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Another Foot in the Fashion Door: LVMH’s Acquisition of Birkenstock
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the number and value of worldwide mergers and acquisitions has decreased significantly. However,...
Mar 7, 20212 min read
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Regulation or Repression? Controlling Big Tech
One can summarise technology regulation quite simply: privacy and profit. Should tech giants have unchecked access to information and the...
Mar 7, 20214 min read
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Lebanon: An economy on the brink of collapse
This past year, the coronavirus pandemic has hit many countries' economies deeply, one of which is Lebanon. The country and its...
Mar 7, 20213 min read
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Virtual Internships: Virtually impossible?
From the Covid-19 Pandemic emerged virtual spring weeks and summer internships, alongside work from home graduate schemes. It can be a...
Mar 7, 20214 min read
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Making a Green Economy, One Bond at a Time
What if the only incentive we needed to stop global warming was to make money doing so? Whoever said there is no ethical consumption...
Mar 7, 20212 min read
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Apple - An analysis through the lens of ESG
Apple, the largest tech company in the world, a global industry leader with a market cap of over $2 trillion is navigating through a...
Mar 7, 20212 min read
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British Pound Sterling breaks out
In view of the vaccination rates, the post-Brexit UK economy is proving resilient which can be seen by the rising strength of the GBP,...
Feb 21, 20212 min read
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Market Roundup
Spotlight: Bitcoin (BTC) Last week, all eyes were pointed at a single cryptocurrency while it reached a significant market capitalisation...
Feb 21, 20215 min read
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EXCLUSIVE: Leeds Finance Summit Coverage
A statement from Yuesong Cai, the President and main organiser of Leeds Finance Summit: "I am Yuesong Cai, a first-year undergraduate...
Feb 21, 202113 min read
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Bitcoin on the rise: $53,000 and counting
On 19th February, the price of Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $53,000, the latest milestone in a strong rally. The dramatic rise comes...
Feb 21, 20215 min read
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Pinterest – ‘Uninspired’ by Microsoft’s $51 Billion Bid
Microsoft’s most recent venture involved a staggering $51 billion offer to take over the well-known social media company Pinterest....
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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A tale of fashion conquests: How are online retailers Boohoo and Asos taking over the industry?
Online Fashion retailers have created a very lucrative business model relying on low prices, trendy clothing and a very efficient...
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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RCEP: The World’s Largest Free Trade Zone
After a series of arduous negotiations, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) was signed on December 14th,...
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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DeFi: Pioneering crypto as a social benefactor
ESG (short for environmental, social, governance) investing is often summarised as ‘sustainable’ investing. However, this is an...
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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India’s budget battle against faltering GDP
On the 26th November 1947, the first Union budget of Independent India was published. The latest, unveiled on 1st of February, echoes...
Feb 7, 20213 min read
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Introduction to Investment Banking: The start to an eventful career
Investment banking is an incredibly lucrative career, with some first-year analysts earning up to £92,000 per year. The idea of earning...
Feb 7, 20214 min read
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A Telecom dilemma: How a merger between titans might affect prices
On 7th May 2020, Liberty Global and Telefonica announced their plans to merge Virgin Media (Virgin) and O2. Initially, the European...
Feb 7, 20213 min read
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Why ESG Investing needs to be the New Norm
The global allocation of capital in financial markets is still strongly weighted against global interest. This needs to change; we don’t...
Feb 7, 20213 min read
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Burnley FC: From Rags to Riches
A toxic combination of Brexit and COVID have had contractionary effects on the English Premier League, vastly restricting the funds...
Feb 7, 20214 min read
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Market Roundup
Spotlight on GameStop (GME) At the heart of the battle between Reddit retail investors and Wall Street, GameStop, a video game retailer,...
Feb 7, 20215 min read
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