Nordea On Your Mind
Industry 4.0 – Evolution, revolution or something else?
Industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial revolution, which is badly needed to revive stalled productivity growth in the G7 economies.
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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.
Insights
New equity capital was a matter of ‘safety first’
What do you do when a global pandemic breaks out while you are right in the midst of a major working capital reduction programme to bring down leverage? Stein Eriksen, CFO of XXL, highlights their rights issue, accelerated customer migration from stores to online shopping, and stronger preferences for staycation.
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Lessons from the infant sustainability-linked bond market
In September 2020, the first bonds aligned to the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBPs) were issued. Even though the fledgling market provides endless opportunities for structuring sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), a comparison of the current issuers and their bonds reveals unexpected similarities.
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Nordea launches its own ESG ratings for Nordic companies
The ratings system caters to a variety of investment strategies, allowing investors to tailor the output for their specific preferences. Marco Kisic, Nordea’s Head of ESG Research, explains the ins and outs.
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Corporate insights
Getting round to the circular economy
In the circular economy, products and services are based on the sharing, renting and recycling of resources. Companies of all sizes can already now begin to take steps towards circular business models, gaining both an economic and competitive advantage.
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Nordea On Your Mind
Capital markets discount a V-shaped recovery from COVID-19
We explore what kind of recovery from COVID-19 is being forecast and and what is actually priced in by markets.
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Corporate insights
Moving towards real-time in the Nordics
Breakthroughs in technology, combined with regional initiatives and increasing standardisation, are moving the Nordic region even closer to real-time payments as the norm. For Nordea, leveraging evolving infrastructure and technology is all about bringing greater value to customers.
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Nordea On Your Mind
Aviation: The extreme of the extremes
Finnair CEO Topi Manner discusses the difficult decision to be first in the industry to do a big equity issue.
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Nordea On Your Mind
Coronavirus: Plan B – Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
Covid-19 has given an unprecedented shock to the world economy, as lockdowns caused sudden and sharp declines in demand, and we cannot safely assume that development of a vaccine or other therapy will make it go away entirely.
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Podcast
Podcast: Coronavirus – Plan B
Capital markets have rebounded from the COVID-19 shock, and consensus forecasts expect 2021 to be even better than the pre-pandemic 2019.
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Entrepreneurship
Risk management: The top 12 risks every business owner should know
Knowing the most common hurdles facing your business can inform your risk management strategy and improve your company’s chances of success.
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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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