According to The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), impact investment can be defined as investment made into companies, organisations, and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. Hence, impact investing in Africa is the deployment of investment in African companies, organisations, and funds
Electronic trading has become an increasingly important part of the fixed income market landscape in recent years. The rise of electronic trading has enabled a pickup of automated trading (including algorithmic and high-frequency trading) in fixed income futures and parts of cash bond markets. These recent changes have resulted in
The objective of this series, Risk in Investment Management and Financial Services, is to provide a top-level introduction to risk in investment management and financial services. A broader and wider understanding of different types of risk faced in investment management and financial services is critical towards our understanding of different
In the past, industry specific start-up “rules of thumb” may have been sufficient to serve as reasonable basis for any valuation concern. Combined with the unique market dynamics and regulatory environment associated with the medical technology industry, start-ups in this field present a unique set of valuation considerations. In recent