Shanghai's commitment to promoting green and low-carbon development is being received by global investors, with enterprises saying they are confident about a greener future for the city and keen to leverage their expertise to contribute to its sustainable development.

Recently, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) signed strategic cooperation agreements with Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd. (AVIC), China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited (CASIC) and China Huadian Corporation Ltd. (China Huadian) respectively.

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Canada's Dream Industrial REIT will buy Canada's Summit Industrial Income REIT for about CUS$4.46 billion (US$3.30 billion), excluding debt, the companies said in separate statements on Monday.

Digital money is a logical step in a process of continuous technological advancement in payment systems. In response, central banks are reviewing their conduct of monetary operations in light of the new shape of financial markets and systems. The impact of digital money will depend on the type of money substitution by digital money. The paper straddles several cases where substitution of CiC (currency in circulation), and bank deposits may take place via digital money such as CBDC or other e-money, and how it would impact the central bank balance sheet. Remuneration of CBDC, if aligned to a new objective, could potentially amplify the effect on the interest rate channel of monetary policy.

As part of the exhibition series “La jeune photographie allemande”, this year, students of the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne are showing photographic-installative works under the title “The End/ Not the End?” that deal with the global dimension and complexity of the ecological crisis. The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation organises the exhibition series annually in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Paris.