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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are the focus of global capital market stakeholders and the opportunities that sustainable capital and the transition away from non-sustainable practices provide. Following the Paris Agreement, significant progress has been made across the spectrum of capital -raising instruments, in significantly upscaling the financial resources available to help the world adapt to, and reduce the impacts of a changing climate.

The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different industries and sectors.

It's not just the rate of change. Our World in Transition hub focuses on the potential for transformation in energy, ESG, finance, globalization and US policy.  

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to escalate, ensuring wellbeing of employees is paramount, but it is not the only challenge. There is a vast sway of operational and legal issues that businesses must address, too.

The region's burgeoning digital economy is drawing attention from investors across the globe  

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: fintech — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021

We highlight the key European M&A trends in the first half of 2021, and provide our insights into the outlook for M&A moving forward.

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: banks — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021

The huge surge in IPO fundraising by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) on US stock exchanges may be showing the first signs of slowing down, but momentum behind European SPAC activity is only just starting to gather pace.

The SPAC phenomenon has spread to Israel, where regulators have laid the foundation for local SPAC IPOs as well  

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: asset/wealth management — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: payments — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: stock exchanges/trading venues — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: brokers/corporate finance — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: consumer finance — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: specialty finance/marketplace lending — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021

The mining & metals industry is critical to the success of the world's transition towards net zero, both in reducing its own carbon footprint and providing the materials that will deliver a cleaner and more sustainable future

Taking ESG matters seriously improves business performance; ESG best practice must become integral to the business and should be a "given" in any mining project.

The metals sector is an attractive target for decarbonization due to the energy-intensive nature of traditional production processes.

Investors are returning to mining & metals amid an almost unprecedented rally in the US capital markets that is taking place despite the continued economic challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Key considerations around bribery and corruption risks, as the mining & metals sector is gaining critical momentum in the world's energy transition toward a low-carbon future.

PGMs are helping to ensure that Southern African mining remains relevant and is contributing to the global clean and green transition

China's mining sector is taking active measures to pursue industry transition and achieve a low-carbon production plan.

As governments around the world are pursuing revised mining fiscal policies and more aggressive enforcement, investors need to prepare themselves for an active period of resource nationalism.

Lifting pandemic restrictions, coupled with successful vaccination rollouts in the Gulf and an improving economic outlook, supported a rebound in loan and bond activity in the Middle East in the first half of 2021