Gerrit Sindermann

Feb 27, 2024 | finextra.com | Gerrit Sindermann

Arijit Goswami Innovation Manager at Capgemini Green Bonds in India face unresolved challenges Green bonds are a type of financial instrument that is designed to raise funds for environmentally sustainable projects. In recent years, the concept of green bonds has gained a lot of popularity around the world, with many countries issuing them as a way to finance projects that address environmental issues such as climate change, air pollution, ... /sustainable /markets

Feb 26, 2024 | imd.org | Arturo Bris |Gerrit Sindermann |José Parra-Moyano |Karl Schmedders

A January ruling by a Hong Kong court opened a new chapter in the downfall of China Evergrande, the world’s most indebted real estate giant. The decision to wind up the company arrived some two years after its official default, an event that itself sent shockwaves through the Chinese financial system. Today, China’s banks are still grappling with the prolonged turmoil in the property sector.

Feb 23, 2024 | imd.org | Gerrit Sindermann |Tomoko Yokoi |Camilla Erencin |Simon J Evenett

¬†Financial institutions face growing challenges regarding the disclosure of their environmental and climate impacts. Regulatory changes mean it is no longer enough to report on internal sustainability without taking account of wider impacts and dependencies.¬†¬†Adding to the pressure, banks and other financial institutions are under increasing pressure to elaborate on their disclosures, due to newly required so-called ‚Äúdouble materiality‚ÄĚ.

Feb 23, 2024 | imd.org | José Parra-Moyano |Karl Schmedders |Gerrit Sindermann |Tomoko Yokoi

Over the past few years, blockchain has been hyped as the holy grail of business, promising to change every aspect of how corporates work as well as disruption in many other areas. As an efficient and, above all, secure way to record information, its promises of transparency and managing smart contracts are undeniably seductive. At its heart has been its security. A blockchain is what is known as a distributed ledger technology.