Asteroid mining to the Earth including economic growth, environmental protection, and provision of clean energy while also providing humanity protection against existential threats. On April 24, 2012 a plan was announced by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources. The company is called Planetary Resources and its founders include aerospace entrepreneurs Eric Anderson and Peter Diamandis. Advisers include film director and explorer James Cameron and investors include Google's chief executive Larry Page and its executive chairman Eric Schmidt. They also plan to create a fuel depot in space by 2020 by using water from asteroids, splitting it to liquid oxygen and
Carsten Kengeter was reassigned to oversee the winding down of non-core businesses. He resigned from UBS in February 2013. He became a visiting professor in the Department of Finance at his alma mater, the London School of Economics. In October 2017, it was announced Kengeter would be stepping down as CEO of Deutsche Börse. He has been CEO since June 2015 and member of the Executive Board since April 2015. He is a board member of several international organisations such as the China Europe International Exchange AG and b-to-v Partners AG. Additionally he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Circuitous Capital