Bitcoin’s journey into mainstream finance has reached another major milestone – and another record price. The cryptocurrency was trading at US$66,975 (£48,456) following the launch of an exchange traded fund…Read More >
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Sorry Boris Johnson, the UK will not become the Qatar of hydrogen
“Britain will become the Qatar of hydrogen,” Boris Johnson declared as the government laid out its 368-page strategy for reaching net zero emissions by 2050. It sounds magnificent, but what…Read More >
European Super League: why punishing the breakaway 12 could backfire badly
The football world has been rocked by the announcement of a breakaway European Super League (ESL). The majority think it a bad idea, from governing bodies Fifa and Uefa through…Read More >
Coinbase is listing for US$100 billion on NASDAQ, but you might be better buying bitcoin instead
Coinbase, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, is going public on April 14. The company will trade under the ticker COIN and list 114,850,769 shares on the NASDAQ with an initial…Read More >
Female CFOs, leverage and the moderating role of board diversity and CEO power
Do female managers take on less risk in the firms they manage and under which conditions does gender affect corporate financing choices? These are two of the questions that I…Read More >
ICMA Research Seminars: ‘Board characteristics, external governance and the use of renewable energy: International evidence’
All sessions will be held on Microsoft Teams. Additional research seminar titles will be added in due course. Please email Andrew Urquhart (a.j.urquhart@icmacentre.ac.uk) for further information. Sessions: 7 October 2020…Read More >
ICMA Research Seminars
All sessions will be held on Microsoft Teams. Additional research seminar titles will be added in due course. Please email Andrew Urquhart (a.j.urquhart@icmacentre.ac.uk) for further information. Sessions: 7 October 2020…Read More >
England’s history of defaulting on European lenders shows repercussions of not paying Brexit bill
Failure to pay our European creditors is not a first for the English, as our medieval past shows. What has gone before reveals the damaging consequences of not paying our…Read More >
