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When gold runs out

At the current rate of production, known gold reserves will be exhausted in roughly twenty years. Finding new sources will only become more expensive, but in the meantime, mining company stocks are performing exceptionally well. The gold miners index on Wall Street gained more than 40 percent over the past twelve months.

Asset managers launch uniform calculation for avoided emissions

Sustainability experts have reached an agreement on an objective approach for calculating avoided CO₂ emissions. On Thursday, a dozen asset managers introduced a harmonized, open methodology that allows for meaningful comparisons of economic activities and investments in this area. Until now, parties were able to use vastly different reference scenarios in such calculations.

German elections: potential boost for the EU bond market

The market for joint EU bonds is likely to grow significantly in the coming years. In any case, the likelihood of this has increased considerably following the outcome of Sunday’s German parliamentary elections. This is according to financial analysts, asset managers and institutional investors.