As nations and international organizations set ambitious climate and sustainability goals, commodity prices have soared and supply chains have entered a state of flux. Geopolitical volatility, trade disputes and resource events such as the war in Ukraine and lockdowns in China magnified the trend, exposing the vulnerabilities of Western energy dependence and pushing critical minerals […]
Key insight: Data is starting to show where AI is eating jobs, and operations, data analysis and customer support are vulnerable. Supporting data: At JPMorganChase, the number of operations and support staff decreased by 4% and 2%, respectively. Forward look: Experts expect banks to cut back on their use of outsourcing and offshoring, where work […]
Canada saw a record 208 active ETF launches in 2025, followed by another 124 in the first five months of 2026 alone. Active launches have outpaced passive ones every year since 2018, a run that pushed active funds ahead of passive funds by total count back in 2023. As of May, the market counted 975 […]
Strategy (MSTR 3.58%), the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin (BTC 0.61%), sold 3,588 Bitcoins for $216 million between June 29 and July 5, according to a July 6 disclosure. That was its biggest sale ever, and given that Bitcoin’s price is near $62,000, it was executed well below the company’s cost basis of $75,700. In […]
Asia stocks fall as oil, Samsung drag weighs; Japan chip rally limits broader loss
OceanFirst Financial and asset manager 400 Capital Management are promoting a strategy that offers a variation on credit-linked notes regional banks have increasingly used as a means of obtaining mortgage capital relief in the U.S. market. Processing Content The companies applied the structure, which 400CM said appears to be the first fund-issued, rated, significant risk-transfer […]
Who Uses ATTOM? (Quick Answer) ATTOM is used by enterprise organizations including lenders, banks, investors, insurers, and PropTech platforms that rely on comprehensive property data to make high-stakes decisions at scale. From ownership and sales history to mortgages, liens, and property characteristics, ATTOM provides the property data foundation behind critical workflows across industries. Key Takeaway […]
Sydney posted the sharpest climb of any city this year, rising six spots to eighth, driven by a strong Australian dollar and elevated import costs for luxury goods. Even so, regional prices rose by 7.4% in dollar terms, below the global figure. Europe posted the steepest regional increase, with prices up 14.1% in dollar terms […]
Federal Reserve officials are deeply divided in their opinions on whether interest rates are likely to go up or down in the coming months, newly released meeting minutes show. Minutes from the June meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, which marked the first policy meeting under new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, show there were […]
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the American Accounting Association also opposed the change, according to Reuters. The accounting group warned that semiannual reporting could let accounting problems go undetected for longer, “potentially increasing the costs to remediate when eventually discovered.” Separately, the CFA Institute reported that its own survey of 2,500 analysts and portfolio managers, […]