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.

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

The growing use of application programming interfaces (APIs) is challenging how businesses communicate and how client solutions are developed and delivered. APIs enable new solutions that address demands for personalized services and immediate fulfilment – driving industry innovation, disruption and connectivity.

As global economic growth slows, Asia’s high-growth markets look especially appealing to debt investors.

With a select group of economies likely to grow at 7% into the 2020s, investors that take a long-term view can make the most of the opportunity.

As Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries strive to diversify their economies away from oil, capital markets have become unexpectedly valuable partners.

Discussion around digital assets is taking the industry by storm and growing at an unprecedented pace. But as the world embraces the next iterations of technology in banking and capital markets, questions arise. Do we have clear definitions and understandings of these digital assets? How do differing definitions by regulators lead to challenges and conflicts? Have we accounted for the different risks that this technology brings about? Our webinar will find out.

As trade friction between China and the United States escalates, the situation is having the unintended consequence of benefiting certain countries. We take a look at who these ‘winners’ are and how treasurers are managing the disruption.

How blue financing can support the fight against climate change

There is an increasing sense of urgency about putting the global economy on a path towards sustainable development.

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

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

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

The trade war between the United States and China reignited in May, when the US government increased tariffs on Chinese goods and began to target individual companies. What will come next? Which sectors are most exposed? Is there anywhere safe for global investors? The latest webinar between Euromoney and Standard Chartered will find out.

Treasury management is on the brink of a transformation. Emerging new technologies and accelerating transaction speeds are driving treasurers to overturn traditional operating models, extricate themselves from day-to-day processing and engage more directly with their businesses to drive growth.

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.

It is a well-known maxim that regulation and technology are the co-drivers of change in the financial industry.

Sourcing and supply strategies have become increasingly sophisticated in recent years, with companies across industries taking a more strategic approach to procurement in view of shifting ecosystems.

Digitization is radically changing the way we communicate, transact and share information, transforming business models and customer expectations. However, underpinning the business models of both the past and future is the processing and financing of trade transactions.

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 the potential for fintech disruption in securities services.

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 the potential implications of US-China trade war.