With world leaders set to gather in Brazil for COP30 in November, new analysis from an international team of climate policy experts warns that carbon offsets are creating a critical barrier to achieving the Paris Agreement’s temperature targets. The authors of the Nature article, including Professors Andrew Macintosh and Don Butler from The Australian National University (ANU), argue policy makers need to act on the evidence and phase out offsets from government-run carbon pricing schemes.“Achieving the Paris Agreement’s temperature targets requires rapid, deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon offsets – tradable credits from projects claiming to reduce or remove…
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Bengaluru, India–(Newsfile Corp. – October 16, 2025) – Tracxn (NSE: TRACXN), a leading AI-powered private market intelligence platform, today announced a strategic agreement with TMX Datalinx, the information services division of TMX Group, to be its exclusive Canadian provider for delivering private market intelligence to financial institutions. This collaboration will allow institutional investors across TMX Datalinx’s network the opportunity to access comprehensive data on global private markets by subscribing to Tracxn through TMX Datalinx, gaining insights on startups, companies, emerging sectors, private company financial performance, and transactions. Leveraging its AI-powered and human-in-the-loop approach to aggregate and structure data, Tracxn delivers…
First-Day Stock Price Volatility: Aptera Motors Corp. (NASDAQ: SEV) began trading on October 16, 2025 via a direct listing. The stock opened around $20.42 per share, spiked to an intraday high of $22.43, then plunged to a low of $3.63 before stabilizing near $9.00 by midday [1] [2]. At ~$9, Aptera’s market capitalization is roughly $300 million. Co-CEOs Chris Anthony and Steve Fambro celebrated the milestone by ringing the Nasdaq Closing Bell in Times Square on debut day [3].Direct Listing (No IPO Proceeds) & Funding Moves: Aptera went public via direct listing, meaning no new shares were issued and no…
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 16, 2025 / Every online transaction begins with faith. Buyers believe what they see, sellers rely on reputation, and platforms depend on perception. For two decades, that faith has been the foundation of e-commerce. But faith has limits. Visual verification can only go so far, and counterfeiters have long learned to stay one step ahead of human detection. They have gotten so good, in fact, that even experts are now often fooled. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is changing that probability by putting a much more important product attribute under the microscope: PROOF. The company’s…
Image source: Getty Images A Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) is one of the key tools at our disposal for building a passive income for retirement. Unlike an ISA, we get tax relief on SIPP contributions but not on withdrawals. That can be a benefit for investors in higher-rate tax bands who expect a lower band on retirement (so be sure to claim higher-rate relief via self-assessment). The amount we can put in a SIPP is a little more complicated than an ISA, though there’s a standard annual total pension limit of £60,000 for most people. But it’s limited by our…
Photo credit: Fahroni / Shutterstock The carbon removal market has quietly entered a consolidation phase. Driven by the abrupt reversal in federal support for the industry, the lack of available growth capital, and the rapidly-approaching corporate 2030 decarbonization timeline, many in the industry agree that a contraction has begun for both developers and marketplaces. And while the usual corporate buyers continue to double down on credits, recent months have seen carbon removal companies across multiple pathways shutter, after burning through the venture capital funding they raised in the early 2020s. For Patch, a centralized platform for the global carbon market…
The investment industry’s greatest asset has always been its people. As populations age and careers extend, that asset is changing in ways firms can’t ignore. According to research from Stanford[1], living to 100 is increasingly becoming the norm in many countries including the United States, with our careers expecting to stretch over 60 years, underscoring how longer, healthier lives are redrawing the boundaries of work. For investment firms and professionals alike, this longevity shift is rewriting the rules of career progression. While much of the discussion around aging focuses on changing client priorities, particularly wealth transfer and pensions[2], the greater…
South Pole, which for decades has been one of the most recognisable names in the voluntary carbon market, has confirmed the appointment of a new chief executive Source link
Image source: Getty Images I set up my self-invested personal pension, or SIPP, just over two years ago, but five of my stock picks have already doubled in value. One of them I no longer hold. That’s FTSE 250 financial services specialist Just Group. I banked a 170% gain after news of a private equity buyout on 30 July sent the share price soaring 70% in a morning. Construction firm Costain Group is another success, climbing 142% on my watch. After recently securing a £1bn contract at the Sellafield nuclear plant, I think it’s got further to go. Then there’s…
Image source: Getty Images The price-to-earnings (P/E) for the Nasdaq index is 33.8. Even though we might think this is expensive when compared to the FTSE 100, it’s an index made up of high-growth stocks, with a good portion from the tech sector. Yet, when trying to hunt around for good value picks, here are two with ratios below the average. Semiconductor focus First up is Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM). It’s a US-based semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company, with a share price down 4% over the past year. It designs advanced semiconductors used in things like smartphones and automotive systems, as well…