Bloomberg This year’s rally in exchange-traded funds specialising in clean energy is leaving larger peers in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) sector far behind. One example is the $1.2 billion Invesco Solar ETF’s 75% jump this year, which exceeds the 9% climb in the $8.6 billion iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF, the biggest such fund in the ESG ...

The US is deploying its economic weaponry as never before, using unilateral sanctions to punish China for the erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy and its treatment of Uighur minorities in the country’s northwest. Western experience with Russia suggests Washington’s efforts to force a change of behavior are unlikely to succeed, even if the measures remain in place for years. Washington ...

Everyone has an agenda. That’s especially true for corporations like Apple Inc and Fortnite-maker Epic Games Inc. But while the two powerful technology companies jockey back and forth in their continuing public battle, they need to recognise their brinksmanship has a severe cost. Not only is it affecting their own businesses, but it is taking a significant toll on their ...