Insights

Insights

Sustainability-linked bonds: The investor perspective

Interest in sustainability-linked bonds has surged among issuers, but how do investors feel about the innovative new format? Nordea Sustainable Finance Advisory has taken a deep dive, exploring investor reactions as well as the results of a recent investor survey on the SLB format.

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Financing

Corporate lending under Basel IV

How will Basel IV shape corporate lending in the future? Nordea On Your Mind explores the implications for banks and corporate borrowers.

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Insights

Science-based targets – The new ‘must have’ in sustainable finance?

As momentum in the sustainable finance space picks up, more and more companies are committing to increasingly ambitious sustainability targets. Greenhouse-gas-related targets in particular are in vogue and, with that, a focus on aligning them with the Paris Agreement and the Science-Based Targets (SBT) initiative. In this article, we look at the corporate take-up of SBTs and ask, what is next?

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Insights

Paving the way for social loans

The Swedish local government funding agency, Kommuninvest, recently launched a social sustainability loan offering for its members. This innovative new product, developed in collaboration with members to promote social sustainability throughout Sweden, finances investments with solid potential to address local challenges. Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory team spoke to Björn Bergstrand, Head of Sustainability at Kommuninvest, to find out more about the agency’s social loan journey. 03 May,

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Insights

Do companies need to modernise the C-suite?

Ten years ago you’d probably never heard of the 'C-suite', a phrase that refers to a company's key group of senior executives. Now, it’s everywhere. And over that time, the definition has grown more broad. Core roles — like Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Chief Operations Officer (COO) — have been joined by new ones, like Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). As we emerge from a period of intense changes, many businesses are asking if this leadership group needs to evolve further.

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Corporate insights

Garbage tech: A race to turn waste into resources

Did you know that 70% of the waste thrown in trash bags in Oslo ends up there by mistake? In Bergen the startup Carrot has found a solution.

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Investment banking

Capital structure should never be a constraint for profitable investments

Who better to ask about aiming for the right capital structure than a company which has in the past few years raised new equity and made payouts through both dividends and share buybacks? Kongsberg CFO Gyrid Skalleberg Ingerø discusses the company's capital structure journey with Nordea Thematics' Johan Trocmé.

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Podcast

Podcast: Capital structure in the real world

Henrik Immelborn, Managing Director, Debt Solutions and Loans at Nordea discuss together with Johan Trocmé and Viktor Sonebäck how Nordic large corporates fund themselves today versus 20 years ago.

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Insights

Using the financial markets to close the gender gap

The importance of gender equality is getting a lot of attention, not least from the financial markets. That was the message at a recent fireside chat from the 2021 SHE Conference, featuring Heike Reichelt from the World Bank Treasury and Elin Ljung from Nordic Capital.

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Insights

Diversity and inclusion: Lessons from top business leaders

What is the business value of gender diversity, and how do you put inclusiveness into practice? Top leaders from companies including Nordea, Telenor and Ernst & Young shared their thoughts at a recent SHE Conference event.

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Insights

All-star leader panel tackles gender equality in the wake of Covid-19

State leaders from around the world gathered at the 2021 SHE Conference to discuss Covid-19’s impact on gender and equality and how to respond going forward.

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Insights

ESG ratings: What you need to know

ESG ratings have grown in popularity as a way for investors and other financial stakeholders to assess companies’ environmental, social and governance performance. What goes into these ratings, and why do they matter?

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