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Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts at the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance have long been investigating the ways in which machine learning can have a role to play in investment management, especially in applications where there is a high volume of data. At the start of June 2021, the Man Group Plc-backed researchers at the University of Oxford said that the AI that they had developed now had the capacity to predict the movements of the stock market.

Environmentally friendly investment products are a burgeoning trend right now and the list of sales and trading opportunities in this area gets longer every day. We have already seen the idea of green equity being floated by the likes of Goldman Sachs and now there are crypto-miners who have revealed that they are looking into the sale of a green bitcoin.

You don't have to look far these days to find evidence of the considerable influence that social media has on the stock market. The latest example of this is Senesonics, which is a business that makes insulin monitors. When Senesonics had a particularly good weekend on social media its stock became a potential serious squeeze target and mentions were up 600% on volume. Senesonics was part of a January surge in 'meme stocks' but has had an up and down experience in the months since - until short interest started to spike in June and individual investors started to take notice.

Like many areas of banking and financial services, risk management has often struggled with diversity. Now, the Risk Management Association (RMA) has launched a new community initiative that is specifically designed to help women move through the ranks in areas where unconscious bias and a lack of diverse opportunities may previously have held them back.

Traffic is a problem that has affected infrastructure all over the country. However, the solutions offered by technology have the potential to help ease this. The Maine and New Hampshire transport departments are about to put to the test new technology that is designed to help avoid traffic issues on the bridge that connects the two states.

Solar energy is well established as a sustainable power option but it's not an area where innovation ever stands still. Given that the energy from sunlight amounts to 10,000 times more than the energy requirements that the world currently has there is clearly more that can be done.

New design isn't always news in technology but the changes that were recently announced at Gmail do mark a shift for the search giant. The focus is on collaboration and productivity, with a range of new tools announced that will also work across other Google apps, including Docs. The aim of the redesign is to centralize all of the productivity tools available in Google and make Gmail the place where everything is controlled.

As cloud services have expanded, we have increasingly become used to being able to access them whenever we want to, regardless of spikes in demand or other availability factors. The way that this is now facilitated is via hyperconverged data center appliances because they provide the speed to satisfy overwhelming demand being generated by billions of people all over the world, every hour of every day. Hyperconverged appliances are powerful, next generation machines that have everything going for them, including computing power, storage and networking.

There has been significant change across supply chains in recent months as retailers look to respond to the shifts that have resulted from pandemic conditions. In the UK firms are set to on-shore more than £4 billion of products over the coming 12 months in an attempt to evolve procurement strategies to respond to the pressures that many currently face. The story is the same further afield too with seven out of the 10 largest retailers in Europe carrying out a review of supply chains thanks to the pandemic and many seeking to switch to production located in domestic economies.

Finance is a crucial export industry in the UK and fintech has become an area where British innovation and expertise has achieved an impressive level of dominance. However, earlier this year Ron Kalifa, the Chairman of Worldpay, expressed how he felt that the UK would need to accelerate investment in fintech to continue to hold a prominent position in the industry. There are many financial technology opportunities in the UK but Kalifa made some comparisons between the UK and the US that are uncomfortable reading.

Creating products or features that no one wants is one of the potential pitfalls of product management. It's not an outcome that anyone would consider optimum. There are, however, many ways to avoid this, which has become the topic of many a presentation and webinar recently. Crucial to this being able to ask the right questions during the process of product discovery, including will people actually use it, will they be able to use it, can the product be built and is it viable for the business.

One of the biggest questions in supply chain technical operations today remains how to adapt to the current challenges that have created fairly turbulent times for many businesses. This isn't just about the impact of the pandemic but other big shifts that have taken place in recent months, including the exit of the UK from the European Union, despite a trade deal.

During the first quarter of 2021, fund firms in Germany received net inflows of €59.9 billion. That is their greatest new business performance in six years, from the beginning of January to the end of March.

