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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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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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Things worth reading: 5th February 2024
Things we’re reading today include … Customer data access and fintech entry: early evidence from open banking | Bank of England Letters: The Bank of England is losing credibility under Governor Andrew Bailey (telegraph.co.uk) Bank of America pays CEO Brian Moynihan $29m, down 3% (fnlondon.com) Iraq bans 8 local banks from US dollar transactions |……
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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……
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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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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…