 12, 20233 min read

Market Roundup

As we approach next week’s critical Consumer Price Index (CPI) release, a measure of inflation, markets have understandably been very...

Feb 12, 20233 min read

ChatGPT: A Harbinger of Change in the Search Engine Industry

The recent release of ChatGPT by OpenAI has ignited excitement and debates among analysts and reporters, and it is currently open for use...

Feb 6, 20233 min read

Tension from Calais to Dover: The Refugee Crisis Explained

“France will not be held hostage by British Politics” were the words used by French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin in 2021, amid the...

Feb 5, 20233 min read

New Drug Price Controls Put Pressure on Big Pharma

In recent months, several governments, including the UK, EU and US have introduced new pricing regulations on the pharmaceutical...

Feb 5, 20232 min read

Rupert Murdoch Backtracks on Plans to Combine News Corp and Fox

Earlier this week, Rupert Murdoch, the Australian business magnate, scrapped his plans for the merger of Fox and News Corp, which he...

Feb 5, 20233 min read

A South American Common Currency: Sure About The “Sur”?

South America’s left-wing leaders Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva and Alberto Fernández announced on January 22nd that they have started...

Dec 15, 20223 min read

AI and Neo-Luddism

At the turn of the 19th century, textile workers, afraid for their job security, rebelled against the new technologies of their time....