Web's Best – August 2021

  • Billed For Missed Nuptials
  • Myths Of Impact Investing
  • China: Swiss Embassy Urges Media to Remove Scientist Fake News
  • The $100 Trillion Machine
  • Madoff's Last Days

Billed For Missed Nuptials

A Chicago couple asked guests who failed to show up for their wedding despite RSVPing to Paypal them to reimburse the cost. – August 28 / New York Post

Myths Of Impact Investing

ESG, impact, sustainability – what are the biggest pitfalls and untruths in the now $700 billion asset space? – August 25 / Finimize

China: Swiss Embassy Urges Media to Remove Scientist Fake News

In a Twitter post, the embassy said an alleged Swiss biologist who had been quoted in Chinese media in recent days likely did not exist. – 11 August / BBC News

The $100 Trillion Machine

All about global asset management in 2021. – 11 August / BCG

Madoff's Last Days

The convicted Ponzi schemer's last 17 months were spent in prison hospice care as he died of kidney failure, amid increasingly erratic behavior including hallucinations. – 8 August / Marketwatch