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New Nature Economy Report II: The Future of Nature and Business

January 27, 2021-The Future of Nature and Business, the second of three reports in the World Economic Forum's New Nature Economy series, provides the practical insights needed to take leadership in shifting towards a much needed nature-positive economy.

As the world prepares to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting crisis, we are presented with an unprecedented clarion call, and opportunity, to change the way we eat, live, grow, build and power our lives to achieve a carbon-neutral, 'nature-positive' economy and halt biodiversity loss by 2030. Business as usual is no longer an option.

The report highlights the need for a fundamental transformation across three socio-economic systems, which represent over a third of the global economy and provide up to two-thirds of all jobs. These systems are: food, land and ocean use; infrastructure and the built environment; and extractives and energy. Together they drive the threats which endanger almost 80% of the total threatened and near-threatened species. These systems, therefore, have a significant opportunity and responsibility to reverse nature loss. But they also have tremendous upside benefits to gain by embracing this transformation now.

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Source: World Economic Forum


Financial Perils in Check for Now, Eyes Turn to Risk of Market Correction

January 27, 2021--"The vaccines are here!"-the cry heard and welcomed the world over-has boosted hopes of a global economic recovery in 2021. Yet until vaccines are widely available, the market rally and the economic recovery rest on continued monetary and fiscal policy support.

Financial stability risks have been in check so far, but we cannot take this for granted.

Prices for stocks, corporate bonds, and other risk assets have risen higher on the news of vaccine rollouts. Financial markets have shrugged off rising COVID-19 cases, betting that continued policy support will offset any bad economic news in the short term and provide a bridge to the future. As the apparent disconnect between exuberant financial markets and the still-lagging economic recovery persists, it raises the specter of a possible market correction should investors reassess the economic outlook or the extent and duration of policy backstop.

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view the Global Financial Stability Report Update, January 2021: Vaccines Inoculate Markets, but Policy Support Is Still Needed

Source: IMF


World Economic Outlook Update-January 2021-Policy Support and Vaccines Expected to Lift Activity

January 26, 2021--In just three months since we released our last forecast in October, recorded COVID-19 deaths have doubled to over 2 million, as new waves have lifted infections past previous peaks in many countries.

In these same three months, multiple vaccines have seen unexpectedly strong success and some countries have started ambitious vaccination drives. Much now depends on the outcome of this race between a mutating virus and vaccines to end the pandemic, and on the ability of policies to provide effective support until that happens. There remains tremendous uncertainty and prospects vary greatly across countries.

In our latest World Economic Outlook forecast we project global growth for 2021 at 5.5 percent, 0.3 percentage point higher than our October forecast, moderating to 4.2 percent in 2022. The upgrade for 2021 reflects the positive effects of the onset of vaccinations in some countries, additional policy support at the end of 2020 in economies such as the United States and Japan and an expected increase in contact-intensive activities as the health crisis wanes. However, the positive effects are partially offset by a somewhat worse outlook for the very near term as measures to contain the spread of the virus dampen activity.

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view the IMF World Economic Outlook Update Policy Support and Vaccines Expected to Lift Activity January 2021

Source: IMF


Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism: Towards Common Metrics and Consistent Reporting of Sustainable Value Creation

January 26, 2021--This report identifies a set of Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics, drawn from existing voluntary standards to offer comparable metrics and disclosures across 4 pillars that are considered most critical for business, society and the planet.

Our aim is to catalyze the convergence, simplification and standardization of the non-financial reporting ecosystem.

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Source: World Economic Forum


BlackRock pushes companies to adopt 2050 net-zero emissions goal

January 26, 2021--World's largest asset manager considers dumping companies that fail to meet targets
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, will push companies to commit to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and raised the prospect of dumping companies that fail to do so from its actively-managed funds.

In a pair of letters sent on Tuesday to chief executives and to BlackRock's clients, chief executive Larry Fink said that a "tectonic shift" in the investment landscape was happening faster than he expected.,

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Source: irishtimes.com


Connecting Countries and Cities for Regional Value Chain Integration: Operationalizing the AfCFTA

January 25, 2021--On 1 January 2021, the African Union launched the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This Regional Action Group for Africa report is part of a series investigating five priority pathways to drive economic recovery and build resilience in the context of the AfCFTA Agreement.

It explores two priorities: first, unlocking manufacturing to mitigate global supply-chain risks; and second, leveraging integration and regional value chains. It also reviews intra-African trade and current African efforts to liberalize trade in the continent, examining how to unlock production capacity to meet local and global demands in strategic sectors, focusing on the automotive industry.

