Interview with Israeli Environmental and Carbon Markets Pioneer – Dr. Noam Gressel

Thanks for returning to FinTechIsrael! Have you already subscribed to our RSS feed? Dr. Noam Gressel is one of Israel’s early movers and top leaders in the environmental and carbon markets, being involved in the sector for now over a decade.  He is founder and CEO of Assif-Strategies, an environmental...

Bloomberg Acquires New Energy Finance, Bolsters its Green Markets Presence

Last Thursday financial news and trading data behemoth Bloomberg L.P. announced that it acquired UK-based New Energy Finance (NEF), a provider of news, data and analysis on the carbon and renewable energy markets.  Although financial terms were not disclosed, last September the UK Times reported NEF was...

RBS Sempra Commodities For Sale – But At What Price?

The Wall Street Journal reported before the opening bell today that commodities trading venture RBS Sempra is on the selling block and that the vultures are hungrily hovering.   More than 20 banks and non-financial companies have expressed an interest in a possible bid including JPMorgan, Barclays, Morgan...