OPINION/EDITORIAL

Equity Investors Must Pay More Attention to Climate Change Physical Risk

May 29, 2020/IMFBlog By Felix Suntheim and Jérôme Vandenbussche The damage from the 2011 floods in Thailand amounted to around 10 percent of Thailand’s GDP, not even considering all the indirect costs through a loss in economic activity in the country and abroad. By some estimates, the total costs of […]

Changing the concept of the workplace and training in a Covid-19 environment

May 29, 2020/EBRD By Anton Usov Due to the lockdowns in recent weeks, most EBRD partner banks have had to close offices and minimise physical contact with customers. Unfortunately not all of them have managed to connect their staff to systems that allow them to work remotely. In order to retain […]

Analysing Uduk’ s Two Years as SEC Acting DG-OPINION

May 27, 2020 By Akeem Oyetunde Appraising the performance of the Nigerian investment space the past two years that Ms. Mary Uduk held sway as Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, reflects a sector that has continued to respond proactively to emerging global trends following innovative […]