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Investors face a growing risk that climate change will result in a sudden loss of value, with existing portfolio models often falling short, according to an analysis by Markus Müller, chief investment officer for ESG at Deutsche Bank.

₹100 crore double to 16, compared to the previous year, as per data from the Income-Tax department, Hindustan Times reported. AY21, had eight individuals declare incomes exceeding ₹100 crore, thus indicating a 100 percent jump year-on-year (YoY) in AY22, or doubling of the number of billionaires in the Indian taxpayer base, it added. The collective salary income of these 16 individuals amounted to slightly over ₹ 2,569 crore.

Also Read: These 10 smallcaps log double-digit rise even as Sensex posts worst weekly decline in a month; do you own? Sensex and Nifty have slipped 3.18 per cent and 3.17 per cent in the last seven days, posted their worst weekly decline in one month. During the week, all sectoral indices ended in red with media and metal declining the most. In the broader markets, the domestically focused small- and midcaps have lost 5.1 per cent and 6.4 per cent, respectively in the past six sessions.

San Diego has emerged as the surprising frontrunner for the year 2023-2024, according to the U.S. News & World Report's list of the Most Expensive Places to Live. This coveted ranking reflects the considerable financial commitment that living in this picturesque city entails. The Metrics Behind the Rankings U.S. News & World Report calculates this list based on specific criteria, which include median gross rent and annual housing costs for those with mortgages. The central theme that emerges from this comprehensive evaluation is the substantial wealth required to sustain a comfortable existence in these locales.

succession planning more than ever before as an intensifying war for top-deck talent and the rising mobility of key personnel prompt organisations to proactively build up a second and even third line, said board members and chief executives. Besides, a push from boards and investors amid a manifold increase in the complexity of risks facing any company is leading many — especially in sectors such as financial services and technology, and at large diversified conglomerates — to take succession planning to at least two levels below the CEO and CXOs.

Yesterday’s blowout rise for US economic growth in the third quarter delivered an upside surprise, especially for analysts who remain all in with forecasting recession. But perhaps the warnings will finally find traction via the current run of softer Q4 nowcasts.

Reliance Industries have approved appointment of Chairman Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani, along with his elder siblings Akash and Isha, as non-executive directors on the company board. At 28 years of age, Anant, three years younger than his two siblings, was seen as too young for the role. Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., an international proxy advisory firm, and Mumbai-based Institutional Investor Advisory Services had recommended that shareholders vote against the proposal of Anant Ambani's appointment on the board. Reliance had told the proxy companies that Anant has “the relevant experience and maturity to add value to the board deliberations” given his participation in the conglomerate’s businesses and the grooming he has received from senior leadership over the years.

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Fidelity Investments is seeking clearance that would allow some of its best-known mutual funds to also operate as exchange-traded funds, becoming the largest firm to challenge Vanguard Group’s former monopoly on the concept. 

Analysts at most brokerages retained or raised their price targets on Axis Bank after the lender reported a robust net interest margin (NIM) compared to its peers in the bank's second-quarter results. The stock gained 1.87% to close at ₹973.35 on Thursday. The average price target on Axis Bank of all analysts compiled by Bloomberg following the second quarter results is ₹1,169.78, implying an upside of almost 20.18% over Thursday's closing. Shares of peers HDFC Bank were down by 2.28%, ICICI Bank by 0.67%, and Kotak Mahindra Bank by 1.92%, while the Nifty Bank index declined 1.29%. «The key highlight was stable NIM quarter-on-quarter led by better lending yields and relatively lower slippages.

J&J has talc cases set for trial everywhere from Pennsylvania to California between November and December 2024, some of which involve consolidated claims by more than a half-dozen plaintiffs, according to their lawyers. Those trials were scheduled after a judge in July threw out a J&J unit’s latest Chapter 11 case aimed at resolving all current and future talc claims. Since 2016, J&J has been hit with at least $570 million in damage awards over talc-related cancer claims and paid out at least $2.5 billion in settlements, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. “With all those trials staring them in the face, of course they want their unit to run back into bankruptcy,” said Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond professor who teaches about mass torts and has followed the talc cases.

Rachel Reeves, a key figure in the Labour Party, is currently embroiled in a plagiarism controversy surrounding her book, "The Women Who Made Modern Economics." The Financial Times reported that her book contained instances of copied material without proper citation. Reeves firmly rejected any intentional wrongdoing, attributing the errors to inadvertent mistakes.

Canadian banks have resumed cutting jobs after a three-year hiatus, with lenders and investment banks so far dismissing at least 6,000 workers, and analysts predicting more to come as revenue remains under pressure.

Clean-energy stocks have fallen out of favor, with pressures created by rising interest rates outweighing supportive government policies. The iShares Global Clean Energy ETF reached its lowest level since July 2020 this week. The exchange-traded fund invests in renewable-energy companies and utilities in line with a benchmark compiled by S&P Dow Jones Indices, including First Solar and Plug Power.

registered offices easily from one state to another according to the choice of the new promoters if there is no pending investigation, as the government has tweaked the relevant rules. In its latest notification, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has made suitable changes to the rule 30 of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, which essentially deals with the shifting of registered corporate offices. It now adds a new proviso to the rule that says: “…where the management of the company has been taken over by new management under a resolution plan approved under section 31 of the Insolvency Bankruptcy Code, 2016, and no appeal against the resolution plan is pending in any court or Tribunal and no inquiry, inspection, investigation is pending or initiated after the approval of the said resolution plan, the shifting of the registered office may be allowed.” The new rule came into force on October 21. Experts say the move comes as a relief for new promoters who want the registered offices of the insolvent firms shifted to another state or Union territory to achieve better operational synergy with their other businesses. As many as 720 companies were rescued under the insolvency law since it came into being in late 2016, according to the data compiled by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).

BERLIN (Reuters) — Business activity in Germany contracted for a fourth straight month in October as manufacturing's downturn was matched by a renewed decline in services, a preliminary survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting a recession is well underway.

Elections are shining a spotlight on struggling emerging markets, with the prospect of fresh leadership unlocking opportunities in the asset class.

The odds of a year-end rally in US stocks are fading as investors face a multitude of risks from elevated profit estimates to the Federal Reserve’s policy tightening, according to Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson.

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