Personal Finance for Newbies – Entrepreneur

Managing your personal finances involves managing both short- and long-term aspects of your finances. It also refers to an industry that offers products and services to help individuals manage their finances and investments. Due – Due But, if you’re new to personal finance, all that may not mean much to you. So, let’s explain why […]

New analysis tracks global finance for nature – One Earth

A new initiative called Nature Finance Info provides an accounting of the latest total financial commitments from governments, foundations, and corporates in the lead-up to the UN Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Led by the Campaign for Nature, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund, the report provides a summary of […]

EU casts doubt on ability to intervene in energy derivatives markets – Financial Times

European authorities have played down their ability to intervene in the region’s derivatives markets to help stretched energy companies after privately admitting energy price volatility was not due to the “market malfunctioning”. The European Commission said that stress in markets such as electricity futures “seems to reflect acute uncertainty on market fundamentals” such as supply […]

Finance is (finally) embracing IT – Yahoo Finance

Good morning, As the future of finance involves technology, the need for finance-IT alignment continues to be in the spotlight. “I think for far too long, if you start talking about finance and technology to finance people, they will shut down,” said Doug Schosser, EVP and chief accounting officer at KeyCorp. On Tuesday, Schosser participated […]

Turning Data Into Business Insight: Finance And IT Converging – Forbes

CFOs must keep up with IT getty We live and work in the era of “Big Data,” and increasingly rely on data analysis and insight to make business decisions. But with the technology having moved so far so quickly, many CFOs have struggled to keep up. It’s all the more essential, then, for CFOs to […]

Interest in Ether Derivatives Surges Ahead of Merge – Blockworks

Average daily volume for CME Group’s ether futures contracts in September is up 15% from August A record 288,000 crypto futures contracts traded on Coinbase’s platform on Sept. 9 Demand for ether futures contracts and other crypto derivatives is surging just days before the Merge — the Ethereum blockchain’s pivot from proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake-powered […]

Brussels ignores derivatives at its peril amid energy crisis – Financial Times

When European leaders meet in Brussels on Friday to tackle the continent’s energy crisis, politicians will be focused on windfall taxes and energy price caps. And no wonder: spiralling electricity costs are creating mounting pain for households and businesses — and political upheaval. However, investors should keep an eye on another item on the agenda: […]