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Does ESG matter?
Two years ago Stuart Kirk, the then head of responsible investing for HSBC, delivered a mic dropping speech at the FT Moral Money conference. What did he say? Here’s a few quotes: “Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater in 100 years? Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages, and that’s a really……
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Does ESG matter?
Two years ago Stuart Kirk, the then head of responsible investing for HSBC, delivered a mic dropping speech at the FT Moral Money conference. What did he say? Here’s a few quotes: “Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater in 100 years? Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages, and that’s a really……
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Does ESG matter?
Two years ago Stuart Kirk, the then head of responsible investing for HSBC, delivered a mic dropping speech at the FT Moral Money conference. What did he say? Here’s a few quotes: “Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater in 100 years? Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages, and that’s a really……
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Does ESG matter?
Two years ago Stuart Kirk, the then head of responsible investing for HSBC, delivered a mic dropping speech at the FT Moral Money conference. What did he say? Here’s a few quotes: “Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater in 100 years? Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages, and that’s a really……
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Does ESG matter?
Two years ago Stuart Kirk, the then head of responsible investing for HSBC, delivered a mic dropping speech at the FT Moral Money conference. What did he say? Here’s a few quotes: “Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater in 100 years? Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages, and that’s a really……
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How digitalisation is changing lending
I was recently having a chat with my old friend Slava Solodkiy about the way in which digitalisation is changing lending. He then surprised me by summarising our discussion and allowing me to share it here! Here’s his write-up: How digitalisation is changing lending When thinking about this my brain thought linearly – taking current……
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Banks in talks to finance $13billion DocuSign buyout deal
Several Wall Street banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. have held talks to provide as much as $8 billion in financing for a buyout of DocuSign Inc. that values the company at around $13 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank…
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AWS clients double down on cloud
Amazon Web Services’ clients are leaning into the cloud for innovation and adding more workload tasks to the cloud. Since the third quarter of 2023, AWS has added “more than $1.1 billion of revenue,” Amazon Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky said during AWS’ fourth-quarter earnings call on Feb. 1, noting that companies looking for cost…
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Apple reports record revenue from payments, cloud services
Apple reported record payments and cloud revenue that contributed more than 19% of the tech giant’s overall revenue growth. Revenue from the services, which include iCloud and Apple Pay, was $23.1 billion in its fiscal first quarter, up 11.3% year over year, according to the company’s earnings statement released Feb. 1. Apple’s total revenue for…
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The Finanser’s Week: 29th January – 3rd February 2024
This week’s main blog discussions include … How digitalisation is changing lending I was recently having a chat with my old friend Slava Solodkiy about the way in which digitalisation is changing lending. He then surprised me by summarising our discussion and allowing me to share it here! Here’s his write-up: How digitalisation is changing……