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What is sustainable finance and why does it matter?
Investing for good is not only possible, but profitable. But how can you tell if your money is really making a difference? Learn from the experts about the challenges and opportunities of sustainable finance.
Boomers versus Millennials: a new perspective on generational wealth in the UK
New research finds evidence that there is more solidarity between generations than the “Millennials versus Boomers” narrative would suggest.
Ageing populations and declining birth rates: are they really such a catastrophe?
Longer lives, coupled with a trend for richer countries to produce fewer children, has led to panic. But are these really things we should be worrying about?
What India can teach us about social mobility
Poorer children across the world face worse prospects than their more privileged peers. Here’s what India can teach us about the economic and moral challenge of social mobility.
How leaders can boost biodiversity through business
We are facing a biodiversity emergency – but businesses can, and should, help solve this crisis.
Solving climate change: unleashing the potential of Southeast Asia
The emergence of voluntary global carbon markets presents a big opportunity for Southeast Asia. But international authorities must do more to encourage investment in a region with great potential to combat greenhouse gas emissions
Why is the gap between the rich and the poor getting wider? Europe versus the US
European and American households have seen their wealth grow by roughly similar degrees over the last 50 years, but in the US the gap between the rich and the poor has become much more pronounced.
How central bank's interest rate rises affect the richest and poorest families
Received wisdom has it that low rates boost economic growth, spreading wealth in a ripple effect across society. Dr Jose-Luis Peydro and his fellow researchers have now been able to reveal the truth with some exceptionally reliable information
What global climate change models are missing
Researchers from Imperial Business School and the Singapore Green Finance Centre have used machine learning to combine data to understand the climate change risk at a local level
Phasing out coal would save the world $78 trillion
Imperial Business School researchers find the move would save 1.2 per cent of current world GDP every year until the end of the century
What is climate risk?
A toolkit to help investors, lenders and regulators address the financial implications of climate change.
Restarting the future: why the intangible economy isn’t working and how we can fix it
The failure of financial institutions to keep up with the rise of the intangible economy has led to economic disappointment across the developed world. So, why has this happened, and what do we do now?