On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. In this paper, we analyze the response of European and worldwide stock markets and a representative sample of commodities to this event and compare it against the recent Covid-19 pandemic and the not-too-distant 2008 global financial crisis. We...

Impact investing is based on using the ESG framework as a tool to evaluate firms that engage in generating positive impact. Most impact investors and fund managers now integrate the ESG framework in their investment and stock-picking process. However, due to lack of standardisation of ESG...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented uncertainty and fear to the global economies. In this article, first, we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the travel and tourism industry by examining the implications of the pandemic on the hospitality, leisure, and travel sub-sectors and...

What is the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the corporate governance practices of firms? In this paper, first, we discuss the impact of COVID-19, then analyse how corporate governance practises have been affected and conclude with recommendations of policies to be adapted by firms in principle...

SPACs or Special Purpose Acquisition Companies are shell companies, created to raise capital and used by private firms to access capital markets. Using a global sample of SPAC firms, this study assesses their performance and finds evidence of significant positive abnormal returns for SPAC firms...