Investment Forum

It’s an important year for compositional changes at the European Central Bank, with the three top posts up for grabs. ECB President Mario Draghi’s term expires at the end of October, and either side of that, the other two most important ECB roles in the form of the Chief Economist (Peter Praet’s term expires in

In October 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the UN body dedicated to providing an objective, scientific view of climate change – issued a sobering report highlighting the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming. Both scenarios painted a bleak picture of what would occur under increasingly warm conditions. Only under

Michael Stanley is Co-founder and CEO of Cairn Homes since 2015. He was previously CEO of Stanley Holdings following its demerger from Shannon Homes (the Stanley family founded Shannon Homes). Michael has a strong pedigree in residential development and the broader property industry and also has extensive experience in the packaging, energy, agritech and healthcare

Concerns about the health of the US and Chinese economies in particular, have impacted markets and forced a policy response from the respective authorities. The focus now is on the trade dispute, and whether or not a satisfactory agreement can be reached between the two super powers. While the world economic outlook has clearly deteriorated