The next step for companies committed to ESG is to introduce impact-weighted accounting, whereby an organisation’s balance sheet details its wider social effects, as well as its financial health. Silvia Pavoni explains.
Infrastructure is assessed for its environmental, social and governance credentials on a project-by-project basis but calls are growing for a comprehensive, sector-wide analysis. Silvia Pavoni reports.
The Banker’s annual ranking of international finance centres remains mostly unchanged, despite financial upheaval on the horizon.
With a new president at the World Bank – one associated with the Trump administration – and a pending new face at the IMF, what direction will the two institutions take?
Definitions around what makes a product truly ‘green’ are still vague, so the European Commission technical expert group on sustainable finance has taken on the task of compiling a green taxonomy, writes Silvia Pavoni.
Africa’s first ever corporate green bond has fuelled hopes of a new opportunity in emerging markets. But there are many hurdles to overcome.
Swift must contend with complex geopolitics, with the US now diverging from its traditional allies. How will it fare amid plans for new international networks? Silvia Pavoni reports
Beijing reigns supreme in the ranking of international financial centres by bank data, outstripping main rival New York by some way. Silvia Pavoni reports.
Rankings of IFCs by the number of business schools and Internal Baccalaureate establishments put Boston and Chicago at the top.
The devastation caused during the 2017 hurricane season has proved a lasting challenge for economies in the Caricom region, as The Banker's rankings show.
Four leading female bankers in Brazil have launched a project to tackle the problem of women being under-represented on the boards of the country's lenders.
While political turbulence continues to rattle Brazil, the country’s central bank is pushing ahead with pragmatic initiatives.
London leads the way for the issuance of green bonds, trading $5.74bn in the first quarter of 2019, followed by Dublin and Luxembourg. Silvia Pavoni reports.
A quartet of Brazilian banks are responsible for the lion's share of Latin American capital once more, but the region has experienced mixed fortunes in general.
There is no change in the top 10 of the North America ranking, though all eyes are on a merger between BB&T and SunTrust.
China Construction Bank displaces Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as the bank with the best cost-to-income ratio.
Italy’s finance minister talks to The Banker about his government’s disagreements with Europe and advancing Italian involvement in China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
The banking industry is waking up to the importance of meeting environmental standards, but progress will be limited until universal definitions and standards can be agreed.
US investment into mainland China has all but dried up as the trade war heats up.
Central bankers must improve communications with the public if they are to combat charges of elitism, Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, tells The Banker.