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How the AI Revolution Will Impact the Economy
AI is driving a technological revolution that is – and will continue to – affect every element of our society, and the investment environment is reflecting this, with more than $110 billion invested in PE (private equity) in 2024. As the adoption of the technology...
What Is Advanced Cryptography and When Should It Be Used?
Advanced cryptography (as defined by the National Cyber Security Centre) refers to various techniques that deploy cryptographic methods to offer data-processing functionality that exceeds what can be achieved via traditional cryptographic functions. These approaches...
What are Positive and Normative Economics?
The field of economics combines subjective interpretation with scientific objectivity. While positive economics is concerned with ‘what is’, normative economics focuses on ‘what should be’. Therefore, the former approach looks at statements about economic conditions...
The Clock Is Ticking for Businesses to Migrate to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Migrating to PQC (post-quantum cryptography) is vital to mitigate the risk posed by the quantum computers of the future. Representing a national, mass technology change, this shift is likely to take several years. The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) has...
What Is Real Estate Tokenisation and What Are Its Benefits?
Tokenisation is an asset’s digital representation on the blockchain. Any asset may be tokenised, including bonds, equities, art and real estate properties. Real estate can be tokenised by dividing the property into fractions and using smart contracts to automate the...
How Commodity Traders are Capitalising on Carbon Credits
Carbon credits can be purchased by companies (usually from governments) that give them permission to emit a certain amount of carbon emissions as part of their operations. One carbon credit usually equals one ton of C02 emissions. Companies can, if they wish, sell any...
Digital Transformation in the World of Commodities Analytics
Digitalisation is transforming every aspect of our world, including the commodities trading sector – which, until relatively recently, was one where much of the work was undertaken manually by telephoning brokers and gathering information from a variety of sources....
Strategic Technology Trends Set to Make a Major Impact in 2025
For companies and IT leaders, tracking trends in strategic technology is vital, helping them to drive their organisations forward via ethical, responsible innovation. Agentic AI Agentic AI offers the tantalising possibility of a virtual workforce that can augment...
The Quantum Future of Cryptography
Earlier in 2024, NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) released finalised standards for PQC (post-quantum cryptography). These three standards cover two forms of digital signatures as well as public key encapsulation. This achievement, the...
How Does Securities Lending Work?
The practice of lending shares of stocks, derivative contracts and commodities (or other securities) to other firms or investors is called securities lending. The practice requires the borrower to put up a form of collateral, such as a letter of credit, cash or...