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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore on Sept 16 made headway in contributing to nature conservation globally by establishing contracts for carbon credits generated from nature restoration and protection projects in Ghana, Paraguay and Peru. This is the first time the Republic is sourcing for carbon credits from nature-based projects. This development, announced by the National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), is also significant as it marks the first tranche of carbon credits that the Republic has secured. The Republic will spend $76.4 million to buy more than two million tonnes of nature-based carbon credits…

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[ad_1] There are plenty of ways in which Sean Manaea, left-handed starting pitcher for the New York Mets, is not like you or me. He’s 6-foot-5, he can throw a baseball 90 miles an hour and make it spin and curve in fascinating ways. Also 40,000 people watch him do his job live every time he’s at work.But in one crucial way he is in fact just like you and me: he rides the subway to the office.”On the train, my routine is grab a coffee, sit down, or stand up if there’s no seats,” he told Streetsblog on a…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Dividend investors need to be careful with banking shares. The prospect of falling interest rates is a real risk, but not all FTSE 100 banks are the same. Barclays (LSE:BARC) is unique in combining a strong retail presence with a global investment banking operation. And the stock is also interesting from a dividend perspective. Dividends  Right now, Barclays shares come with a 2.2% dividend yield. Compared to Lloyds Banking Group (3.95%) or NatWest Group (4.42%), that’s not particularly eye-catching. In terms of dividends, however, there’s a lot more to Barclays than meets the eye. In…

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[ad_1] We discuss the different ways in which you can use the Freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Screener. The screener has two pages – a rolling returns sheet and a trailing returns sheet.  The Sep 2025 edition is the latest screener at the time of writing. At all times, the top link in this archive is the latest edition of the equity screener.This screener exclusively covers actively managed equity funds. We also have screeners for index funds, ETFs, Debt/Hybrid funds, stocks and NPS funds.Amusingly, this equity screener has often been used by us and many other readers to show how very…

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[ad_1] Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) is moving to expand retail investor access to private companies through the launch of Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI), a closed-end fund that has filed an initial registration statement on Form N-2 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund will be managed by Robinhood Ventures DE, LLC, a newly created, wholly owned subsidiary of the company. The initiative aims to give individual investors exposure to firms before they go public, an opportunity historically reserved for wealthy investors and institutions. “For decades, wealthy people and institutions have invested in private companies while retail investors have…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images I own Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) shares and I’m delighted I do. The FTSE 100 banking stock is up 43% over the last 12 months and almost 220% over five years. Dividends are on top of that, and they’ve grown steadily. After reinvesting mine, I’ve almost doubled my money since I started building my stake in early 2023. But what if I didn’t own the stock? Would I still consider buying Lloyds Banking Group today? Valuation shift The obvious risk is that after a strong run, momentum may cool. When I bought in, the stock was cheap, trading on a…

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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Vietnam has become the second South-east Asian country to seal a carbon trading agreement with Singapore after Thailand, expanding the Republic’s market for carbon credits generated in the region. The bilateral agreement makes Vietnam the ninth country that the Singapore Government or carbon tax-liable firms here can buy eligible credits from, to offset a fraction of their planet-warming emissions.The pact, dubbed an implementation agreement, was signed virtually on Sept 16 by Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations Grace Fu, and Vietnam’s Acting Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang.The eight…

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