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Feb 6, 2022
3 min

Why You Need a Mentor

A key piece of advice heard from professionals across every area - Find a mentor. Despite this, an American study found only 37% of...

Feb 6, 2022
4 min

Tensions in Ukraine – A Game Theory Perspective

Tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine are at the epicentre of global politics. Many have been left speculating whether there...

Feb 6, 2022
3 min

ESG: a Bubble or a Paradigm Shift?

It might seem odd for the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) section to question its very own importance and relevance in...

Feb 6, 2022
2 min

Indian government criticized over purchase of Pegasus spyware

Finsights Analyst Tanishya Kapila provides her take on the discovery that India’s government purchased Israeli spyware Pegasus. It has...

Feb 6, 2022
3 min

CMA puts brakes on £2bn coach merger

A £1.9 billion merger between Stagecoach and National Express was put on hold last week as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...

Dec 8, 2021
5 min

The Metaverse is Coming - But At What Cost?

Imagine a virtual world bringing a new dimension to social interactions and gaming. An alternative to reality, where you move around not...

Nov 28, 2021
4 min

AI Market to Reach $360 Billion by 2028

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become immensely popular as industries worldwide rapidly integrate it into their processes to improve...

Nov 28, 2021
3 min

Biden’s Build Back Better Bill Hangs in the Balance

President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill has received bipartisan support after a lengthy negotiation period and has been signed...

Nov 28, 2021
3 min

Market Roundup

Spotlight on a company – Nordstrom US luxury department store chain Nordstrom plunged 25% on Wednesday 23rd November following poor...

Nov 28, 2021
3 min

Has COP26 Given us Reason to Be Optimistic?

Just three years ago at COP24 in Katowice, US President Trump dismissed all mention of the IPCC report urging countries to work towards a...

Nov 28, 2021
3 min

Argentina seeks to close deal with IMF over $44 billion debt

The Argentinian government is unable to repay an outstanding $44 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund and is struggling to...

Nov 28, 2021
2 min

Coca Cola splurges $5.6 billion for full control of Bodyarmor

In an attempt to challenge PepsiCo Inc’s dominance in the sports drink arena, Coca Cola has spent $5.6 billion for full control of...

Nov 28, 2021
3 min

A Banker and an Automaker Walk into a Bar...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: what do you get when the world’s biggest automaker upsets the largest bank in the US? The answer...

Nov 14, 2021
4 min

Privacy vs Profits: How Apple’s New Preferences Cost Big Tech $10bn

Apple’s iOS 14.5 update last April saw the introduction of a new prompt allowing users to ask apps not to track their data. This is all...

Nov 14, 2021
2 min

Government of Change – Israeli coalition agree on state’s budget

Following a long period of government instability and four elections within the space of two years, a state budget was passed in the...

Nov 14, 2021
3 min

Market Roundup

Spotlight on a Company – Pfizer Inc Pfizer Inc (PFE) share price soared this week by over 10%, closing on Friday at 11.13. This followed...

Nov 14, 2021
4 min

How to Secure an Internship in Investment Banking

Currently President of Leeds Trading and Investment Society, Dan was a former TMT Analyst at Leeds Finsights. During his first year, he...

Nov 14, 2021
3 min

Offshore Wind in The US: Underutilised and Under Resourced

In 2016, the Environment America Research & Policy Center identified the USA’s potential offshore wind production rate to be nearly...

Nov 14, 2021
3 min

El Salvador – the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender

On 8 June 2021 the Central American country El Salvador accepted a law which officially made bitcoin a national currency. You may be...

Nov 14, 2021
3 min

Follow the money: Trump’s media merger with SPAC proves lucrative for some

Donald Trump’s social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), announced on 20th October 2021 it was going public via a...