Banking EU Taxonomy Challenges: How Banks Can Navigate Sustainable-Finance Reporting by internationalbanker October 16, 2023 The EU Taxonomy sustainable-finance classification system will not spare banks. To face the challenges and exploit the opportunities of the … Continue Reading October 16, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Brokerage The UK’s Proposed “New” Regime for Securitisations: Some Welcome Changes but Also an Extension of the Regime’s Scope by internationalbanker September 26, 2023 The UK’s coming legal regime governing securitisations makes noteworthy amendments. Most have been welcomed, especially to improve deal flows, while … Continue Reading September 26, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Brokerage Sweden’s Severe Housing-Market Pain Is Not Over Yet by internationalbanker September 18, 2023 Sweden’s hot housing market cooled last year as the Riksbank tightened monetary policy to fight inflation, leading to steeply increasing … Continue Reading September 18, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
News Why Attempts to Divert Frozen Russian Assets Could Seriously Damage the West’s Credibility by internationalbanker September 7, 2023 As the Russia-Ukraine War drags on, plans for Ukrainian reconstruction are underway. If the West has its way, frozen Russian … Continue Reading September 7, 2023 7 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Are the Baltic States Back on the Road to Economic Recovery? by internationalbanker August 15, 2023 The Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia did not lead their European neighbours in the most favourable economic indicators … Continue Reading August 15, 2023 2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Equity-Market Liquidity Is Leaving Europe by internationalbanker June 14, 2023 Europe’s equity markets are losing the liquidity race against their US counterparts for various reasons, but two measures in particular … Continue Reading June 14, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Speaking Up: Why Whistleblowers Have Become Valued Assets in Financial Services by internationalbanker June 1, 2023 The image of the whistleblower has evolved from negative to positive. Recognising the importance of these bold truth-tellers, especially in … Continue Reading June 1, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Brokerage Activist Investors and NGOs Leaving Regulators in Their Wake by internationalbanker May 23, 2023 Investors and environmental groups are taking their battles with ESG-offending companies and ineffective regulators to court, incentivising an increase in … Continue Reading May 23, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Global Competition over China-Dominated Market for Rare-Earth Elements Heats Up by internationalbanker April 17, 2023 The demand for rare-earth elements employed to produce a growing variety of manufactured products is intensifying in every region of … Continue Reading April 17, 2023 3 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Can Friend-Shoring Prove Effective in Solving Global Supply-Chain Challenges? by internationalbanker March 30, 2023 One victim of the pandemic was the smooth functioning of global supply chains. Recent geopolitical conflicts have only worsened the … Continue Reading March 30, 2023 4 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail