President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to rejoin the Paris climate agreement sends an important signal to the world about US leadership. But the action will merely take us back to four years ago. To push us forward, on his first day in office, President Biden should bring together a group of G-20 leaders to join the US in endorsing a mandatory ...

Activist investing is hard work, even for tenacious veterans like Elliott Management Corp. The very mention of its name sends shivers up the spines of corporate fat cats. Yet, until recently, the US-based hedge fund hasn’t been able to scare up much success in Asia. Elliott has been in the region for years, picking battles with Korean chaebols and Hong ...

The impact of the housing market on the 2008 financial crisis couldn’t have been more different than what we’ve seen during this year’s recession. While housing acted as a strong headwind slowing the economic recovery 12 years ago, not it’s looking like a tailwind that will help lift the economy as we move past the pandemic in 2021. The damage ...