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May 2023
Screening of Chinese investments intensifies
In recent years, the “screening” of proposals for inward foreign investment has proliferated. More countries around the world have introduced processes for the review of such proposals, often in particular sectors or above particular thresholds in terms of value or proportion of shares, with the potential to reject investments or permit them subject to conditions. The basis for review is increasingly linked to national security, although broader public interest issues are also at play
09
Apr 2023
Investments in Renewables Reached Record High, But Need Massive Increase and More Equitable Distribution
The report Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance 2023 reveals that global investment in energy transition technologies last year—including energy efficiency—reached USD 1.3 trillion. It set a new record-high, up 19% from 2021 investment levels, and 70% from before the pandemic in 2019.
24
Mar 2023
Will investors have another awful year in 2023?
After a nightmarish 2022, shell-shocked investors have losses to recoup and plenty to ponder. There are asset-class allocations to be made, industries to favour or shun and every economic variable under the sun to forecast. Professional money managers have the extra headache of working out how to stop nervous clients racing for the exits. But one question dominates the rest, and it is the impossible one that looms over every crash. Is the worst over?
