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Beyond the hype cycle: GenAI use cases in supply chain planning

March 14, 2024 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Alberto Fabregat, Srinath Goud Vanga in Finance • 9 min read

How can businesses employ large language models in supply chain management?...

Bitcoin’s comeback: Does the crypto bull market have further to run?

March 11, 2024 • by José Parra Moyano in Finance • 6 min read

As the bellwether digital coin reaches a record high of $69,000, why a spring event known as “the halving” is expected to propel prices higher still in the broader crypto universe....

Some 63% of the respondents claimed they expect their investments in AI to increase over the coming three years.

How AI can undermine financial stability

March 8, 2024 • by Jon Danielsson, Andreas Uthemann in Finance • 6 min read

As AI is increasingly used in the financial system, it exacerbates existing sources of instability and creates new ones. What we should be worried about, say Jon Danielsson and Andreas Uthemann, is...

Riding the waves: Navigating the digital landscape in financial services

March 7, 2024 • by Jialu Shan, Michael R. Wade in Finance • 10 min read

How ready is the financial services industry to benefit from digital disruption? Findings from the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation’s Digital Vortex survey....

Gender lens investing cuts risk and boosts returns

March 4, 2024 • by Tim Radjy in Finance • 11 min read

340 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty by 2030 unless investors shift more capital to the gender lens market. It’s time for asset managers to wake up to...

Cybersecurity, AI and ESG: A new world for CFOs

March 1, 2024 • by Kalin Anev Janse in Finance • 5 min read

Against the backdrop of changing markets and monetary policy, chief financial officers (CFOs) emerge as financial captains steering organizations through uncharted waters....

Crisis looms: The challenges facing China’s banks and their global implications

February 26, 2024 • by Arturo Bris in Finance • 7 min read

A banking crisis in China has the potential to disrupt global financial markets, supply chains, and international trade – causing widespread economic repercussions. What can be done to avert such a disaster? ...

Drawing balls from an urn: a problem with blockchain

February 23, 2024 • by José Parra Moyano, Karl Schmedders in Finance • 7 min read

A long-term flaw in Bitcoin technology threatens the long-term viability of digital currencies....

Drawing a digital dividend from M&A

February 20, 2024 • by Tomoko Yokoi in Finance • 6 min read

The chance to jumpstart digital transformation is an increasingly common M&A deal driver, but it is not always the short cut it promises to be....

The ‘Magnificent Seven’ (M7): Assessing their contribution to the performance of US publicly listed firms

February 20, 2024 • by Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Pierre Ledan, Felix Reitz in Finance • 5 min read

Data from the Crux of Capitalism finds that the ‘Magnificent Seven' “tech” stocks – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla – together accounted for 32% of the economic profit of...

What do those who foresaw the 2008 financial crisis expect today?