As the APAC procurement market has evolved, there has been a paradigm shift towards the significance of corporate renewable procurement practices. This has been exemplified by businesses' broad commitment to 100% renewables and promises in relation to a long-term strategy to significantly reduce carbon emissions across the region. More than 40% of the RE100 members (the worldwide corporate effort made up of firms that have pledged to use 100% renewable power) are now based in Asia-Pacific. This overall change in approach to procurement in the Asia Pacific region is likely to attract a wealth of conscientious professionals who are keen to be part of organisations that are committed to tackling the climate crisis from the bottom up.

China has taken another step towards the integration of the country's financial system with global markets that could see billions of dollars flow into Hong Kong. The Wealth Connect Programme would allow investors to invest up to RMB 150 billion each way between Hong Kong and mainland China. The plan is expected to be a watershed moment in China's financial liberalisation, since it would make it much simpler for a portion of the country's vast wealth to be invested beyond its boundaries. It would allow residents of the Greater Bay Area, which includes cities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen, to invest in Hong Kong.

As political tensions rise in the context of the recent diversion of a passenger jet traveling from Athens to Vilnius for the arrest of a Belarussian journalist, Asia-Europe freight forwarders that use train lines have been cautioned on potential disruption. The incident caused the EU to prohibit European airlines from flying into Belarussian airspace. The Federation of Freight Forwarding Associations cautioned that this might have serious consequences for Asia-Europe supply networks.

Managers in Hong Kong have the opportunity to benefit from the burgeoning wealth in China that has come into fruition from the expansion of the asset management industry on the mainland. Following the implementation of Limited Partnership Fund Ordinance (LPF), fund managers are diversifying their holdings. Many are considering launching a number of funds under a single umbrella structure. Establishing a private equity fund in Hong Kong can be more worthwhile for Chinese managers and boost investor confidence.

In partnership with European firms such as Skai Energies & Nilsson Energy, Hydrogen Fuels Australia is commencing work on creating Australia's first modular hydrogen production and integrated fuel cell electric vehicle refuelling plant. Once operational, the plant will be capable of generating 60-90kg of green hydrogen from its 750kw solar array. This is one example of the exciting endeavours within the Australian environmental engineering sector. Get in touch with a member of the LVI Associates team to explore the wealth of opportunities across Asia Pacific.

Investments in renewable energy in the Asia Pacific region are set to double to $1.3 trillion by the end of the decade, eclipsing fossil fuel power expenditures, which are forecasted to decline by approximately 25%. This figure signifies that by 2030 renewables will account for more than half of all power investments across the region.

Chongqing Liangjiang New District Management Committee and Singapore-based Commodities Intelligence Centre (CIC) have struck an investment agreement. CIC would invest RMB 10 million (S$2.07million) to build its international digital commerce platform in China's Guoyuan Port in Chongqing Municipality under the terms of the deal. The project will contribute to the China-Singapore Connectivity Initiative, as it will be able to use the CIC platform capabilities in Singapore to allow data connectivity and compatibility, as well as develop a thriving commodity trading environment in Guoyuan Port.

The financial authorities of Singapore have granted a preliminary licence to Hana Financial Group, a major South Korean bank, to create an asset management firm in the sovereign island city-state. Hana Financial's entry into the Singapore market is part of the company's plan to increase international revenues from 21.7 percent to total profits of over 40 percent by 2025. In addition to diversifying its earnings portfolio under the protracted low-interest environment, the assets management firm's debut in Singapore would expand its non-banking operations.

Diabetics tend to suffer from many different issues, one of which is a problem with breaking bones. In fact, someone with Type 2 diabetes is three times more likely to break one of their bones than someone who doesn't have the condition at all. This is something that has puzzled scientists for years, as people who suffer many broken bones often have low bone density - however, that isn't usually the case with diabetics.

A vast expansion in telehealth services has been one of the key developments in the American healthcare market over the past year. According to figures from research company PitchBook, there has been a huge increase in health businesses offering remote urgent care, virtual primary care and new wearable technologies to monitor patient health. As a result, the annual global telehealth market is forecast to burst through $300 billion by 2026, which is a fivefold increase since 2019.