Insights
Engage with rating providers to prepare for the inevitable ESG conversations
Bob Mann, President and COO of Sustainalytics, explains why it's important for corporates to embrace ESG and engage with ESG rating providers.
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ESG
Surge in ESG investing in the wake of the pandemic
When stock markets nosedived at the start of the pandemic, who could have known that a year later they would be at an all-time high with ESG investing as one of the winners?
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Nordea On Your Mind
Ask your shareholders which ESG yardstick to use
Remy Briand, Managing Director and Head of ESG at MSCI, explains the surging interest in ESG ratings, what sets MSCI's approach apart and what companies can gain from having a rating.
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Nordea On Your Mind
ESG ratings – welcome to the jungle
How do you determine if a company is good at sustainability? ESG ratings vary greatly among providers, who are all measuring different things with different approaches.
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Markets and investment
Market outlook: hot, but not too hot
The equity market rally has resumed after a short late spring pause. The Fed signalled monetary tightening might come sooner than some had thought, but this did not move equities much.
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Insights
How to finance growth for Small & Medium sized Enterprises?
Nordea’s Trade and Working Capital team return to their Working Capital Report 2020, this time from the perspective of SMEs (Small & Medium sized Enterprises) to assess their challenges with financing growth and investments and to suggest alternative solutions for funding growth if there is a shortage of capital.
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Insights
Ways to tackle fraud in the new banking landscape
Helena Wall, Head of Fraud Intelligence and Awareness within Fraud Management at Nordea, was interviewed by ‘The Paypers’ to discuss the latest trends in financial service fraud attempts and how people can be educated on the tactics being applied by fraudsters.
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Insights
A strong ESG score requires both actual improvement and communication of it
Sustainability has become the norm in financial markets. Jacob Michaelsen explains how corporates should engage with ESG rating providers.
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Podcast
Podcast: Turning trash into treasure with Carrot
Carrot is on a mission to revolutionise the waste bin and change how we as a society handle garbage.
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Insights
The subscription economy requires specific financial services
Driven by new technology and digitalisation, companies in the Nordics are increasingly moving towards subscription based business models as they become mainstream. Jean-Francois Tapprest, LC&I Business Innovation Lead at Nordea, discusses the ways companies can make the change and what this means for the financial services they consume.
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Insights
Understanding risk: Why treasuries need to evolve
The treasury has long been under pressure to transform — yet, as we found out in our Treasury 2025 report, only 12% of treasuries said that their department has a digitisation strategy. In most companies, the treasury is still operating on the periphery, playing a supporting role to the wider business.
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Insights
The rise of ESG in leveraged loans
Leveraged loan market participants are increasingly incorporating sustainability targets into their financing deals. With the trend set to grow at a rapid pace, the Loan Market Association brought together experts for a recent webinar to identify best practices for the leveraged market when it comes to engaging with ESG.
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