Corporate insights
Keep your online customers coming back: Three myths debunked
When e-commerce puts the world at every consumer’s fingertips, how can you make sure they choose your online store? And not just once, but time after time?
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Get the latest insights on the economy, industries and emerging trends that can help your business tackle the challenges it faces in today’s market. We share the learnings and perspectives of leading experts and innovators in the Nordics, both from Nordea and beyond.
Corporate insights
It’s time to give overdues an extra look
An in depth analysis of 124 large Nordic companies in 2019 showed aggregated overdue payments of EUR 18.5 billion, equal to 22% of total gross accounts receivables. With total overdue payments already increasing by 4% from 2018, the after effects of the coronavirus are expected to create an even larger growth in overdue payments in the coming months.
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Insights
The sustainable sovereign bond market heats up
Ever since Poland became the first sovereign to issue a green bond back in December 2016, the race has been on to see which countries would follow. Now the market looks set to grow rapidly, with Sweden recently publishing its Green Bond Framework, Germany planning to issue its inaugural green bond in September and Denmark exploring an innovative new model for sovereign green bonds.
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Insights
Oil: Black gold or black hole?
Nordea's Johan Trocmé and Viktor Sonebäck take a look at the outlook for the oil industry, which is facing its third major shock in only 12 years.
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Podcast
Podcast: Oil – Black gold or black hole?
In the latest podcast episode of Nordea On Your Mind Johan Trocmé, Viktor Sonebäck and Shirin Haddad discuss how the oil industry will deal with likely persistent price volatility.
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Insights
COVID-19 bonds – a market and investor perspective
The current corona crisis has given rise to a new label of sustainable bonds: COVID-19 bonds. With no established market practices for these bonds, issuers and investors are working together to find existing and new solutions for COVID-19-related funding, while safeguarding the integrity of the sustainable finance market.
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Insights
Do green bonds outperform in ‘risk-off’ periods? Yes, but beware the nuances
We find that green bonds have been more resilient than traditional bonds in times of crisis, but there are things to keep in mind when doing the analysis.
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Insights
Corona bonds: What are they and why do they matter?
The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned a new bond label, so-called "corona bonds," opening opportunities not only for sovereign and supranational issuers, but also for corporates.
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FX
Our FX APIs take care of the boring stuff so you don’t have to
Automating your daily FX tasks is no longer a luxury but a strategic necessity. With Nordea’s newest FX API covering post-trade reporting and accounting, the process is easier than ever.
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Insights
Nordea helps public sector borrowers finance COVID-19 response
Public sector borrowers are issuing bonds to finance the emergency and stimulus response to the coronavirus outbreak, and Nordea is on the front line.
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Corporate insights
Supply chains: Become less lean or step up risk management
Nordea's Viktor Sonebäck interviewed Patrik Zekkar, Global Head of Trade Finance & Working Capital Management at Nordea, to hear more about how the COVID-19 outbreak will disrupt global supply chains, as occurred during the SARS outbreak in 2003-04 and the Fukushima accident in 2011. Patrik elaborates on how China plays a greater role today, how corporates should think about their supply chains and how Nordea can offer short-term help.
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The last mile is no longer driven in the dark
Budbee CEO and founder Fredrik Hamilton explains how the company's data-driven business model is disrupting the home delivery field.
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