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Indra Chourasia

Indra Chourasia Industry Advisor at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

The shifting priorities of Sustainable Investing in an uncertain ecosystem

The multi-speed growth pattern of Sustainable Investing Amid a volatile investment ecosystem fraught with economic fragility, and geopolitical fragmentation, sustainable investing exhibits signs of resilience with the continued growth of ESG assets globally. Following a phase of brisk growth observed during 2016-2020, ESG assets attained a size of...

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Jacobo Weizenblut

Jacobo Weizenblut CEO Trading ADR at TradingADR

Most Sustainable Agricultural Solutions Impacting Our World

Agricultural innovations are a necessity to meet the challenges of the ever-growing population of our world. This article focuses on a number of companies whose groundbreaking agricultural innovations are redefining farming practices and setting new standards for efficiency and sustainability. These agricultural solutions are significantly impacti...

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Kaustuv Ghosh

Kaustuv Ghosh Founder at Nxtgen Payment Infra. Prometheus Labs.

AI, Sustainability and Supply Chains-The Importance of ASEAN for global investors.

I was pleased to be at the Reuters NEXT APAC Conference in Singapore earlier this month. This piece considers where ASEAN is placed, why it is important for the European Union(EU), the United States and power blocs, and the big ideas that are likely to firm up into actions after this event. I have drawn upon what speakers have said and added my ow...

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Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

Digitally Transforming Carbon Markets to Restore Trust, Drive Investment and Grow GDP

Carbon markets are essential for achieving climate goals by incentivising emission reductions. However, ensuring the credibility and transparency of transactions is crucial for their success. The fragmented nature of existing voluntary carbon markets and the lack of standardised approaches pose significant challenges. This not only hinders effect

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Vishnu Prasad R

Vishnu Prasad R Lead Enterprise Architect at Tata Consultancy Services

Revolutionizing Financial Services with Cutting-Edge EA Trends and Tools

Drawing on my experience as an enterprise architect in the BFSI sector over the past few years witnessed firsthand dramatic evolution of enterprise architecture (EA) and its increasing importance in driving strategic initiatives. This article throw light on the latest trends in the space of (EA) Enterprise Architecture, underscores the pivotal ro

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Research

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The Future of UK Fintech - 2015-2035

An IFGS Special Edition UK Fintech Week 2024 With UK Fintech Week's flagship event - Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS) - returning for its 10th anniversary, Finextra and Innovate Finance have partnered to publish this report, which acts as your go-to-guide to everything you need to know about financial services and technology in the UK. ‘The Future of UK Fintech: 2015 – 2035: An IFGS Special Edition’ includes commentary from the brightest and best across the fintech ecosystem, discussing and debating the crucial issues facing the sector now and in years to come. This includes key insights from industry experts from Cogo, EY, Konsentus, Marqeta, Standard Chartered Ventures, and Zopa Bank. Scoping out the next decade to come, this report explores the agenda topics below and more: The Next Decade of FS and Innovation: What Lies Ahead Fintech Beyond FS Borders: How Fintech is Impacting other Industries and Sectors UK and the World: Keeping our Crown while Learning from Others Transformative Technologies: Opportunities and Risks Users of Tomorrow: The Next Generation of Consumers The Shifting Ecosystem: Who Will Lead?

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Cloud innovation paves path to the future

An open banking platform has the power to transform a bank, whether the bank is looking to modernise using technology on-premise, in the cloud or as Software-asa-Service (SaaS). In turn, banks gain access to endless opportunities to engage with customers and scale for massive demand. This event report, in association with Temenos, highlights the key takeaways from Temenos Community Forum 2023 that took place in Vienna, Austria. Bringing industry experts and partners together to explore new opportunities opened up by emerging technologies and the cloud, this year’s overarching event theme was ‘Engage and Grow in a Cloud World’. In this report, we explore the different ways that the cloud is accelerating transformation in the industry, including: Why banks are being disrupted by BaaS and embedded finance services; How agility, innovation, and customer experience are gaining momentum on the cloud; How to build resilient cloud infrastructure for sustainability; And more.

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Sustainable Finance Live - Sustainable Cities: Enabling positive change through innovation and collaboration

Sustainable Finance Live Conference and Hackathon - Visual Record On 10 October, Finextra Research and ResponsibleRisk held the annual Sustainable Finance Live Hybrid Conference and Hackathon, in partnership with NavaOne, at Events@ no6 in London.  This year's conference focused on how to finance sustainable cities, what we can do to identify solutions and work towards resolutions through panel sessions, workshops, and the hackathon.  Download our visual event record to discover the key themes from the day's panels, keynotes and hackathon. We cover: The bank's role in financing sustainable cities The role of Al in decarbonising the built environment Private sector risk appetite and the race toward net zero Connecting capital with the right sustainability solutions Visions and results from the Hackathon And much more. Download the Sustainable Finance Live visual record to learn more. Click here to watch the recordings of the SustainableFinance.Live 2023 plenary sessions in London. Click here to watch the related SustainableFinance.Live on-demand webinar - Placing cities at the centre of the climate change discussion.

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Green Finance Institute: 8-53% of the UK’s 7 Largest Banks’ Portfolios Exposed to Transition Risks

Join FinextraTV as Helen Avery, Director, Nature Programmes and GFI Hive at the Green Finance Institute, explains the methodology behind their recently released report, ‘Assessing the Materiality of Nature-Related Financial Risks for the UK’, authored by Nicola Ranger, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, and Tom Oliver, University of Reading. The conversation explores the report findings which show how biodiversity loss and environmental degradation can create material risks for the UK economy and financial sector, placing a ‘value at risk’ (nVaR) on nature. This has helped identify that the deterioration of our natural environment could result in UK Gross GDP falling by as much as 12%, with sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and services being the most impacted and in turn, will correlate to the impact on bank portfolios. Dr Nicola Ranger will be a keynote speaker at Sustainable Finance Live on 8th October 2024 in London where the risks and opportunities that materialise across natural capital will be examined.

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Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Allocating green capital to housing: Why energy efficiency needs to be prioritised

The climate crisis and cost of living crisis are both well underway and wreaking considerable damage on the livelihoods and fiscal capabilities of the UK public. Financial institutions and the government need to step up green initiatives to make housing more sustainable and more affordable. While these may seem like two different, and even opposin...

Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What is the role of biodiversity bonds in green finance?

Last month, BBVA Colombia announced it will be issuing the financial sector’s first biodiversity bond of $50 million, in association with IFC. So, what are biodiversity bonds, and what do they mean for sustainable finance? The BBVA investment marks progress in financing green projects; focusing on allocating capital for natural resources and initi...

Brigitte Bernard-Rau

Brigitte Bernard-Rau Lecturer and Postdoctoral Researcher at Universität Hamburg

A hopeful vision for a sustainable future: Embracing the power of narratives

Where I come from, storytelling plays an important role. As an oral tradition, this form of expression is used to share funny stories and anecdotes about everyday life. Between tales, songs and riddles, the storyteller engages the audience with words such as “Krik”, “Yékrik” and “Mistikrik” to make sure everyone is listening. The audience responds...