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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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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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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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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: 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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ESG
Sustainable investment – good for your assets and for the planet
At Nordea we're now seeing broad interest in sustainable companies as an attractive long-term investment theme.
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The sustainable sovereign bond market heats up
Ever since Poland became the first sovereign to issue a green bond back in December 2016, the race has been on to see which countries would follow. Now the market looks set to grow rapidly, with Sweden recently publishing its Green Bond Framework, Germany planning to issue its inaugural green bond in September and Denmark exploring an innovative new model for sovereign green bonds.
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Flower power – Open Banking help Majblomman track donations in real time
Majblomman is a well-known Swedish charity that raises money with the annual sale of special paper flower pins. When Majblomman implemented a fully digital campaign, Nordea’s Open Banking team enabled a real time overview of all incoming donations.
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Oil: Black gold or black hole?
Nordea's Johan Trocmé and Viktor Sonebäck take a look at the outlook for the oil industry, which is facing its third major shock in only 12 years.
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