3-November-2021
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4-October-2021
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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is gaining traction as investors increasingly seek long term value and alignment with sustainability and climate-related objectives. This report highlights recent OECD research on ESG rating and investing and offers policy considerations to strengthen ESG practices.
4-October-2021
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The accelerating threat of climate change raises the urgency of commitment to climate transition, including the important role of global financial markets to align investment with net zero. This report focuses on the critical contribution financial markets must play towards achieving an orderly transition to low-carbon economies, and the policies needed to support this.
6-September-2021
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The COVID-19 crisis and related challenges have raised concerns about banks’ accumulation of higher levels of non-performing loans (NPLs) on their balance sheets that could undermine their ability to intermediate credit and support economic recovery. This report evaluates a range of possible responses to address large-scale NPL stocks, considering complementary internal recovery and market-based disposal solutions.
1-September-2021
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The OECD Business and Finance Outlook is an annual publication that presents unique data and analysis on the trends, both positive and negative, that are shaping tomorrow’s world of business, finance and investment.
11-August-2021
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are increasingly deployed in finance but some of these applications may create or intensify risks. This report examines these new technologies and proposes policy responses that support AI innovation in finance while ensuring its use is consistent with promoting financial stability, market integrity and competition, while protecting financial consumers.
9-July-2021
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This Handbook serves as a practical tool for governments to support quality infrastructure investment as they consider new infrastructure investments as part of their COVID-19 response and also for their long-term development goals. It complements the OECD Compendium of Policy Good Practices for Quality Infrastructure Investment.
22-February-2021
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With the pandemic as a backdrop, this note provides a selected, high-level picture of resilience in infrastructure. Dimensions of resilience are explored across the project life-cycle, from planning and designing, to construction, operations, and decommissioning. This builds an understanding of how infrastructure is interconnected and contributes more broadly to resilient communities, particularly in light of the impacts of COVID-19.
26-January-2021
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This report examines regulatory and policy developments in the area of asset tokenisation and latest developments in the market for tokenised assets.
29-September-2020
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29/09/2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to consider resilience in finance, both in the financial system itself and in the role played by capital and investors in making economic and social systems more dynamic and able to withstand external shocks. The 2020 OECD Business and Finance Outlook focuses on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that are rapidly becoming a part of mainstream finance.