Richelle Khor and Benjamin Yeo
EssilorLuxottica: Short-sighted CSR program?
Created in collaboration with LSE Green Finance Society Source EssilorLuxottica’s (EL) CSR initiatives have two broad aims: to achieve...
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Sahil Gaikwad and Keynes Tay
- May 14
- 4 min
Is JP Morgan overstating its CSR credentials?
Created in collaboration with LSE Green Finance Society Source JP Morgan is the world’s 5th largest bank. The bank has recently made...
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Tehniyat Ikram and Kai Hussein
- May 14
- 4 min
BNP Paribas under the microscope
Created in collaboration with LSE Green Finance Society Source BNP Paribas claims to be an agent for positive change. However, the...
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Zakariyya Tewari and Robbie Morris
- Mar 24
- 7 min
FTX and the future of crypto
Source We revisit the shocking collapse of FTX, once the world's top crypto exchange, and the deceitful actions of its ex-CEO Sam...
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Zaid Khayal and Gabriel Chow
- Mar 11
- 3 min
ChatGPT’s implications for the AI industry
Source ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is a language model that has gained significant popularity since its release in 2022. The model can...
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Richelle Khor
- Mar 4
- 6 min
Beyond the crypto winter: A new regulatory direction
Source Cryptocurrency's spectacular collapse in 2022, marked by the failure of Terra's UST stablecoin, the bankruptcy of Celsius Network,...
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Claudia Maggi
- Feb 18
- 4 min
ESG, greenwashing, and the role of fintech startups
Source Companies’ ESG performance is increasingly influencing investment decisions. Yet, poor data disclosure indicates several...
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Sahil Gaikwad and Wonjun Lee
- Feb 10
- 4 min
The good, the bad, and the maybe’s of quantum finance
Source Recent advancements in quantum computation have attracted attention from across the spectrum of the corporate world, especially...
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Omar Khan
- Feb 4
- 5 min
Home cheap home: renovating the mortgage industry
Source With the Bank of England raising interest rates ten times since December 2021 up to 4%, mortgage approvals recently hit their...
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Sahil Gaikwad and Anna Zhuang
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Apple’s walled garden approach: An analysis of Apple Pay, the Apple Credit card, and the NFT tax
Source Apple's dominance in the technology sector is undeniable, especially in its Paytech offerings. With Apple Pay capturing 48% of the...
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Richelle Khor and Robbie Morris
- Jan 16
- 6 min
Intertwining art and technology: the future of human creativity
Jason Allen’s work, “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial” The recent win of AI-generated art in the Colorado State Fair's fine arts competition has...
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Zakariyya Tewari and Tehniyat Ikram
- Jan 9
- 4 min
Tackling climate change with big data
Source With rising geopolitical tensions during COP27 negotiations, an unstable energy landscape and waves of never-ending climate...
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Wonjun Lee and Zaid Khayal
- Dec 12, 2022
- 5 min
Does fiat currency have an expiry date?
Will cryptocurrency ever become as ubiquitous as the conventional ‘Fiat’ currency we have used since escaping the barter system?
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Claudia Maggi and Omar Khan
- Dec 4, 2022
- 5 min
Achieving Net Zero: the start-ups working in the carbon markets
Claudia Maggi and Omar Khan discuss the start-ups working to make carbon markets an effective means of emission reduction.
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Patricia Shevel-Bleikss
- Apr 2, 2022
- 7 min
Tribune x FTR: Is environmental change in the energy industry driven by policy or investment?
Editor's Note: This special collaborative edition of the FTR with the UCL Economic Tribune explores trends at the convergence of...
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Wesley Chin
- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
Evergrande: The Chinese Lehman Brothers?
Heavily indebted group Evergrande has been the topic of conversations worldwide. Will China drag the global economy down with them and...
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Dhruv Agarwal
- Oct 10, 2021
- 3 min
Are EVs really accelerating towards a greener future?
Dhruv Agarwal explores whether electric vehicles (EVs) are really as green as advertised and whether their adoption can accelerate global...
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Jocelyn Chen
- Oct 10, 2021
- 3 min
The IPO of Wise & Remitly:
Debuts of two FinTech firms accelerated by the global pandemic Wise and Remitly have been operating for around a decade and finally went...
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Jocelyn Chen
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
How Jim Simons and a legion of mathematicians are solving the market
Simple statistical models form the fundamentals of performing stock predictions. This is how the best do it. Renaissance Technologies...
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