Banks and Firms in the Age of Digital and Sustainable Transition
Challenges and Opportunities for Financial Intermediation and Corporate Financing
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Beschreibung
This book focuses on the sustainable and digital transition of economies, specifically with how these processes affect banks and firms. It looks at business opportunities, strategies, and competitiveness while trying to understand the effects on the bank-firm relationship and the impact of the opportunities and challenges firms face in their need for financing, especially from new players like FinTechs. It also examines new financial instruments, such as green loans and bonds and sustainability-linked bonds, making available funds for sustainable and environmental investments. It will be of interest to researchers, students, and practitioners of banking, corporate finance, sustainability, and financial innovation.
Paola Ferretti is an associate professor in Financial Markets and Institutions at the University of Pisa, Italy. Her current research focuses on banks; pension funds; risk management; corporate governance; sustainability; and digitalization. She is the author of many publications in these subject areas.
This book focuses on the sustainable and digital transition of economies, specifically with how these processes affect banks and firms. It looks at business opportunities, strategies, and competitiveness while trying to understand the effects on the bank-firm relationship and the impact of the opportunities and challenges firms face in their need for financing, especially from new players like FinTechs. It also examines new financial instruments, such as green loans and bonds and sustainability-linked bonds, making available funds for sustainable and environmental investments. It will be of interest to researchers, students, and practitioners of banking, corporate finance, sustainability, and financial innovation.
Examines the need to increase opportunities for SMEs' access to diversified financing options beyond traditional lending Explores digitalization, especially in the financial system and in terms of new opportunities for firms financing Focuses on the challenges posed by the sustainability transition in terms of opportunities for financing for firms
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Paola Ferretti
Themen in »Banks and Firms in the Age of Digital and Sustainable Transition«
Firm financing The financial system The banking sector Capital Markets Union The digital transition Financial technology The sustainability transition EU Taxonomy Risk management in banks Implications for lending activity Responsible investment Diversified financing options