David Hall

3 days ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Kevin Carr |Darius McDermott |David Hall

A retail investor who put £120,000 into the unregulated firm Basset & Gold (B&G) said he has “zero faith” in the FCA after being offered just £200 in compensation. The Complaints Commissioner, set up the the FCA to investigate complaints against it, said it expects to “receive a number of objections” after the decision. Towards the end of May, the FCA apologised to B&G investors and admitted some failings in how it dealt with the case, but did not uphold all complaints made.

Dec 10, 2024 | iotm2mcouncil.org | David Hall

In the rush to innovate and connect devices, it’s easy to overlook a critical aspect of IoT deployments: security. While we’ve grown accustomed to thinking about security in terms of smartphones and computers, IoT devices present a unique and often underestimated challenge. Consider this: when a smartphone is compromised, the impact is typically limited to a single user or a small group. But with IoT devices, the story changes dramatically.

Nov 11, 2024 | theconversation.com | Nina Ives |David Hall

This year’s United Nations climate summit, the Conference of the Parties (COP29) which starts in Azerbaijan this week, has been dubbed the “finance COP”. Its key focus is on establishing a new collective goal for climate finance to help developing countries to reduce emissions and adapt to climate impacts. Within the 2009 Copenhagen Accord, 43 developed countries, including the United States, pledged to jointly mobilise US$100 billion a year by 2020 to “address the needs of developing countries”.

Oct 16, 2024 | theconversation.com | David Hall |Nathalie Whitaker |Tasman Gillies |Mike Taitoko |Renee Raroa

As the latest global biodiversity summit gets underway in Colombia, finance for the conservation and restoration of nature is one of the key themes of negotiations. Global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years, according to the 2024 Living Planet report. Consequently, momentum is growing worldwide to deliver new nature markets, such as biodiversity credits, to unlock new sources of funding.

Sep 4, 2024 | happyherald.com | David Hall

With the beginning of the fall season, I am writing to invite you to look at your home environment and observe: 1. What’s working? 2. What’s NOT working? 3. What do you want to add? Hopefully to make your home even MORE hospitable and loving. We all have TMS on one level or another. Too Much Stuff! Sometimes we recognize our condition, other times, it just seems to creep up on us. Either way, having TMS can create a lot of problems. For one thing, TMS is a distraction.