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Providing a helpful overview on the rapidly shifting carbon and sustainability landscape for institutional investors, and how they can accelerate innovation
Today, the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), a global network of almost 40 sovereign wealth funds, in partnership with the IE University s Center for the Governance of Change, a global research center on SWFs, host a seminar on the rapidly changing landscape around climate change, the impact institutional investors are having to navigate and drive this change forward, and next steps for investors. The event follows last month s release of the first comprehensive survey of sovereign wealth funds attitudes to climate change, conducted by IFSWF and the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds (OPSWF), as well as IE University s annual Sovereign Wealth Funds Report publication, in partnership with ICEX-Invest in Spain.
HKTDC International Sourcing Show opens tomorrow
Online-and-offline fair helps businesses capture new opportunities
HONG KONG, Mar 16, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - As global sourcing becomes increasingly digitalised in the wake of the pandemic, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is debuting the HKTDC International Sourcing Show, a trade exhibition held in both online and physical formats, to help businesses adjust to the new sourcing model. The online section of the show begins tomorrow (17 March) and will enable buyers and suppliers to engage through a dedicated online exhibition platform that also features business matching and video conferencing tools. Once the pandemic situation eases, businesses can join the physical show at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) from 26 to 29 July to explore further opportunities.
Weekly roundup From chocolate to cryptocurrencies
Have people really gained more weight during the pandemic? How did brain researchers predict stock movements (or, by extension, cryptocurrency performance) an entire day in advance? And, finally, with COVID-19 variants spreading among kids under 15, it s time to ask: When should we start vaccinating kids?
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March 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), in its crucial heads of the component parties meeting tomorrow (Tuesday), would take up the situation that has arisen due to allegedly threatening and abusive messages passed on to PML-N central leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif recently by some quarters.
The NAB’s move to seek cancelation of her bail on a plea would also figure in discussions. The joint proposal of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and PDM President Maulana Fazlur Rehman on parting ways with the assemblies to put pressure on the government to quit would also be discussed. Some other smaller parties of the PDM are also supporting the idea.
THAILAND: After a brief delay over safety concerns, Thailand will finally begin rolling out the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from tomorrow (Mar 16) with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha the first in l