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Asian shares under pressure on rising coronavirus cases
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares were on the defensive on Monday as rising COVID-19 cases and doubts over the ability of vaccine makers to supply the promised doses on time soured risk ...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Singapore’s StashAway says now manages $1 billion in assets
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Singapore-based StashAway has grown its assets under management (AUM) to more than $1 billion, the digital wealth manager said in a statement on Monday. StashAway said it was ...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Bank of England told to stop buying ‘high carbon’ bonds
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - A group of British members of parliament said on Monday that the Bank of England should stop buying bonds from businesses whose activities accelerate global warmin...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Global green bond issuance hit new record high last year
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Global green bond issuance reached a record high of $269.5 billion by the end of last year and could reach $400-$450 billion this year, a report by the Climate Bond...
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Big Oil hits brakes on search for new fossil fuels
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - Top oil and gas companies sharply slowed their search for new fossil fuel resources last year, data shows, as lower energy prices due to the coronavirus crisis trigger...
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Top hedge funds earn $63.5 billion in 2020, highest in a decade: LCH data
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - The world's 20 best-performing hedge funds earned $63.5 billion for clients in 2020, setting a record for the last 10 years during a chaotic time when technol...
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BP’s oil exploration team swept aside in climate revolution
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - Nothing escapes the winds of change now sweeping through BP, not even the exploration team that for more than a century powered its profits by discovering billions of ...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Pacific island nations turn to Beijing-backed AIIB as pandemic sinks economies
By Jonathan Barrett and Praveen Menon SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Pacific island nations are turning to China-led agencies to plug funding gaps in their pandemic-ravaged budgets after exhausting fin...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
Natural catastrophes cause above-average $100 billion in insurance losses in 2020: Aon
LONDON (Reuters) - Natural catastrophes resulted in $97 billion in insured losses in 2020, 40% above the average for this century, in a year when insurers also faced hefty bills due to the coronavirus...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021
China was largest recipient of FDI in 2020: Report
(Reuters) - China was the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in 2020 as the coronavirus outbreak spread across the world during the course of the year, with the Chinese economy having brou...
Syndicated Content Jan 24, 2021