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Source: World Economic Forum


World Economic Forum-Chief Economists Outlook 2021

January 25, 2021--The approval of several COVID-19 vaccines in late 2020 has brightened public health and economic prospects for 2021. Yet, prior to the onset of the pandemic, the global economy already had a fragile growth outlook, with social tensions over the evident polarization of economic outcomes and high levels of uncertainty.

At this critical juncture, policymakers need to look beyond reviving the old economy and instead shift towards a thriving global economy-where growth is revived, social justice more fully realized, and the climate crisis averted.

Based on consultations and surveys with the World Economic Forum's Community of Chief Economists, this edition of the quarterly Chief Economists Outlook lays out the key drivers shaping the current context, the policy pathways that could shape the global economy this year, and the resulting expected outlook for 2021.

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Source: World Economic Forum


ETFGI reports assets invested in ESG ETFs and ETPs listed globally reach a new milestone of 187 billion US dollars at end of 2020

January 22, 2021--ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ETFs and ETPs reached a new milestone of US$187 billion at the end of 2020. Assets invested in ESG ETFs and ETPs increased by 206% in 2020.

During December ESG ETFs and ETPs gathered net inflows of US$18.46 billion during, bringing 2020 net inflows to US$88.95 billion which significantly greater than the US$27.79 billion gathered in 2019, according to ETFGI’s December 2020 ETF and ETP ESG industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights
Assets invested in ESG ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a new milestone of $187 billion.
Assets invested in ESG ETFs and ETPs increased 206% in 2020.
2020 net inflows are a record $88.95 billion which is significantly greater than the $27.79 billion gathered in 2019.

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Source: ETFGI


Supply Chains Decarbonization Offers Game-Changing Opportunity for Companies to Fight Climate Change

January 21, 2021--Decarbonizing supply chains is an opportunity for corporate climate action-emissions created along the supply chains of most consumer-facing industries can far outweigh emissions created in their own operations
Eight supply chains account for more than 50% of global emissions and fully decarbonizing these would add just 1%-4% to end-consumer costs for many everyday items.

It is possible to reduce a large proportion of supply chain emissions with technologies that are readily available and can be deployed at low costs
There are nine major actions that every CEO can take to engage suppliers and decarbonize their end-to-end supply chain-many leading companies are already taking these steps

The commitment to tackling climate change is accelerating in all sectors of society, with net-zero pledges from companies, cities, states, and regions doubling in the past year. Decarbonizing supply chains is a major opportunity for companies to put these commitments into practice.

New research published today by the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) shows how tackling supply chain emissions can be a game changer in the global fight against climate change. Net-Zero Challenge: The Supply Chain Opportunity analyzes the top eight global supply chains that account for more than 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions and finds that end-to-end decarbonization of these supply chains would add as little as 1% to 4% to end-consumer costs in the medium term.

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view the report Net-Zero Challenge: The Supply Chain Opportunity

Source: World Economic Forum


Majority of EM bonds remain off limits to passive investors

January 19, 2020--Only 13% of emerging market bonds are included in flagship indices tracked by ETFs

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Source: FT.com


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Americas


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Europe ETF News


June 16, 2025 ESMA's activities in 2024 focused on strengthening the EU capital markets and putting citizens and businesses at the heart of it
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Asia ETF News


June 25, 2025 QFIIs Gain Access to Onshore ETF Options As A-share Market Opening Deepens
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June 13, 2025 Unlocking Consumption to Sustain Growth in China -World Bank Economic Update
June 13, 2025 US trading firm Virtu weighs foray into China market-making business

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Middle East ETP News


June 19, 2025 GCC: Growth on the Rise, but Smart Spending Will Shape a Thriving Future
June 16, 2025 Saudi Exchange leads market losses across the GCC

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Africa ETF News


June 24, 2025 East Africa's regional 20 share index
June 16, 2025 African Credit Rating Agency to Launch September 2025
May 27, 2025 African Economic Outlook 2025-Africa's short-term outlook resilient despite global economic and political headwinds

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ESG and Of Interest News


June 18, 2025 Global Energy Transition Gains Ground, but Security and Capital Challenges Persist
June 17, 2025 Pacific Economic Update: Slowing Growth Highlights Need for More Inclusive Workforce
June 10, 2025 Global Carbon Pricing Mobilizes Over $100 Billion for Public Budgets
June 07, 2025 Accelerating Blue Finance: Instruments, Case Studies, and Pathways to Scale
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White Papers


May 30, 2025 IMF Working Paper-Interest Rate Sensitivity Scenarios to Guide Monetary Policy

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