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Vector Casa de Bolsa: Five Decades Driving the Growth of the Mexican Economy
As Vector Casa de Bolsa approaches its 50th anniversary, it is time to reflect on the company’s remarkable journey and enduring impact on the country’s economy. Vector Casa de Bolsa has consistently demonstrated its commitment to excellence, innovation, and collaboration, helping shape
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Otaviano Canuto: Growth Implications from a Fractured Trading System
To understand the implications of a fractured trading system, let’s use the period known as hyper-globalisation, or globalisation 2.0, as a benchmark. In the 1980s and ‘90s, we saw the consequences of a tectonic shift deep beneath the global economy.
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World Bank: The Digitalisation of Capital Markets Can Boost Bond Market Efficiencies
Since its creation in 1944, the World Bank has issued bonds to raise funds from private investors that have mobilised close to $1tn for sustainable development projects and programmes in middle-income countries. But while both the World Bank and the
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The View From Belgium: Top Banker Pleads for Caution
Ernest Hemingway’s maxim that bankruptcy arrives gradually “and then suddenly” applies to banks as well: “The proliferation of social media and the ubiquity of online banking imply that when things are perceived to go wrong, bankers may almost instantly lose
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Paolo Sironi, IBM: 7 Bets for 7 Trends That’ll Future-Proof Industries and Society
From generative AI to quantum technology, things are moving on a-pace. When US President John F Kennedy gave his famous “Moon speech” in September 1962, against the backdrop of the Cold War, he described “an hour of change and challenge,
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World Bank: Tackling Development Crisis Through Financial Innovation
The World Bank uncovers fresh avenues to increase financing capacity. Global development faces multiple crises: Growing debt burdens, inflation, and the rising cost of finance have made the economic path rockier. These challenges, together with the escalating climate emergency, have
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OECD: Sustainable Development and Climate Change Require More than Just Money
Blended finance could hold the key to overcoming major world challenges. Financing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and climate objectives requires huge financial investment — in an increasingly urgent timeframe. Seven years remain to meet the 2030 Agenda. The pressure
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Paolo Sironi, IBM: Creating Digital Advantage for Uncertain Times
Changing a car tyre isn’t that hard — unless the vehicle’s moving. And financial institutions have been trying to achieve the corporate equivalent of this feat over recent years. It’s never been easy. It’s still not easy. Geopolitical uncertainty causes
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OECD: What Will It Take to Achieve UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
Achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires financial and non-financial investment to discover sustainable development pathways. One of the key elements is securing enough capital. Development finance providers are working to mobilise commercial finance. They are designing blended finance
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IFC’s Alfonso García Mora: On the Frontlines of Climate Change and War
To mitigate the harmful effects of climate change requires the mobilisation of trillions of dollars. IFC Regional Vice-President for Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean Alfonso García Mora is encouraged by the outcome of COP27 where it was decided –
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