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Jul 19, 2024 | imd.org | Peter Nathanial |Salvatore Cantale |Michael Skapinker |Richard Baldwin

The Swiss Federal Government recently issued its report on banking stability following the collapse of Credit Suisse, and the government’s intervention that led to its acquisition by arch-rival UBS.

Jul 3, 2024 | imd.org | Richard Baldwin |Salvatore Cantale |Suzanne de Treville |Susan Goldsworthy

Higher costs – but greater ESG authenticityThe new rules will have a double-edged impact on the value of EU-based acquisitions. The extra costs will tend to depress the value, but the enhanced environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials may make the complying companies more attractive to ESG-sensitive investors. The impact will not be the same for EU-based and non-EU-based acquirers. European buyers will have to apply the new rules in any case.

Nov 21, 2023 | imd.org | Michael Watkins |Salvatore Cantale |Arturo Bris |Peter Nathanial

The furor around OpenAI CEO Sam Altman being fired, and then finally reinstated, has brought into sharp focus the potential risks of allowing the leaders of the firms developing AI to make critical decisions about the future of a technology that may pose an existential threat to humanity.