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Gold, the ultimate recyclable product

As India’s demand for gold outpaces its domestic mine supply, demand is fulfilled by imports as well as gold recycled locally. Recycling in India is a Rs440 billion industry making up 11% of the average local annual supply.

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SUSTAINABLE ASIAN CITIES PREPARING NOW FOR THE FUTURE

This article is centred on five topics:

Enhanced urban mobility, infrastructure improvement, promotion of integrated development, improvement of health and educational facilities, and investing in innovative technological solutions that support the other four elements.

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The Case for China Remains Strong

“…the current environment is probably as good as it will ever get for us as stock pickers…”says T Rowe Price about the case for investing in China

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The Quiet Machinery of Repair

One minor side effect of this terrible pandemic is that we have all become more educated on our immune system. Looked at objectively, it is a masterpiece of evolutionary excellence.

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ESG investing

There are often tensions and trade-offs, if not outright conflicts, between financial returns and ESG scores

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As Americans age, a demographic crisis looms

Medicare accounts for about 12 percent of the federal budget, about $776 billion. In 2020, nearly 63 million people enrolled in Medicare — triple the number from 1970. By midcentury, the number of Medicare enrollees is projected to reach about 87 million.

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ESG Data: Philosophy and practice

In today’s world the demand for sustainable investment opportunities continues to increase, with investors becoming more concerned with how their money is being invested, and the positive change this creates.

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Investing to feed our future

Disruption of the region’s critical wheat and fertilizer exports threaten to push an estimated 33 million–47 million more people in 81 countries to the brink of famine in the coming year.

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