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Weekly Roundup - 25/04/2021
Massacre of Armenians a genocide: Last weekend, President Joe Biden recognized the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Empire...
Apr 29, 20215 min read


Weekly Roundup - 18/04/2021
Tough sanctions on Moscow: The confrontation between Washington and Moscow reached another level last week when US president Joe Biden...
Apr 29, 20215 min read


Weekly Roundup 28/03/2021
25-year agreement: Last Saturday, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, and China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, signed a 25-year...
Apr 9, 20215 min read


Weekly Roundup - 21/03/2021
Deliveroo’s IPO presents a win for shareholder capitalism and transparency: Beloved UK food delivery outfit, Deliveroo, are set to IPO on...
Mar 23, 20215 min read


Languages in finance
Hundreds of thousands of university students apply for investment banking positions every single year. Inevitably, students look for ways...
Mar 22, 20213 min read


ESG Rating Systems
Transparency in an organization has never been more important to investors than it is now to ensure an investment fits the moral...
Mar 22, 20214 min read


What is a pension? (UK Edition)
What is a pension? A pension can be defined as an income stream in retirement. Pensions are special because they save you money compared...
Mar 15, 20215 min read


Weekly Roundup - 14/03/2021
Big Government, Big Stimulus: The American Rescue Plan, President Joe Biden’s $1.9tn stimulus package, was signed into law on Thursday,...
Mar 15, 20215 min read


Weekly Roundup - 07/03/2021
Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to jail: The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in prison after he...
Mar 12, 20215 min read


Weekly Roundup - 29/02/2021
Myanmar: Hope and Fear: The situation in Myanmar continues to crumble. Although the protests continue to show their strength, with mostly...
Mar 5, 20215 min read


An introduction to Equity Capital Markets
Introduction: An IPO is an Initial Public Offering and is very simply the first time that a company’s stock is offered to the general...
Feb 26, 20214 min read


Weekly Roundup - 21/02/2021
Facebook's ban in Australia: Last Thursday, Facebook decided to block news sharing in Australia, stopping the people from accessing vital...
Feb 22, 20215 min read


LSEG's $27bn Acquisition of Refnitiv
Acquisition Summary The European Commission has approved the London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) $27bn acquisition of financial-data...
Feb 18, 20213 min read


Weekly Roundup - 14/02/2021
The strained EU-Russia relations: The relations between the EU and Russia have been under pressure since the Cold War; however, the two...
Feb 18, 20214 min read


Weekly Roundup - 07/02/2021
Amazon’s chief executive steps aside: Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos will step aside to become Executive Chairman, being replaced by...
Feb 9, 20215 min read


Weekly Roundup - 31/01/2021
Goods shortages as shipping costs increase: The continuous and dramatic increase of the cost of shipping goods from Asia is a negative...
Feb 5, 20214 min read


Weekly Roundup - 24/01/2021
The 46th US president: Last week, Joe Biden officially became the 46th president, ending a challenging transfer of power and starting a...
Feb 5, 20214 min read


Veolia' Hostile Bid to Takeover Suez for $23.1 billion
Acquisition Overview On October 5th, 2020, Veolia announced that it acquired 29.9% stake in Suez from Engie, the biggest shareholder of...
Feb 1, 20212 min read


AstraZeneca buys Alexion for $39 billion
Acquisition Summary: Multinational AstraZeneca’s acquisition of rare-disease specialist Alexion marks the largest transaction in the...
Jan 25, 20214 min read


An Introduction to ESG
ESG. The omnipresent buzz word of 2020. But what does it actually mean? Environment, Social, Governance is the answer. On the face of it,...
Jan 25, 20214 min read
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