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The World Bank’s Rhino Bonds Show How Development Finance Can Get Creative

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In February, the World Bank issued a five-year outcome bond that aims to provide clean drinking water to around two million school children in Vietnam.

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About the author: David Malpass is president of the World Bank Group.

The current strains in the financial sector highlight once more the importance of sound risk-management practices in banking. Understanding potential balance-sheet risks arising from holding specific assets is paramount. That’s why, when launching innovative new sustainable bonds, the World Bank is transparent and makes available all the necessary information for potential investors to assess the risk/return profile of

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Federal budget: Capital gains tax, more may target high-income earners

Jamie Golombek: Ottawa says it’s looking to close tax loopholes that benefit the wealthy and corporations

Published March 16, 2023 • Last updated 6 days ago • 5 minute read

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a news conference before delivering the 2022-23 budget, in Ottawa, on April 7, 2022.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a news conference before delivering the 2022-23 budget, in Ottawa, on April 7, 2022. Photo by Blair Gable/Reuters

We have a date. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver Canada’s federal budget plan on

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Euler Finance Hacker Mixes $1.6M in Ethereum on Tornado Cash

Funds tied to the latest Euler Finance exploit are on the move.

According to on-chain data, the attacker sent ten transactions to mixing service Tornado Cash worth 100 Ethereum each from an intermediary address, and still holds 1,500 ETH labeled as “Fake Phishing” at the same address.

The address has sent a total of 1,000 ETH, worth roughly $1.6 million.

Hackers moved part of the stolen funds less than 24 hours after Euler Finance—a borrowing and lending platform—warned that if 90% of the assets were not returned, the company would offer a $1 million bounty to anyone who can provide

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Why the recession odds just spiked after Powell addressed Congress

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Today’s newsletter is by Jared Blikre, a reporter focused on the markets on Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @SPYJared. Read this and more market news on the go with the Yahoo Finance App.

Fed chair Jay Powell just poured cold water on the “no landing” crowd hoping to avert a US recession and rally stocks to fresh record highs this year.

After two days of grilling

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Amid global downturn, the finance world is chasing Middle Eastern money

A man dressed in a thawb walks past Dassault Falcon executive jets, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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The organizers of the Investopia x Salt conference in Abu Dhabi — the brainchild of American financier and one-time White House press secretary Anthony Scaramucci and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — expected to see 1,000 guests over its two-day event in early march. Instead, it got 2,500.

“We’re a little overwhelmed, but it’s a great sign,” one of the organizers told CNBC. Some others were annoyed. “It’s too many

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Consumers keep feeling better about today and worse about tomorrow: Morning Brief

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Today’s newsletter is by Myles Udland, Head of News at Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @MylesUdland and on LinkedIn. Read this and more market news on the go with the Yahoo Finance App.

US consumers and the executives that Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO David Solomon talk to have a lot in common — they feel good about today and worse about tomorrow.

New data out from

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What the end of the ‘Great Moderation Era’ means for investors

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Today’s newsletter is by Jared Blikre, a reporter focused on the markets on Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @SPYJared. Read this and more market news on the go with the Yahoo Finance App.

In 2004, then-Fed chair Ben Bernanke gave a speech titled, “The Great Moderation.”

His thesis: “One of the most striking features of the economic landscape over the past twenty years or so has

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TikTok is teaching people to manage their money. But it’s only a place to start. :NPR

People are getting their personal finance lessons from TikTok — as a start.

Erin Confortini/Screenshot by NPR; Grace Lemire/Screenshot by NPR


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People are getting their personal finance lessons from TikTok — as a start.

Erin Confortini/Screenshot by NPR; Grace Lemire/Screenshot by NPR

Erin Confortini, 23, taught herself to budget and invest in college when she realized she didn’t know much about personal finance — even as a finance major.

Now, she shares the details of her financial life with hundreds of thousands of people online.

In a recent

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