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At China’s Party Congress in October, Xi Jinping continued to strengthen his role as China’s leader, and his position is now much stronger than that held by his predecessors. However, it is not clear what this implies for the Chinese economy.
Nordic large corporates re-think risk and supply chains in a harsher new reality
In Nordea Thematics annual treasury study, 160 Nordic large corporates have answered questions about what they consider to be the greatest risks and how they manage them.
EU Platform’s usability recommendations add clarity to EU Taxonomy in practice
The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance on 11 October released one of the last outstanding reports on the usability of the EU Taxonomy. It provides recommendations on interpretation of the existing Taxonomy and guidance for the remaining environmental objectives as well as alignment with other European sustainable finance regulation.
EU Taxonomy Minimum Safeguards: What are they and why do they matter?
The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance published its final report on the functioning of the Minimum Safeguards laid out in the EU Taxonomy Regulation. The Minimum Safeguards ensure that companies engaging in sustainable activities meet certain standards when it comes to human and labour rights, bribery, taxation and fair competition.
Corporate treasury and finance departments are facing a new reality characterised by geopolitical tension, sky-high inflation and rising interest rates. Find out how they are responding in Nordea’s latest annual Treasury Survey: Re-assessing risk.
Open Finance: the next step on the journey towards Open Economy
Open Finance was first mentioned in the Digital Finance Strategy published by the European Commission in 2020. Since then, it has been a “buzz word” in the financial industry, creating both curiosity and concern. But what do we know about Open Finance at the moment?
After a turbulent first half-year, the third quarter shows a market adapting to the new-normal: persistent inflation and rising interest rates. The energy crisis has not only resulted in a risk of recession in the Euro area but also created ambiguity for corporates’ sustainability ambitions, pushing the financial sector to the forefront of issuing sustainable debt.
How are companies performing on ESG after the pandemic?
The Nordea ESG Research expert team has released the yearly update of its ESG ratings. The update covers insights into disclosure trends and the material ESG risk and opportunity exposures of around 330 Nordic companies. With information based on FY2021 disclosures, the updated report offers new insight into the first full “back to business” year.
ECB announces decarbonisation plan for corporate bond holdings
The European Central Bank has announced that as of 1 October it will start tilting its reinvestments for corporate bonds falling due on its balance sheet towards issuers with higher climate-scoring profiles in order to mitigate the climate-related financial risks within the Eurosystem.
Nordea named best Nordic real estate bank by Euromoney
The results from Euromoney Magazine’s 2022 Real Estate Survey are in, and Nordea has won the awards for best bank for real estate services in the Nordics and Finland.
Coping with explosive parcel volume growth during the pandemic was a challenge for postal services provider PostNord. Having scale was helpful. PostNord CEO Annemarie Gardshol shares the experience and gives us the fulfilment logistics perspective on e-commerce.
The COVID pandemic helped online retail come of age in the Nordic region. Daniel Ovin from Nordea Equity Research discusses what to expect next in this interview from Nordea On Your Mind: E-commerce - The new normal.