Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems

Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems

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...

Five years ago, the Forum led a successful project on “Direct Investing by Institutional Investors” to examine the trend in direct investing by asset owners. Since the publication of that report the private equity ind...

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 ...

In collaboration with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at University of Cambridge and the World Bank Group, the Forum has launched a survey to understand the impact of COVID-19 on fintech markets, the resp...

The Future of Real Estate – Pathways for Industry Recovery and Transition.   COVID-19 has devastated communities and economies across the globe. As the pandemic slowly begins to ebb, the conversation on stimulus and...

The trend towards increasing longevity continues to accelerate. Globally, the 65+ population is growing faster than all other age groups. Based on current demographic trends, it is no longer improbable that many will ...

In its entirety, the initiative aims to bring the Mobility and Financial Services communities of the World Economic Forum together to explore cross-industry challenges and opportunities in the auto finance space as th...

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is developing an ‘International Strategy for Cybersecurity and the Global Financial System (2021-2024)’ in partnership with the World Economic Forum. Most of the initiati...

The Future of Sustainable Data Alliance is working together with the World Economic Forum to facilitate sustainable investing by improving the availability, quality and delivery of data used to measure corporate ESG p...

The world has entered a new phase of demographic development: people are living and working longer than ever before, with four to five generations working side by side. By 2050, more than four in ten individuals in th...

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...

2020 will be a pivotal year for the Chinese financial system: China is removing shareholding limits on foreign ownership of securities, insurance and fund management firms one year earlier than planned and also scrapp...

Established by the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, the Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs is mandated to identify how digitalization will reshape finance and to identify, theorize, and propose how bes...

As technology develops at an accelerated pace, cognitive abilities and tasks that were once thought to be reserved for humans are increasingly being automated. There is a window of opportunity now for our industry to ...

Illicit proceeds from criminal activity are estimated to account for 2-5% of global GDP (around $2 trillion USD), yet less than 1% is ever seized or frozen by law enforcement agencies – the current anti money launderi...

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...