This week, the lads are looking at ESG - Environment, Social & Governance. For years now, companies have been pushing the idea that an 'ESG Score' could be a profitable guide to investing. Yet this latest mind virus for the finance community has produced scrappy results. Now, with Blacrock and Standard & Poor dropping it in the face of tightening markets, Philip Pilkington looks back on the evolution of a fad.
In Hong Kong, a little-known investment vehicle allows foreign companies to raise funds in Chinese Currency. Recently we learned that the quantity of 'Dim Sum Bonds' has gone up fourfold in five years. Is this the gateway drug to foreigners finally being allowed to invest in China's capital markets?
Then, a consistent theme comes around. Measured by PPP, Germany's economy is on some metrics now smaller than Russia's. Andrew Collingwood analyses why and how the West walked into the strategic blunder of sanctions - one that seems to increasingly have world-historical consequences.
Madame El Presidente, Buyout Britain, Ankara’s Away
Premium Episode: Britain 2029
When Liberals Kill, G7 Suicide Pact, Dollarmageddon
Special Edition: Two Crystal Balls And The Death Of The Washington World Order
Xi Came In Through The Belgrade Window, Egypt's Pyramid Scheme, Per Capita No Cap
Special Edition - Q&A
Yuan Way Or Another, Korea Advice, Dollar Save Club
Bananageddon, We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat, Enter The Draghi
Special Episode: Big Trouble With Little Rocket Man
Premium Episode: The Atlanticists vs The Autonomists
Sino More, A Bridge Too Far, America's Trussification
Special Edition: The Economic Consequences Of The War
Machine Learning Difficulties, Don't Hate-O The NATO, Britain's Shrivelling Equities
Premium Edition: The YIMBY Defence League, Nuland Goes, Galloway Comes
Special Edition: The Burger Theory Of History (feat. Malcom Kyeyune)
Israeli Economy Contracts 20 Percent, Nagorno-Karabakh To The Future, Bailey Out-y
Deutschland Unter Alles, Chinese Crackers, War Like An Egyptian
Premium Edition: How To Invade Iran with Malcom Kyeyune
From America With Love, Your Country Needs THEM, Self-Immolate After Reading
Poseidon With The Enemy, WWIII Pt. 2, Weimargentina
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free