Insights | Nordea

2022-11-22

Nordea On Your Mind

Our greatest competitor is tomorrow's wind power

Wind has the lowest levelised cost of energy, and it keeps getting better, according to Peter Zachrisson, CEO of SR Energy. The greatest obstacle remains the painfully slow and cumbersome Swedish permitting processes, but the energy crisis could be a catalyst for reforming it.

2022-11-17

Our people

From unknown to media darling: Benjamin’s battle to get a permanent residence permit

Although Benjamin Schenkel had a permanent job at Nordea, learnt Danish and did lots of voluntary work, he was denied a permanent residence permit. That became the start of a battle to stay in Denmark that lasted several months.

Ukrainian flag waving in the wind in Kiev

2022-11-16

Corporate insights

Managing business risk from the Russia-Ukraine war

How are Nordic corporates handling the risks from their business exposure to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus? We asked them in our Treasury Survey 2022: Re-assessing risk.

2022-11-10

Nordea On Your Mind

The problem is a price spike, not market functionality

To get a glimpse from inside the storm, we talk to experts from Swedish state-owned power utility Vattenfall about the volatile European energy markets and what lies ahead.

Island with trees and a lake seen from above

2022-11-09

Sustainable finance

EU Taxonomy reporting: A first look at the challenges and best practices

The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance's long-awaited Recommendations on Data and Usability of the EU Taxonomy offers valuable insight into emerging best practices.

2022-11-09

Sustainable finance

How sustainability risks factor into credit ratings

The integration of ESG factors into credit ratings is an exercise distinct from the ratings and evaluations carried out by ESG service providers, although the two are often compared and confused. We take a look at the differences between the two approaches.

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2022-11-08

Podcast

Never waste a good energy crisis

Are you praying for greater wind speeds? Loading up with blankets ahead of the winter? Sky high electricity prices have made the European energy crisis something real and highly relevant for us all.

Nordea's trading floor in Copenhagen, Denmark.

2022-11-04

Markets and investment

Danish bond market offers benefits for investors

Anders Aalund, Head of Trading Strategy in Nordea Markets, shares insights into the current Danish bond market, strategy and golden opportunities.

2022-11-03

Sustainability

Thanks to Verde loan from Nordea, Jospak marks new chapter in limiting food plastic waste

Within the next eight years all plastic packaging in the EU must be recyclable – so we need solutions. With a Verde loan from Nordea, Jospak was able to finance new ecological premises to increase their production and accelerate the sustainable transition.

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2022-10-31

Nordea On Your Mind

Nordic energy supply: Never waste a good crisis

Is there a way out of Europe’s big energy crisis? What will the next steps be for the world-class electricity systems in the Nordics? Energy supply in the European and Nordic markets is front and centre in the latest Nordea On Your Mind.

Climate experts Stefan Henningsson and Matti Kahra

2022-10-28

Sustainable banking

Nordea’s climate experts on what to expect from COP27

This year the UN climate summit, COP27 will be held amid rocketing energy and food prices and overall difficult geopolitical circumstances. We have interviewed Nordea’s climate experts Stefan Henningsson and Matti Kahra on what they expect will be the outcome.

2022-10-28

Markets and investment

Is Xi making the right decisions for China?

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.