{"id":544088,"date":"2022-02-08T14:06:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/02\/08\/investors-take-a-u-turn-on-green-startups-major-corporates-are-killing-the-five-day-work-commute\/"},"modified":"2022-02-08T14:06:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:06:30","slug":"investors-take-a-u-turn-on-green-startups-major-corporates-are-killing-the-five-day-work-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/02\/08\/investors-take-a-u-turn-on-green-startups-major-corporates-are-killing-the-five-day-work-commute\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors take a u-turn on green startups + major corporates are killing the five-day work commute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-03\"><\/a> <strong>Green startups stocks tumble following last year\u2019s meteoric rise:<\/strong> Electric vehicle startups and several other green tech firms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ev-companies-went-public-with-big-plans-theyre-quickly-hitting-snags-11617365407?mod=article_inline\">boomed<\/a> in 2021, but warning signals that they were wobbling just months after going public have now developed into a full-fledged equity sell-off. A barrage of investigations into these companies \u2014 many of which went public via SPACs last year \u2014 and missed business targets have sent stocks down 75% or more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/green-startups-stumble-accelerating-selloff-of-risky-stocks-11644171872?mod=hp_lead_pos4\">the Wall Street Journal<\/a> reports. The about-face from investors is partially because of how they bought into these companies in the first place: The 2021 SPAC boom encouraged \u201cfrenzied buying\u201d from small investors who were looking to buy into green companies they thought would help address climate change, the journal says. But it\u2019s also fueled by shifting market dynamics as the US Federal Reserve\u2019s hawkish turn, which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/behind-the-stock-market-turmoil-a-high-speed-investor-u-turn-11643305162?mod=article_inline\">WSJ<\/a> previously noted is causing a \u201cturnaround in investor attitude\u201d as they look to safer investments to brace against the imminence of tighter monetary policy.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-05\"><\/a> <strong>Dreams of ever returning to an entirely in-person work week have all but<\/strong><strong> disappeared among some of the world\u2019s largest companies. <\/strong>JPMorgan Chase, Standard Chartered and Volkswagen are among some of Europe\u2019s largest employers embracing hybrid working arrangements over the long term, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2022-02-07\/is-a-five-day-work-week-dead-return-to-office-plans-shift-in-hybrid-work-era?srnd=premium-middle-east\">Bloomberg<\/a>. With some 68% of knowledge workers in rich countries preferring a hybrid work setup and some 95% indicating a desire for greater flexibility in work hours, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/futureforum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Future-Forum-Pulse-Report-January-2022.pdf\">a Future Forum survey<\/a>, companies are finding it increasingly difficult to draw workers back to the office without an \u201cimpact upon motivation, [and it] will eventually lead to people leaving,\u201d an official at the UK\u2019s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says. Still, financial services companies like Goldman Sachs are sticking to their policy of working the full week in-person, which is expected to succeed because of the significant pay incentives these companies have to offer employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green startups stocks tumble following last year\u2019s meteoric rise: Electric vehicle startups and several other green tech firms boomed in 2021, but warning signals that they were wobbling just months after going public have now developed into a full-fledged equity sell-off. 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The companies are both non-banking financial services (NBFS) players, one of which is Egyptian, while\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Capital markets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Capital markets","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/industries\/capital-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2021\/11\/302.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":557301,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/09\/14\/egx-could-open-the-door-for-spacs\/","url_meta":{"origin":544088,"position":5},"title":"EGX could open the door for SPACs","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"14 September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Egypt could be welcoming SPACs soon, after EGX boss Mohamed Farid suggested amendments to listing rules that would allow Egyptian companies to go to market while being acquired by or merging with another company. 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