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Global Economic Prospects - Darkening Skies

Author: 
World Bank Group
Keywords: 
Regional outlook
Global Economy
Developing Economies
Financial Markets
Global Risk
Date of Editorial Board meeting: 
1st Editorial Board Meeting
Publication date: 
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Abstract in English: 
Global growth is expected to slow to 2.9 percent in 2019. International trade and investment are moderating, trade tensions remain elevated, and financing conditions are tightening. Amid recent episodes of financial stress, growth in emerging market and developing economies has lost momentum and is projected to stall at 4.2 percent this year, with a weaker-than-expected rebound in commodity exporters accompanied by deceleration in commodity importers. Downside risks have become more acute. Financial market pressures and trade tensions could escalate, denting global activity.
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United States
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Number of pages: 
264
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Topics: 
Development
Economy
Globalisation
Poverty
Regions

The future of retail banking: Platforms will increasingly occupy the customer interface

Author: 
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Keywords: 
retail banking
Finance
Financial Markets
Digital Economy
Digitalisation
financial sector
Date of Editorial Board meeting: 
1st Editorial Board Meeting
Publication date: 
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Abstract in English: 
The platform economy is revolutionizing the banking sector – technology providers and FinTechs are increasingly occupying the customer interface. Retail banks must reposition themselves: Instead of the mostly universal business model they operate now, they need to decide where their future focus will lie. Will they be relationship expert, product expert or technology provider?
Online platforms reach millions of people, enabling more and more products and services to find their way to the customer. This also applies increasingly to financial products, where platform operators are becoming serious competition for retail banks. Thus, banks face a fundamental decision: Do they position themselves in the future at the customer interface and actively design platforms or should they focus on primarily being product providers? Currently most banks are busy digitalizing their existing business model – without any sign of real innovation.
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Germany
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28
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Economy
Innovation
Technology

The future of financial infrastructure: An ambitious look at how blockchain can reshape financial services

Author: 
World Economic Forum
Keywords: 
FinTech
Financial Markets
Financial Services Industry
Date of Editorial Board meeting: 
1st Editorial Board Meeting
Publication date: 
Friday, August 12, 2016
Abstract in English: 
The transformation of the financial services industry is top-of-mind for everyone in the field and blockchain might be the hottest topic in the rapidly changing world of Fintech. But how can this technology really help financial firms? This report from World Economic Forum takes a pragmatic approach to answering this question.

The report builds upon the findings from Deloitte/World Economic Forum report Disruptive Innovation in Financial Services and looks at the impact of implementing distributed ledger technology across nine sectors of financial services. Our findings suggest this technology has the potential to “live-up to the hype” and reshape financial services, but requires careful collaboration with other emerging technologies, regulators, incumbents and additional stakeholders to be successful.
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Switzerland
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Number of pages: 
130
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Economy
Growth
Technology

Pacific Alliance 2.0: Next Steps in Integration

Author: 
Atlantic Council
Keywords: 
Trans-Pacific Partnership
Asia-Pacific
Financial Markets
Energy
Trade
Foreign Policy
Date of Editorial Board meeting: 
1st Editorial Board Meeting
Publication date: 
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Abstract in English: 
The Pacific Alliance–an innovative pact among Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru–has unprecedented opportunity to capitalize on political changes in Brazil and Argentina and move the region into a new era of regional integration. A new publication by the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center and the Bertelsmann Foundation, released just weeks ahead of the Alliance’s Sixth Presidential Summit in Chile, says that now is the moment for the Alliance to deepen engagement with Mercosur and build on efforts to strengthen financial market, energy, trade, and foreign policy coordination.
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United States
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27
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Economy
Foreign affairs
Globalisation
Growth
Integration
Resources

Alternative Investments 2020

Author: 
World Economic Forum
Keywords: 
Investments
2020
Alternative Investments
Financial Markets
Industry
Date of Editorial Board meeting: 
1st Editorial Board Meeting
Publication date: 
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Abstract in English: 
The goal of this report is to provide policymakers, regulators, journalists, and the public with an objective overview of the industry in order to better understand the benefits and risks associated with the industry. We believe this is to be a critically important task, given the industry’s increasingly central role in the economy and society and the often polarized debate about alternatives. We have aimed, as much as possible, to explain the industry in plain English, but some concepts pre-suppose our reader’s fundamental understanding of financial markets and concepts such as liquidity. A list of useful primers on potentially puzzling terms can be found in the appendix. Our hope is that this report clarifies much of the mystery surrounding alternative investments, and provides readers with a framework to evaluate facts in a comprehensive manner.
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Switzerland
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44
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Employment
Growth
Industry

The World of Finance 2030

Author: 
European Commission
Keywords: 
Finance
International Financial Regulation
Financial Markets
Financial Services Industry
Date of Editorial Board meeting: 
1st Editorial Board Meeting
Publication date: 
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Abstract in English: 
AUGUR is a forward looking study assessing the position of Europe in the world in 2030. One of the most intractable dimensions in forward-looking studies is the world of finance, despite the fact that finance will play a decisive role in the organization of our future world. This brief precisely sketches the key lines of research that AUGUR is following in its approach to the World of Finance, 2030.
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European Union
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9
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