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By Timothy Gardner

renewable energy sector, the global landscape is evolving, with significant implications for sustainable energy initiatives. The ongoing COP28 conference is poised to be a crucial platform for nations worldwide to deliberate and implement strategies to combat climate change with a special focus on the mobilisation of climate finance and structural reform of the global financial system. India has emerged as a centre point for renewable energy investments, witnessing over $78 billion of capital infusion into the renewables sector since 2014.

Investors can now trade commodities and a Treasury with a popular short-term options strategy.

As Bitcoin (BTC) surged passed $38,000 in November, the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) has tapped a new all-time high for assets under management (AUM).

Canadian private capital group Brookfield has raised a record-sized US$28 billion infrastructure fund as institutional investors plough cash into strategies they expect will benefit from higher interest rates and a shift away from globalization.

Talos – a digital trading infrastructure provider – has teamed up with Uniswap and Fireblocks to connect institutional traders to the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

ACCording to several people aware of the developments, CEO Vishal Kaul, human resource head Manisha Kadagathur, and chief revenue officer Amar Jethithor have tendered their resignations. Chief marketing officer Sushrut Pant, who joined Vini this March, quit in November and joined Shree Cement as head of marketing, according to his LinkedIn profile. Darshan Patel, non-executive chairman of Vini Cosmetics, confirmed the CEO’s exit.

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Quiver Quantitative — Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (GOOG) has recently urged the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s cloud computing practices, alleging anti-competitive behavior that stifles the market. This request emerges amid broader scrutiny of the cloud computing industry dominated by Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) in various global regions, including the UK, European Union, and the United States. Google's push for regulatory intervention was detailed in a letter to the CMA, which Reuters obtained.

How to factor an inheritance into your retirement planning is a looming question for a growing number of people, given that an estimated US$84.4 trillion in savings, stocks and property will pass from baby boomers to their heirs and favoured charities by 2025 in the greatest transfer of generational wealth in history.

Hybrid cars are rapidly gaining popularity in India overtaking battery electric vehicle sales for three straight months this financial year. New car buyers are taking a penchant for the handful of hybrid vehicles currently on sale in the Indian market such as Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara, Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder, Honda City and Toyota Innova Hycross. The increasing demand for fuel-efficient hybrid cars underscores customers’ growing environmental awareness and concern over the limited range and charging infrastructure challenges posed by fully electric cars.

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₹7 trillion ($84 billion) on infrastructure over the next decade, a similar amount the Indian conglomerate owned by billionaire Gautam Adani has lost in market value since corporate fraud allegations were leveled against it by a US short-seller earlier this year. “We desire to invest more," Jugeshinder Singh, the group chief financial officer, told reporters on Friday in Mumbai, without fleshing out further details. Singh’s ambitious expenditure targets are part of Adani’s strategy to attempt to draw a line over damaging allegations made by Hindenburg Research in January, after the short-seller accused the conglomerate of engaging in years of stock price manipulation and accounting malpractice.

Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) shares fell more than 1.3% in pre-market Friday trade after Morgan Stanley analysts downgraded shares to Equal Weight from Overweight with a price target cut by $20 to $90 per share.

By Gabriela Baczynska

Alternative strategies and vehicle structures remain the domain of only a small minority of advisors, according to a new report.

India, 1st December, 2023: Brinc, a global venture accelerator with a focus on innovative technologies, and GVFL Limited (GVFL), one of the oldest sector-agnostic venture capital firms in the country, announced the launch of the A4X accelerator program. Designed to support startups across the following four strategic themes, the programs are set to leverage growth in Gujarat and the rest of India.

emergency SOS satellite service for free, reported HT Tech. However, the challenge of determining its long-term costs remains a significant question. Gruber highlights Apple's careful strategy, suggesting that the company is taking a cautious approach by gradually extending the free period.

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed announced on Friday the establishment of a $30 billion climate fund for global climate solutions that it hopes will lead to $250 billion of investment by the end of the decade. Dubbed ALTERRA, the fund will allocate $25 billion towards climate strategies and $5 billion specifically to incentivise investment flows into the Global South, according to a statement by the COP28 Presidency. In collaboration with global asset managers BlackRock, Brookfield and TPG, ALTERRA has committed $6.5 billion to climate-dedicated funds for global investments, including the Global South, the statement said. ALTERRA was established by Abu Dhabi-based alternate investment manager Lunate, and COP28 Director-General Majid Al Suwaidi will serve as ALTERRA's chief executive officer.

Persistent Systems has appointed four new executives to its top leadership as it aims to scale up its digital business operations after doubling its revenue to cross $1 billion revenue in March 2023. The Pune-based firm has hired former Wells Fargo executive Sumit Arora as Senior Vice President to help the firm set up and drive the Consulting practice.

Capgemini named Nivedita (Nive) Bhagat as group chief financial officer (CFO) and member of the group executive board, effective January 1, 2024. Bhagat who is of Indian origin succeeds Carole Ferrand — who was CFO since 2018 and plans to pursue other career opportunities. Ferrand will support the transition to Bhagat until the end of the year. “I welcome the appointment of Nive whose career, both prior to joining Capgemini and during the past 13 years within the group, has given her a broad and valuable experience of our industry. She is a trusted and outstanding leader, whose appointment has the full support of Capgemini’s board of directors,” Capgemini group CEO Aiman Ezzat said in a statement.