First Derivatives to create 500 jobs with opening of new tech hub – The Irish Times

Newry-headquartered FD Technologies is set to create 500 jobs in the Republic with the establishment of a new technology hub. FD’s managed consulting and services division First Derivatives is to launch the new tech hub in response to increased demand for its services from Irish banks and global institutions that have operations here. The group […]

The hidden ‘replication crisis’ of finance – Financial Times

It may sound like a low-budget Blade Runner rip-off, but over the past decade the scientific world has been gripped by a “replication crisis” — the findings of many seminal studies cannot be repeated, with huge implications. Is investing suffering from something similar? That is the incendiary argument of Campbell Harvey, professor of finance at […]

British export credit agency to finance Turkey’s biggest solar energy plant – Reuters

ANKARA, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Britain’s export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) said on Monday it would provide over £217 million ($291.04 million) worth of government backing to help construct Turkey’s largest solar facility, in its largest-ever guarantee for a solar project. Turkey’s Kalyon Enerji’s 1.35GW Karapinar solar project will deliver clean electricity to […]