Finance Focused

Financial crises have occurred due to a wide range of different factors throughout modern history. Understanding it does help to inform what events (and unexpected consequences) to expect during a recession and how opportunities are always present even in times of economic turmoil and financial distress.

From unconventional views on monetary policy driving 1000% spikes in offshore markets, to liquidity issues arising from state-owned bank actions, the Turkish economy is in a dire state and I’m going to run through the events leading up to this point.

This Professional Industry Insight with Ross Nkama (software engineer at Google) covers:

This Professional Industry Insight with Eric Collins (CEO and Founding Member at Impact X Capital Partners LLP) covers:

The food delivery market is very competitive. To overcome this, companies often merge with their competitors or acquire them, which is rapidly changing the dynamic of the market. In this article, we delve into the Just Eat Takeaway merger and its acquisition of Grubhub. As a result of these deals, the combined group is now the world’s largest food delivery company outside of China.

During an FT interview on 8th July 2020, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, stated: “I want to explore every avenue available in order to combat climate change”. This shows us that the massive shift towards green policy initiatives will be in place sooner than expected. In this article, we will explore the green policy changes that have been proposed and the three key areas where we can expect outperformance in the market.

ETFs have increased in popularity over the past few decades, originally focusing on passive strategies but nowadays also branching out into more complex and actively managed strategies. The main differences between investing in ETFs and other investment vehicles are essentially the way they are traded and structured. This gives ETFs advantages such as increased liquidity and transparency, but also gives rise to disadvantages, such as potential differences in the way they are taxed. Considering the plethora of ETFs available, careful consideration as to whether any particular ETF gives the highlighted advantages or disadvantages is required.

This article looks to objectively assess the effect of companies’ share repurchase programmes in America. Is it right for companies to spend so much spare cash on shareholders? Can they not use it better? What other ways can they use it? How effective really are buybacks for the economy? These are some of the issues this article aims to shed some light on.

Sourcing huge returns on investments during an economic recession may appear paradoxical at face value. Particularly pertinent to now, one would assume that a depression would result in most investments experiencing a similar decline. However, this article explains how exactly vulture funds thrive in such an environment. Analysing the various tactics employed by such funds, this article explores quintessential vulture fund activity whilst reconciling the ethical dimension of this notorious type of investing.

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