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Boosting FDI in emerging economies
Investors can help unlock key financial and societal returns, says Roberto Hoornweg, Co-Head Corporate & Investment Banking.
Escaping the sustainability debt trap
Debt conversions can unlock fiscal space for developing countries while mobilising sustainable finance at scale, writes Group Chairman Dr José Viñals.
How to make the most of Gen AI
Chief Strategy & Talent Officer Tanuj Kapilashrami shares her insights on how a 'skills passport' can help colleagues prepare.
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Are terrorist groups profiting from the pandemic?
COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the world as we know it, causing h…
29 Oct 2020
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Moving past the pandemic towards a new social contract
Coronavirus has presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to address so…
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Sustainability through ESG financing
The objective of green financing is to ensure more capital is directed&n…
21 Oct 2020
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Sustainable development – in good times and bad
The narrative around the economic impact of COVID-19 is now well trodden…
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Facilitating solar adoption
For many parts of the world, solar energy has become one of the most cos…
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The road to recovery: How emerging markets can find their wa…
As governments in emerging markets come out of ‘emergency mode’, they ne…
13 Oct 2020
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Building diversity in leadership: Meet Standard Chartered’s …
Both at Sibos and beyond, Standard Chartered remains commited to buildin…
06 Oct 2020
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Key strategies to manage trade and supply chain financing in…
In uncertainty, digital transformation helps broaden access to trade fin…
30 Sep 2020
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Impact is more important than league tables
The growth of sustainable finance has been good news in an otherwise cha…
28 Sep 2020
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The high cost of business email compromise (BEC) fraud
Businesses today would struggle to exist without email, but this communi…
24 Sep 2020
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Funding the clean energy transition: A look at blended finan…
To avert a climate catastrophe the public and private sectors must embra…
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Opportunity in crisis: The changing face of trade in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to push the African continent into a r…
16 Sep 2020
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Global trade faces a USD3.4 trillion financing gap
Small-medium enterprises (SMEs) have long struggled to access trade fina…
28 Aug 2020
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Cargo ships: the workhorses that power global trade
The experts of the early 1900s who made predictions about life today wou…
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China high-yield surges further, as investors seek offshore …
Overlooked during the COVID-19 crisis, Chinese US dollar-denominated hig…
27 Aug 2020
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Instant payments: Fast track to opportunities
Payments market infrastructures, are modernising, driven by the combined…
25 Aug 2020
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3 unusual barriers to global trade
As a key driver of employment, prosperity and interconnectivity, trade i…
24 Aug 2020
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Richer data for greater certainty – ISO 20022
With SWIFT’s adoption of ISO 20022 standards the global payments industr…
06 Aug 2020