The human element shaping sustainable project finance Sustainable project finance is often assessed through familiar lenses: capital structure, expected returns, environmental impact, regulatory requirements, and the technical feasibility of the project. Increasingly, however, another factor is influencing whether projects move successfully from financing to delivery: the people. Communities, workers, and other stakeholders can

The pitfalls of private assets Understanding the risks behind the returns For much of the modern investment era, capital markets were dominated by public markets. Companies raised equity on stock exchanges, governments and corporations issued publicly traded bonds, and investors built portfolios primarily from listed securities. That is now outdated. Over the past

Liquidity risk in capital markets: the one investors overlook Liquidity risk is a factor that is easily overlooked by investors. Naturally, investors tend to focus on factors likely to influence asset prices directly: economic growth, inflation, interest rates and corporate earnings. Yet liquidity, while less discussed, is an important force shaping financial markets. It

Passive investing and its impact on capital markets One of the most notable trends in modern finance has been the spectacular rise of passive investing. Today, trillions of dollars are being invested in index funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that seek simply to replicate the performance of market indices rather than outperform them.

How changing rate expectations reshape investment decisions For more than a decade following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) we witnessed an extraordinary investment environment. The response of policymakers to the GFC saw interest rates hover close to zero in many developed economies while central banks injected unprecedented liquidity into financial markets (quantitative easing). Meanwhile,

The new workforce risk financial services leaders are watching Halfway through the year, the conversation among learning leaders in regulated finance has narrowed to one question. How does a firm build workforce capability, and prove it, while AI changes the work faster than most role frameworks can keep up? LinkedIn's 2025 Workplace Learning Report