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Regulation of fast-growing private loan market to rise

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INTERNATIONAL

Private credit fills the gap for firms that have grown too large for bank loans but are not large enough to tap bond and equity markets. While initially viewed as relatively…

Cyber risk transfer tools proliferate as breaches rise

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However, pricing these policies is tough due to incomplete modelling data about the frequency and cost of breaches, and uncertainty about the scale and interconnectedness of cyber…

More rigour in rating ESG products will aid investment

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INTERNATIONAL

Ratings providers have been tightening their methodologies and scoring of ESG funds but there is no universal methodology for categorising firms or funds as sustainable, or for…

Mozambican government faces unrest amid debt crisis

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MOZAMBIQUE

This followed the announcement from Maputo in October that it was in debt distress after revelations earlier this year of over 2-billion-dollars in undisclosed loans. In an effort…

Power problems will haunt Armenian government

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ARMENIA

In a bid to quell the protests, President Serzh Sargsyan has announced that the government will subsidise the increase until the completion of an independent audit into the…

Corporate climate reporting is underestimating risks

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INTERNATIONAL

However, there is a danger of these impact assessments understating the costs of the global temperature rise already happening, and of action needed to restrain it.

Evolution in cybercrime needs security upgrades

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INT

These trends include the rise in ‘double extortion’ ransomware attacks and supply chain attacks to obtain sensitive data and infiltrate computer networks through widely used…

Monitoring US workers, and pushback against, will grow

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UNITED STATES

Technological monitoring of employees will increase as the software spreads from large to small and medium-sized enterprises, as business models are digitalised, and as hybrid and…

Ecuador referendum result complicates mining outlook

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ECUADOR

Mining outlook.

China’s cybersecurity risks likely to outpace reform

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CHINA

The law underlines the government’s effort to boost the cybersecurity of Chinese networks, especially of critical infrastructure. China presents itself as a major victim of…