Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems
Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems
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How can the global financial system reinforce its contribution to sustained economic growth and social development during a period of significant industry transformation?
- Our Platform builds a more efficient, resilient, inclusive and equitable financial system that protects customers, enables saving and investment for sustainable growth, while supporting the creation of jobs, enterprises and the broader multistakeholder community.
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The Future of Global Fintech
This research initiative, jointly launched by the World Economic Forum and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, explores the future of global fintec...
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Longevity Economy: Financial Resilience for Every Generation
By 2030, 1 in 6 people in the world will be over the age of 60 – approximately 1.4 billion people. By 2050, that number will have increased to 2.1 billion people. In fact, people over the age of 80 will triple their n...
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Future of Capital Markets
The global financial system is undergoing several simultaneous transformations. Digitalization and democratizations are reshaping how capital markets operate. Both investors and corporate issuers have changing needs a...
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Biodiversity Finance - Internalize the Externality
Biodiversity loss represents an unprecedented systemic portfolio risk for investors as $44 trillion of economic value generation is moderately or highly dependent on nature and the services it provides. Furthermore, p...
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Creating Sustainable Value in Private Markets
As private equity assets have increased, so too has the industry's ability to affect change due to the structural advantages of the private equity governance model and a longer holding period. Further, just as large a...
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Technology, Innovation and Systemic Risk
As established and emerging technologies continue to reshape financial services at a rapid pace, inherently new potential systemic risks are emerging. In response, the Forum’s Future of Financial and Monetary Systems ...
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Financing the Transition to a Net Zero Future
In order to avert a catastrophic climate disaster, global clean energy investments of approximately $4-5 trillion are required annually by 2030 – a more than threefold increase from existing investment levels. Breakth...
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Promoting Global Financial Inclusion
This project aims to foster full access to, and use of, affordable financial services for the underserved through digital means. It will accomplish this through regional activities focusing on:Digital inclusion: Incre...
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