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EQT AB (publ) (“EQT”) has reached an agreement to acquire Baring Private Equity Asia (“BPEA”) (the “

LONDON — BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink’s latest annual letter has taken the business world by storm. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, and Fink, addressing the CEOs of the companies whose assets his firm manages on behalf of investors, took the opportunity to advocate a more ecologically sustainable, socially conscious, forward-looking form of capitalism

LONDON — BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink’s latest annual letter has taken the business world by storm. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, and Fink, addressing the CEOs of the companies whose assets his firm manages on behalf of investors, took the opportunity to advocate a more ecologically sustainable, socially conscious, forward-looking form of capitalism

Instead of waiting for market failures, government agencies should be shaping markets, and creating an environmental objective for the NEM is top of the list.

MLONDON  —  In 2021, Alphabet (Google’s parent), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook’s new alias) and Microsoft were among the world’s largest companies in terms of revenue and profit. These five companies alone increased their market capitalisation by an amount greater than Italy’s GDP($2.5 trillion vs. $2.1 trillion). Big Tech now accounts for nearly a quarter of the S&P 500’s

By Mariana Mazzucato and Jayati GhoshLONDON — Despite multiple technological breakthroughs in the fight to control COVID-19, twice as many people died from it in 2021 compared to 2020. The Omicron variant is a stark reminder that effective vaccines are merely the first step towards ending the pandemic. Until we establish a process to manufacture vaccines at scale and

By Mariana Mazzucato and Jayati GhoshLONDON — Despite multiple technological breakthroughs in the fight to control COVID-19, twice as many people died from it in 2021 compared to 2020. The Omicron variant is a stark reminder that effective vaccines are merely the first step towards ending the pandemic. Until we establish a process to manufacture vaccines at scale and

The 19th session of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) General Conference concluded today, taking place at a critical

VIENNA, 3 December 2021 – The 19th session of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) General Conference concluded today, taking place at a critical juncture following the UN Secretary-General’s call for a

LONDON — At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), I joined a panel with leading national politicians, including Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Spanish Minister of the Ecological Transition Teresa Ribera, to discuss how we can get serious about the green economy.