FreightWaves’ Meet the Investor series delves into the stories behind the industry’s biggest investments, the individuals who manage them and the lessons they learned along the way.
Ben Gordon, the founder and managing partner of Cambridge Capital, has spent his career investing in and advising supply chain companies, ranging from some of the largest global logistics providers to e-commerce startups.
While his younger self was passionate about civic leadership, he realized the impact that...
Tycoon’s Seatankers Group believes ‘exciting recovery’ is on the cards
Net asset value set to rise as Oslo-listed VLGC owner eyes its own stock
World’s biggest cash buyer of end-of-life ships hires former TradeWinds staffer as new communications head
Weak GDP for October shows how vulnerable economy is to fresh covid shock
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown
‘’The interest rate dilemma has intensified for the Bank of England. The latest reading for the economy shows just how vulnerable the economy was to a fresh shock, with output in October growing by just 0.1%: weaker than expected. The spread of the Omicron variant is now set to be the body blow, sending the recovery reeling, while...
European policy-makers remain cautious on CBDC technology
Friday 10 December 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.49.5
Commentary: CBDC debate in Europe foundering on endemic complexity
By Katie-Ann Wilson and John Orchard
European policy-makers have more clarity on the need for retail central bank digital currency than wholesale, but remain cautious about moving too quickly on either. Discussions on CBDC for consumers have centred around the important role of public policy in offering central bank money in retail...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/10/european-policy-makers-remain-cautious-on-cbdc-technology/
Nasdaq-listed bulker owner spends $16.6m on note and share buybacks
President Robert Bugbee outlines other pathways in a market that recently has moved north of owner’s financial breakeven
Tsakos and Coustas-backed shipping lender is boosting the size and scope of its credit portfolio
