“In recent years, economies around the world have gone through a difficult and complicated situation, marked by the materialization of new global risks that have affected economic development and triggered transformations with long-term effects that will continue to represent a challenge for the conduct of economic policies during the next year as well.

By 2050, Europe needs to cumulatively spend $5.3 trillion on clean energy projects. But there’s a sixfold increase in the global production of some metals and raw materials required for that purpose.

After a record-breaking 2021, the global IPO market took a sharp turn in the opposite direction in 2022. With only 1,333 IPOs raising US$179.5b, IPO activity dipped 45% and 61% by number of deals and proceeds, respectively, year-over-year (YOY).

Nike (NKE.US) reported great financial results for its fiscal second quarter, ending November 30, 2022 with revenue and earnings per share beating analysts forecasts on Wall Street.

Netflix’s naming of Microsoft as a partner for its ad-supported service in July was a signal of what the two companies might be planning in the future.

Despite solid margin growth, more than half of the world’s banks continue to experience profitability problems and a return on equity that is below their cost of equity

The Bank of Japan took the markets by surprise on Tuesday, by expanding its target band for 10-year yields to 50 basis points from 25, in a move that could bring more flexibility to the central bank’s monetary policy.

President Xi Jinping’s ambition to transform China into a technological powerhouse was quenched by Washington’s recent restrictions on semiconductors exports to Beijing.

Beijing is discussing for over a decade with American regulators the logistics of allowing onsite investigations of audits made to Chinese companies listed in New York.

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England raised their key interest rates by 50 basis points on Thursday, less than 24 hours after the Fed did the same.

The eurozone downturn extended into its sixth successive month in December, according to flash PMI data, though the rate of decline of business activity moderated for a second month running amid a reduced rate of loss of orders

Elon Musk has a selling target of 20 million cars a year by the end of the decade, twice as much as the current global leader Toyota Motors sold in 2019

The Federal Reserve voted today to raise the Fed Funds target rate range by 50bp to 4.25-4.5%, in line with market expectations.

The global energy crisis has fueled massive profits at companies like Chevron and Exxon Mobil, making the ESG movement’s mission harder to move forward.

Chinese stock exchanges have been on the rise in the last month, being among the best-performing in the world in this period.

After the collapse of Crypto exchange FTX, Binance CEO urged other crypto exchanges to reveal details regarding their financial health (especially the level of reserves), which was supposed to restore investors’ confidence.

For a very long time the activity on the international financial markets has been dominated by expectations regarding the main central banks of developed economies maintaining accommodative monetary conditions.

Oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron are set to spend up to $39 billion combined in shale investments in 2023. They also seek to lower the carbon intensity of production, while increasing returns to investors if crude prices stay elevated.

Online financial services providers like Klarna and Affirm saw their value drop over the past year. But the business model remains attractive to venture investors, who are now putting their money on E-commerce financers that lend to small businesses rather than consumers.

Bluebell Capital Partners has its eyes on BlackRock chief Larry Fink over what has been termed his “apparent hypocrisy” over environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment criteria.

In the third quarter of 2022, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat. In the second quarter of 2022, GDP had grown by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU.

ECB’s top representatives are saying that lenders are overly optimistic while a future recession could pose serious threats to the banking system.

China announced these days that it is further relaxing its Covid-19 measures, two policies being on the agenda. The first is that many people will not need to test anymore.

According to research from Goldman Sachs, 56% of the 548 active funds in U.S. are currently outperforming their benchmarks.

UiPath, Inc. (NYSE: PATH), a leading Romanian enterprise automation software company, announced last week financial results for its third quarter fiscal 2023 ended October 31, 2022 that were better than expected, with revenue up 19% yoy while loss per share was 10 cents vs consensus of $-0.18/share.

There’s still some bubble to deflate on the U.S. stock market, while inflation is far from being under control in many parts of the world. High interest rates didn’t yet manage to tame rising prices, rather putting pressure on borrowers.

The US economy added 263,000 jobs in November, ahead of the 200,000 consensus estimate, even when accounting for a 23,000 downward revision to the past couple of months of data.

Inflation dropped more than expected from 10.6 to 10% in November, mainly on energy price developments while core inflation remained stable at 5% though

Unfavorable market conditions marked by rising interest rates and volatility from geopolitical tensions such as the Russia-Ukraine war have prevented private equity firms, including Carlyle, from cashing out investments for top dollar.

Raiffeisen Bank S.A. successfully placed on Friday, November 25, a new issue of corporate bonds in RON, being the fourth non-preferential senior bond issue out of the bank’s six eligible bond issues.

Protests in China intensify, while new Covid cases exploded to over 40,000 on Sunday. Officials in Beijing are now facing interrelated economic, health, and political crises.

Santa Claus rally – a phenomenon in the stock market, which for many traders has woven a successful Christmas, and with a bit of luck – even spent in some exotic corner in pleasant company.

When fighting inflation, what works for some is of little or no use for others. If prices go up due to supply bottlenecks, increasing the key interest rate could prove as unusefull as cutting an apple in half for the same purpose.

The current context is still dominated by a series of overlapping crises. As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic appear to be gradually diminishing throughout Europe and the US, they remain high in China and continue to affect a significant part of supply chains

Price of nickel jumped 20% since the beginning of the year, bringing very healthy profits for companies in the field. Take China’s Lygend Resources & Technology for example, who’s bottom line grew to 2.3 billion yuan in the first half of 2022.

Zoom Video Communications, the rockstar company during the pandemic has lost more than 80% of its market capitalization since its peak in mid-2020.

The seasonally adjusted Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index rose from 47.3 in October to 47.8 in November, according to the preliminary ‘flash’ reading based on approximately 85% of usual survey responses.

Bonds issued by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase have slumped as investor confidence in the industry slid in the wake of FTX’s collapse.

CAPEX.com announced today that it has received the In-Principle Approval to operate a cryptocurrency trading license in Abu Dhabi. It is not the first time the brand has received a vote of confidence from ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market), as it has been developing its strong MENA region presence since 2019.

Creating a specific fund for loss and damage marked an important point of progress, to what otherwise would have been a flop at recently ended COP27.

The FIFA Qatar 2022 World Cup is scheduled to run from November 20 to December 18 this year. In the stadiums and in front of TVs we will be accompanied by football emotions, while on the screens of trading platforms the impressions will not be any less.

Siemens delivered strong performance in fiscal year 2022 that ended at 30 september, with a record-high profit of more than €10 billion in Industrial Business.

Polish broker Ipopema Securities sees a 36% upside for Impact shares (Impact Developer & Contractor) after releasing financial results for the last quarter of 2022.

When your cryptocurrency exchange is based in the Bahamas or has no headquarters at all, chances of reclaiming your money are slim.

British billionaire Chris Hohn called on Google parent Alphabet to get in line with other big tech companies in terms of layoffs and pay cuts.

Cisco Systems reported third quarter (Q1 FY2023) results that beat analysts’ expectations and lifted its guidance for fiscal 2023.

Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, reported strong revenue growth globally, with strength in Walmart U.S., Sam’s Club U.S., Flipkart, and Walmex.

Salt Edge, a global Open Banking pioneer, has announced its expansion to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, aiming to help banks and other financial institutions to bring innovative solutions to the market and contribute to the Kingdom’s efforts toward the digital rise of technologies via Open Banking.

Group revenue grew by €525 million or 15 percent to €4,143 million in the fourth quarter of the 2022 fiscal year, compared with €3,618 million in the previous three-month period.