While domestic macro challenges and external geopolitical uncertainties remain unsettled, market optimism has clearly risen on the back of Chinese AI developments. As the February rally wasn’t a broad-based one, fundamental research on the industry and sector level would be important for investors interested in the Chinese equity market.
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The potentially unprecedented scale of the destruction from the California wildfires has investors worried about the possible medium- and longer-term impact on municipal and corporate debt issuers.
As fraud continues to evolve, businesses must adopt a comprehensive, multi-layered approach that spans the entire customer and supplier lifecycle, integrating AI, big data, and continuous monitoring to effectively combat emerging threats.
When data leads to big decisions, customers need peace of mind to track where data is coming from and ensure that it is secure, reliable and able to meet regulatory and compliance standards.
The gap between the ESG performance of Japanese and European companies (as measured by the FTSE Russell ESG Score) seems to have narrowed,
While the NGEU funding provides significant fiscal boost to the Euro area economy, the impact diverges between EU nations.
With the market becoming increasingly mature, investors are engaging with sustainable investment on its own terms.
Asset owners are upbeat about implementing sustainable investment more often through passive than active investment strategies.
As policymakers around the world consider how to address decarbonization, the UK's initiative provides a model for facilitating more consistent climate-related information and transition planning.
As the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market expands, we expect to see well-established norms at the issuer side and consensus among investors, as well as more transparent and relevant target settings which are imperative for fostering an efficient SLB market with minimal transaction cost.