Jan 2, 2025 · Global and Europe Giancarlo Giorgetti, Italy. Giancarlo Giorgetti is The Banker’s Finance Minister of the Year, having won respect for his attempts to reduce Italy’s growing deficit and sustain public investment, with a longer-term plan …

6 days ago · Lucie Pinson is founder and director of French non-profit Reclaim Finance. As newly inaugurated President Donald Trump gets to work on his “drill, baby, drill” approach to energy policy, all eyes are on whether European banks will uphold their climate commitments, or dial them back to appease the new US administration.

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Jan 16, 2025 · According to the firm’s Annual Litigation Trends Survey, the incoming Trump administration will make the litigation outlook more complex in 2025, with nearly half of corporate counsel expecting an increase in lawsuits and regulatory investigations this year.The new administration could lessen burdens in areas such as antitrust while focusing on other areas such as ESG, according to Norton Rose.

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Dec 4, 2024 · At the FT and The Banker’s Global Banking Summit, HM Queen Máxima discusses her 15-year journey promoting financial inclusion, her new role as UN advocate for financial health, and key challenges like over-indebtedness, financial literacy and ensuring innovation benefits consumers.

Jan 7, 2025 · Weeks ahead of the inauguration of climate-sceptic Donald Trump as US president for a second term, five of the country’s six largest banks have quit the UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance.. Founded in 2021, the NZBA requires member banks to set science-based emission reduction targets aligned with 1.5°C scenarios under the Paris climate agreement for the highest-polluting sectors.

Apr 3, 2024 · The repercussions of these failures affected more than 100 US banks with assets exceeding $5bn, who were directed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to pay special assessment fees to recoup the billions of dollars in losses from its deposit insurance fund.

Jan 9, 2025 · Italy’s small and medium-sized enterprises banking market could be shaken up by Banca Ifis’s surprise €298mn bid for Illimity. The proposed deal, announced on Wednesday, is the latest development in a flurry of deal activity in the country’s banking industry. If it were to go ahead, it may mean that Italian SMEs that are underserved by more established lenders can get access to better ...

Dec 6, 2024 · The 2024 awards recognise excellence for banks in 127 countries, demonstrating The Banker’s global outlook