Gordon Noble You might think government debt is bad, but it actually plays a crucial role in modern finance. Back when he was Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello famously declared that April 21, 2006 would be […] Investor Competition for Australia’s first Green Bond […]
Will Jackson-Moor and Emma Cox We depend on nine essential commodities: critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, and copper; food crops such as wheat, maize, and rice; and vital metals like iron, copper, and bauxite (which The Impact of Intense Climate Disruption on Communities, Economies, and Lives […]
Terry Hughes For the fifth time in just the past eight summers – 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022 and now 2024 – huge swathes of the Great Barrier Reef are experiencing extreme heat stress that has The Great Barrier Reef: The Mass Coral Bleaching Disaster […]
Anton Ruddenklau & Karim Haji Highlights: Americas accounts for nearly 70% of total global fintech funding, attracting US$78.3 billion in 2023 Global VC investment in fintech falls more than 50%, from US$88.8 billion in 2022 Fintech: Proptech investments were a bright light in challenging year […]
Grace Wangge A staggering 4.89 billion people around the world use social media – a huge proportion of them young people – as concerns grow about how their online time is affecting health. Yet while Why Social Media health check must include the global south. […]
Chris Briggs Energy security concerns are mounting as renewable projects and transmission lines are delayed. In New South Wales, for instance, the government has flagged it may defer the closure of Eraring coal power station A successful energy transition depends on managing when people use power. So how do we make demand more flexible? […]
By Ben Ellencweig, Philipp Espel, Stefan Jovanovic, Benjamin Tschauner & Khalid Quidwai Companies across the used-car market’s value chain can use data and analytics to tap into growth opportunities and improve margins. The institutional retail Data and Analytics in the Driver’s Seat of the Used-Car Market […]