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By Randeep SOMEL, fund manager of the MG (Lux) Climate Solution Fund
As the Democrats won the White House in last November's Presidential election and kept control of the House of Representatives, there was one chamber that they were lacking: the US senate which remained in Republican control. The two run-off elections in the state of Georgia this week have changed that. With 98% of the vote counted it looks as if the Democrats will take control of the chamber with a 50-50 split and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris able to cast the deciding vote.
Republicans maintaining control of the chamber put a check on incoming President Joe Biden and speaker Nancy Pelosi's policies, but if the result goes through as expected it will give...
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