Wasting public funds
How would taxpayers feel after reading the headline in this newspaper: 'Losses of 15 SOEs surge to whopping Rs5.9 trillion'. We had heard of a ‘billion’ with apprehension, but here…
HEC urges provinces to facilitate VCs’ Morocco visit after Sindh bars use of funds for foreign travel
After the Sindh government advised public sector universities in the province not to use university funds for participation in a Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) conference to be held in Morocco…
WASH and the private sector
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) are essential areas of focus for achieving sustainable development and are a critical component of the global sustainable development goals. Pakistan's WASH sector faces significant…
Sovereign wealth funds struggle to turn their trillions to climate finance
Sovereign wealth funds that control nearly $12 trillion in assets are unlikely to quickly dismantle the hurdles in the way of urgently needed increases to their climate investments, even as…
Small firms offer private equity job market bright spot
It’s getting more difficult to land a job in the private equity industry — unless you are willing to join a smaller firm. Buyout firms specializing in small deals are…
REITs: understanding the private market
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have emerged as a popular investment avenue for individuals seeking exposure to real estate without the complexities of property ownership and management. While publicly-traded REITs…
Flood funds and telethons
The 2022 monsoon season “on steroids” left in its wake widespread destruction, submerging one third of the country under water, with over half of Pakistan’s districts declared as “calamity hit”.…
Ferrari fever? Classic cars roar into investment funds
In 1977, a Ferrari owner offloaded his 1962 250 GTO because his wife complained it was too noisy, recounts Andrea Modena, head of Ferrari’s classic car division. It was either…
By taking Twitter private, Musk makes daring bet
Elon Musk’s decision to pull Twitter off the stock market allows him to make major changes quickly, but it also takes the company more heavily into debt, a risky choice…
Why are nature protection funds not reaching indigenous people?
In the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, the indigenous community of Sungai Utik has been protecting 10,000 hectares of land for decades, defending their forests from industry and…
