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Future ready? A methodical approach will repay you

9 August 2024 • by Howard H. Yu in Finance • 8 min read

Singapore-based DBS bank was being shaken by nimble competitors from China, and it needed to change fast. But CEO Piyush Gupta knew that blowing a fortune on the latest technology was not...

Concerns over impact of new EU reporting rules on M&A

3 July 2024 • by Richard Baldwin, Salvatore Cantale in Finance • 7 min read

The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will impose comprehensive and standardized sustainability reporting responsibilities on firms, adding unprecedented complexity to mergers and acquisitions. ...

Some 63% of the respondents claimed they expect their investments in AI to increase over the coming three years.

How AI can undermine financial stability

8 March 2024 • by Jon Danielsson, Andreas Uthemann in Finance • 6 min read

As AI is increasingly used in the financial system, it exacerbates existing sources of instability and creates new ones. What we should be worried about, say Jon Danielsson and Andreas Uthemann, is...

Riding the waves: Navigating the digital landscape in financial services

7 March 2024 • by Jialu Shan, Michael R. Wade in Finance • 10 min read

How ready is the financial services industry to benefit from digital disruption? Findings from the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation’s Digital Vortex survey....

Cybersecurity, AI and ESG: A new world for CFOs

1 March 2024 • by Kalin Anev Janse in Finance • 5 min read

Against the backdrop of changing markets and monetary policy, chief financial officers (CFOs) emerge as financial captains steering organizations through uncharted waters. ...

Closing the climate gap: the rise of green finance

23 February 2024 • by Gerrit Sindermann in Finance • 7 min read

Until recently, the sustainability risks of banks and other financial institutions were assessed mostly on their internal activities and on possible impacts from outside their operations. Now, thanks to new regulations that...

Drawing balls from an urn: a problem with blockchain

23 February 2024 • by José Parra Moyano, Karl Schmedders in Finance • 7 min read

A long-term flaw in Bitcoin technology threatens the long-term viability of digital currencies. ...

Drawing a digital dividend from M&A

20 February 2024 • by Tomoko Yokoi in Finance • 7 min read

The chance to jumpstart digital transformation is an increasingly common M&A deal driver, but it is not always the short cut it promises to be....

How to identify the ‘zombie’ firms at risk of default

30 January 2024 • by Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Alexander Gruber, Felix Reitz in Finance • 5 min read

Looking at firms using both the interest coverage ratio (ICR) and Altman’s Z-score can help reveal whether a company might be in distress. ...

Access to basic services and infrastructures

How social finance can drive sustainable development

24 January 2024 • by Borja García Fernandez in Finance • 9 min read

Access to basic services and infrastructure remains out of reach for an alarming number of people. Social finance, targeted at addressing deep-set societal challenges, is one way for investors to make a...

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