risk

Evan Gunter & Abbay Latour
Thoughts

The risks and opportunities of private debt

Direct lending is attracting attention from both private and institutional investors thanks to its steady performance and appealing returns. But the overall size and composition of this market is...

An exterior view of China Evergrande Centre in Hong Kong, China March 26, 2018. Photo :Reuters
China

China Evergrande shares plummet to 11-year low on default risks

Where has all the money gone?
Thoughts

Where has all the money gone?

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Pregnant women with Covid at greater risk 

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Bangladesh

51 districts at Covid-19 risk zone now: DGHS

Sometimes everyday risks are the most dangerous of all. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

Why we sometimes die when trying to avoid risk

EU's Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe, World Bank President David Malpass, Italy's Finance Minister Daniele Franco, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva, Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso pose for a family photo during the G7 finance ministers meeting at Lancaster House in London, Britain, June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool
World+Biz

G7 backs making climate risk disclosure mandatory

FILE PHOTO: A pregnant woman receives a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
Coronavirus chronicle

More risks to pregnant women, their newborns from Covid-19 than known before - study

Japan is home to some of the oldest operating businesses in the world. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

Recession risk looms as Japan eyes 3rd state of emergency to contain pandemic

The study followed nearly 8,000 people in Britain for about 25 years, beginning when they were 50 years old.Credit...Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via Getty Images via The New York Times
Science

Sleeping too little in middle age may increase dementia risk, says study

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

CVASU research: Vaccinated yet Covid-positive people at less risk

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
World+Biz

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny at growing risk of kidney failure - medics union

Fresh Covid wave puts restaurant recovery at risk
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Fresh Covid wave puts restaurant recovery at risk