David Mann, Standard Chartered’s global chief economist, plots the year ahead for banks around the world.

Deciding whether or not to hedge against foreign exchange risks is a lot like deciding about insurance: by the time you realise you need it, it might be too late, too expensive, or both.

Across the globe, cities are growing at an unprecedented rate and are now home to the majority of the world’s population. By 2050, it’s estimated that two out of three people worldwide will live in cities.

Various programmes designed to facilitate foreign investment have boosted financial market reform in China, and the internationalization of the renminbi. As bond market liberalization nears completion and the onshore stock market opens up to foreign ownership, corporate and investor interest in the Chinese currency is picking up.

Standard Chartered is sponsoring a series of Euromoney webinars to tackle the latest challenges and opportunities in the global financial markets. Register below to join our next webinar discussion covering global economic growth in 2019.

Accessing restricted FX markets can be a considerable challenge for corporates and investors. Many markets still require local institutions to support trades despite an increasingly globalised world. After a year of trade tensions and rising geopolitical uncertainty, this is unlikely to change any time soon.

The world’s energy companies are recasting their activities not only to reduce their carbon emissions but also to diversify into forms of energy that don’t produce emissions at all.

In this podcast episode Euromoney will examine what the energy industry can learn from the Ørsted story.

A series examining how sustainable finance solutions may help us address the crisis our planet faces.

Financial services and public sector development organisations are turning to innovative technology to secure access to financial aid.