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Electric utilities don’t make money from selling power to customers, but instead profit from investments in power plants, wires, substations and other equipment.
Treating consumers of financial products and services fairly seems uncontroversial. But translating it into a legal obligation can have unintended consequences.
Corporate leaders see their decisions as purely rational, but emotions, especially those tied to masculinity, may play a bigger role than they admit.
Investing in climate
adaptation is one of the smartest financial opportunities of our time
Older adults are generally good at judging their capacity for handling their finances, but
cognitive impairment degrades that skill. Proactive planning can help protect them from fraud.
Higher education in the UK is facing serious concerns over financial risk and security.
Risk assessments used by lenders are a boon for the oil and gas industry.
A recently settled class action lawsuit against the Australian government could help drive greater disclosure of climate financial risk by governments, central banks and companies.
While a digital national currency does have the potential to mitigate key financial issues, we cannot ignore the democratic risks such a currency could introduce without safeguards.
The cause of banking crises since the debacle in the 1980s remains unchanged. Incentives encourage executives to take excessive risks, with few consequences if bets turn bad. It’s happening again.
The Fed, Treasury and FDIC acted swiftly to protect depositors and stem any panic, but anxiety continues to grow about the state of the global financial system.
As with any major financial decision, you need to understand how the renovation fits with your broader life goals. Why do you want to do it?
Private companies rate all kinds of investments, from stocks to used cars. Now, they’re starting to analyze climate risks to local real estate – but how reliable are their findings?
As people file their taxes in a year where many are going through financial hardships brought on by COVID-19, a scholar argues that cheating on one’s taxes would still be morally wrong.
Research shows that older people tend to be more trusting than young people, for reasons related to experience and the ageing process.
We need to equip Canada’s financial sector to steer us through a global economic transition on our own terms.
Fully half of Westpac’s loan book consists of interest-only loans, so why are the banks not more concerned about what could happen next?
Instead, we need to burn the entire system of financial regulation to the ground and replace it with something that supports investing the way it’s done today.
There’s been quite a bit of speculation over whether Australia has a property market bubble - where house prices are over-inflated compared to a benchmark - and when it might burst. According to housing…
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