Rise of the Living Dead – Zombie Firms May Hold the Global Economy Back During the pandemic, governments in wealthy countries rolled out massive business support programs, which often took the form of soft loans to companies that suffered revenue losses during lockdowns. While these loans undoubtedly helped businesses survive a difficult year, many observers
Australia China Trade War And Its Implications The current China and Australia trade dispute is actually a war of words and trade restrictions. And it is largely one way, why? China is imposing barriers with seemingly little response from Australia. The reason is the relative high importance to Australia of cross border trade between
Greening The Grid Is Sustainability Step One – But How? The decarbonization of the power grid is a core step in building a sustainable, climate-friendly economy. Indeed, US president Joe Biden has put having an emissions-free electricity sector by 2035 at the heart of his climate agenda. Emissions-free power is the foundation of
Banking In A Post-Pandemic World – What To Expect Banks had an unprecedented year in 2020. In a matter of months, they transformed into almost fully digital operations with remote workers delivering services from their homes. To support them, regulators eased capital requirements and provided liquidity, and banks were able to play a
Virtual Onboarding: Delivering A Meaningful Experience In a previous article published on the Intuition blog, the underpinning principles of virtual onboarding best practices were explained. This article builds on the information in that piece, explaining how a meaningful virtual onboarding experience can be provided to new hires despite their virtual location, considering
Virtual Onboarding Best Practices: 5 Underpinning Principles The world of onboarding has been turned on its head over the past year, increasing the importance of virtual onboarding best practices. In 2020, with an aggressive shift to virtual, firms were forced to develop and execute onboarding programs with the aim of simply surviving
Tough New Sustainability Rules Are Here – Is Your Company Ready? On March 10, 2021, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) came into force. The SFDR – which forms part of the broader EU action plan for sustainable finance – is aimed at promoting disclosures related to sustainability issues. The overall goal is
Burned by GameStop: Lessons for Low-Cost Trading Platforms From “GameStonk” The rise and fall of GameStop dominated headlines in late January – an apparent David-and-Goliath story of small retail investors taking on hedge fund titans. As regulators and traders survey the fallout from the GameStop spike, however, a different story is emerging, with
Gamestop, Wall St Bets And Robinhood – What Happened & Why? In January we had a curious situation involving Gamestop stock. The underlying stock GME, was on the face of it unlikely to be the center of such a wild move. GME is a bricks and mortar retail video and games
The Rise And Further Rise Of Bitcoin? Bitcoin, BTC is on a tear. In 2020 Bitcoin rose more than 300%, and in the first two weeks of January it rose 50%. Is this just speculation or are there other drivers behind its rise? The answer is both. Unlike other crypt
