Weaponizing ESG: How Sustainable Finance Is Aligning with the Defense Industry
Green investing… in weapons?
ESG funds were built to promote sustainability, yet billions are now flowing into the defense industry. Since 2021, “green” investments in arms have tripled, blurring the line between ethics and geopolitics. Is security the new sustainability? Read more on our website.
Green investing…in weapons? ESG funds were built to promote sustainability, yet billions are now flowing into the defense industry. Since 2021, “green” investments in arms have tripled, blurring the line between ethics and geopolitics. Is security the new sustainability?…
On the 33rd Floor: Four Bocconi Freshmen Attend the National Investment Banking Competition
There is a large discrepancy between the vast world of finance and what we perceive in the bounds of our lecture halls. How do we apply the models we learn? When do we rely on numbers to make decisions…
In the traditional remembrance, financial bubbles have often followed a similar trajectory: overzealous financial institutions, lax regulators and the inevitable tab to be picked up by taxpayers. Growing distrust in traditional investing methods and institutions has helped propel retail…
G7 – Aiuti all’Ucraina: una possibile svolta senza precedenti
Sulle sponde del lago Maggiore si è svolto il G7 della Finanza, con molti temi caldi al centro, alcuni in linea con quanto discusso lo scorso maggio a Niigata, in Giappone, altri emersi a seguito degli ultimi sviluppi geopolitici….
A brief history behind four of the financial workplace’s most popular garments Undeniably, one of the most steadfast claims to culture lies in clothing. Whether one takes this statement in the micro or macro scale, such an assertion holds…
Investment banking. Everyone knows about it, especially at Bocconi. Its difficulties are somewhat commonly understood, but they are put on paper by those working in the industry for the first time in recent years. A simple question follows: are…
The GameStop Incident: Interview with Massimo Guidolin
Our writers Cansu and Emma conducted an interview with Bocconi Finance professor Massimo Guidolin about the recent GameStop fever. Here is a quick and simple recap of the events for those who couldn’t follow the news or those who…
How War in the Caucasus will Impact the Global Market The Nagorno-Karabakh War has devastated the separatist enclave of Artsakh over the past month. However, behind Azerbaijan and Armenia are their respective allies Turkey and Russia competing for influence…
Starving the Beast: Convexity Hedges and Bond Market Distortion
March has undoubtedly been a wild month for the markets. We have witnessed the largest daily point gain ever occurred in history in the S&P500, followed by a record negative net change three days later, when the Dow Jones…
FinTech has undoubtedly been a fairly popular buzzword in recent times, but one of its most promising applications is often overlooked: granting access to financial services to the unbanked, those who are most short of it. What does it…
