Sustainability concerns are driving a change in corporate responsibility. Zero-emission commitments have soared since COP26, but there will be a risk if companies make pledges which they fail to fulfil.
Regulators need to work together to create a robust and consistent environment for crypto assets.
A recent decision by the EU’s Court of Justice should prompt companies to consider whether to arbitrate any dispute within the jurisdiction.
Fostering an innovative and competitive financial services sector requires a forward-thinking central bank to establish a strong regulatory framework.
Financial protection could easily be extended to include developing economies.
Financial service providers have a responsibility to make faster progress on the sustainability and inclusion agendas, and values-based finance can help.
Sustainable investors are driving industry-wide disruption for the largest ESG index players.
Sustainable investment markets can improve thanks to scientific rigour.
Accounting for investors’ expectations in climate scenarios is vital to risk supervision.
Listing reform promises hope for UK special purpose acquisition companies, but is it enough?
A wave of non-performing loans threatens the banking sector, the solution may come from an unexpected source.
Sweeping changes to the US’s anti-money laundering laws will modernise the fight against dirty money.
A just economy will need social as much as green elements, says Fisma's Marcel Haag.
Equity interventions by governments, rather than large loans, could help prevent financial instability across Latin America.
The lenders of last resort doctrine must extend to the real sector if economies are to escape the pandemic relatively unscathed.
The UK needs a proactive supervisor and community banks to deal with the aftermath of the pandemic, says Philip Sinel.
ESG was pioneered in the extractive industries, and banking and finance can learn a great deal from their experience, writes Rikard Scoufias of Greece’s national oil and gas exploration and production company HHRM.
China needs political will to fulfil promise to be world’s largest national carbon market
Banks will likely find themselves pushed towards a domestic, rather than international, focus. Michiel Haasbroek explains.
The EU could finance a response to Covid-19 and expand its climate commitments.