Three factors to watch as impact finance gains traction
As more investors turn to the concept of impact finance, three key trends will shape the immediate future of this rapidly growing field....
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The Motor City takes a detour from Silicon Valley orthodoxy
24 April 2025 • by Jerry Davis in Finance • 8 min read • 
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Many regional developers have tried and failed to emulate Silicon Valley’s VC-driven model for innovation. Detroit, the birthplace of Ford, is following an alternative route – with promising results....
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What’s happening to Chinese fintech?
21 October 2021 • by Bin Li in Finance • 4 min read
The first online loan products for SMEs in China to be offered through mobile channels come thanks to the country’s recent fintech revolution. We spoke to Bin Li, Chief Researcher of Fintech...
Seeking common prosperity from a global perspective
20 October 2021 • by Xiang Bing in Finance • 16 min read
Since 1979, the market economy and global free competition has created unprecedented economic development and wealth creation. However, this has also led to massively uneven distribution of income and wealth, a decline...
Impact investment is a force for good, but a better way is needed to assess its value
24 September 2021 • by John Elkington, Sonja Haut in Finance • 11 min read
Negative screening is well established among ESG and other impact investors, involving the avoidance of downside exposures, but the next generation will demand far more positive results. ...
Cryptocurrencies are going institutional
20 July 2021 • by Guido Buehler in Finance • 3 min read
It’s not just retail traders that are dabbling in bitcoin and other digital assets, traditional money managers, looking for alpha and an inflation hedge, are getting in on the act too....
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