Insights | Nordea

2022-06-07

Sustainable finance

Nordea expert on the EU Taxonomy: It’s a work in progress

As companies begin to report on their eligibility under the EU's ambitious green labelling system, the Taxonomy, many are surprised to find out that their activities are not included. Nordea's EU Taxonomy expert Matilda Persson assures that it's still early days, and the framework will continue to evolve.

Businesswoman in green office looking out of window

2022-06-07

Nordea On Your Mind

Basel IV: Look beyond the average impact

Jonas Bjarke Jensen and Antti Lemberg of Copenhagen Economics share their views on the impact of the Basel IV global banking reforms on banks and corporate borrowers.

2022-06-01

Entrepreneurship

Match made at Nordea Investor Speed Dating: ONEiO + Fairpoint Capital

Nordea’s high-paced and efficient investor speed dating set-up made a Swedish technology investment fund take a much closer look at a fast-growing Finnish IT cloud company.

Transition rules unlikely to soften impact from Basel IV

2022-05-31

Nordea On Your Mind

Transition rules unlikely to soften impact from Basel IV

The Swedish Bankers’ Association’s Chief Economist Johan Hansing discusses the impact of the Basel IV global banking reforms on banks and corporate borrowers and what to expect from the transitional rollout.

Smiling real estate professional talking to couple

2022-05-30

Economic Outlook

Chief economist: Norway's housing market rally is over

In the past 20 years, housing prices have more than tripled in Norway. With zero interest rates during the pandemic, the policy rate and thus rates on housing loans bottomed out. We will not see this interest-rate effect again.

2022-05-30

Economic Outlook

Norwegian economy under pressure

Competition for labour and high inflation are pushing up wages in Norway, while the war in Ukraine intensifies the inflationary pressure. With an economy under pressure and rising price and wage growth, Norges Bank will continue its quarterly rate hikes until end-2023.

Lene Skole, CEO of the Lundbeck Foundation, Ole Buhl, Head of ESG at ATP, and Henriette Wennicke, Head of Investor Relations & Treasury at GN, Christina Gadeberg, Nordea

2022-05-30

ESG

The power of investors to impact diversity and inclusion

What can companies and investors do to support diversity and inclusion (D&I) in their own business and influence others in the corporate world? We sat down with some of Denmark’s top leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the S in ESG.

2022-05-24

Podcast

Basel IV: Dumbing down the banks’ risk models

In this Nordea On Your Mind podcast, Johan Trocmé and Viktor Sonebäck talk about how this will affect corporate borrowers, and how they can prepare.

2022-05-20

Economic Outlook

Finnish economy holds ground despite the war

Russia’s attack against Ukraine will slow down economic growth in Finland this year. A strong labour market, the lifting of restrictions and the savings accumulated by households during the Covid pandemic will underpin growth in the service sector.

2022-05-20

Economic Outlook

Wages poised for take-off in Sweden

The tight labour market, record-high demand for workers and recent inflation spike suggest that wage growth will be higher going forward. We revise up our wage forecast, and the Riksbank faces new challenges.

2022-05-20

Economic Outlook

Danish public finances: A break with budget discipline?

The Danish Budget Act is about to be amended at the same time as the green transition and Danish defence spending put an increasing strain on public finances. Is this the beginning of a regime shift in public budget management?

Aerial of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark

2022-05-20

Economic Outlook

Danish economy affected by uncertainty

Previously, there were fears of the Danish economy overheating, but now focus has shifted to the negative effects of the war in Ukraine, the high inflation level and the rapidly rising interest rates.