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Reserve managers overwhelmingly reject digital assets
Outliers experiment, while the US marches on
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How women in leadership drive market opportunity
Women in senior positions enhances triple bottom line of profit, planet and people

Assessing the immediate climate financial risks in NGFS’ short-term scenarios
Short-term scenarios for better climate risk management

Sizing the inevitable investment opportunity of climate adaptation
Solutions could offer a $9tn opportunity by 2050

Diversity of thought engenders better outcomes for commercial banks
Souâd Benkredda: Eliminating perspectives impacts results

EIB issues ‘gold standard’ for green bonds
Landmark transaction paves the way for others to follow

Central banking is still a man’s job – except in Serbia
‘Women make up over 57% of our workforce’

Europe is scaling back on sustainability regulations
What the Omnibus Regulation means for businesses

How MDBs can move the needle on Asia’s green transition
Today’s successful blended finance structures require a mix of technical expertise, policy engagement and financial innovation

What Trump turbulence means for US climate policy
Retraction of Inflation Reduction Act signals administration’s intentions

Beyond climate, nature-related risks are hard to quantify and easy to miss
New research examines riskification of nature over last few decades

Culture is now key to gender diversity for US banks
Legacy of a decade of dedicated programmes remains to be seen

Bundesbank’s new reputation: central bank that says ‘yes’
Proposals on German debt brake give backing for Berlin’s fiscal stimulus plans

The Gulf goes green, balancing oil legacy with ambitious sustainability goals
Transforming the GCC region from oil giants to green powerhouses