Beryl-Battered Grenada Becomes 1st Country to Use Government Bond Hurricane Clause August 20, 2024 By Marc Jones Grenada has become the first country in the world to use a so-called hurricane clause in a government bond –...
World Bank Eyes First ‘Drought’ Bond in Next 12-18 Months July 18, 2024 By Karin Strohecker and Marc Jones The World Bank is looking to issue its first drought bond in the next 12-18-months and broaden its offering of...
Companies in Ukraine See Problems Pile Up; Insurance Issues Make Matters Worse February 29, 2024 By Marc Jones and Olena Harmash German supermarket chain Metro and its 3,400 employees in Ukraine have worked hard to get their business back to where...
Central Bank Test Lab Develops Global Bitcoin Mapping System October 4, 2023 By Marc Jones A global central bank test lab has designed a prototype bitcoin monitoring system aimed at giving authorities a clearer picture...
FTX Collapse Shows Need to Regulate Crypto World: Bank of England November 21, 2022 By Marc Jones and Huw Jones The implosion of cryptocurrency exchange FTX shows the need to bring the crypto world within the regulatory framework, Bank of...
Barbados Issues 1st Pandemic-Protected Bond, Which Also Covers Natural Disasters September 22, 2022 By Marc Jones Barbados has issued the world’s first government bond with a clause allowing payments to be suspended in the event of...
Global Supply Chain Woes Worsen, With Major Ports Facing Long Delays: Report May 4, 2022 By Marc Jones Global supply chain problems look to set to worsen, a new report published on Tuesday said, as China’s COVID-19 lockdowns,...
Climate Change Could Put 4% of Global GDP at Risk by 2050: S&P Study April 27, 2022 By Marc Jones Climate change could see 4% of global annual economic output lost by 2050 and hit many poorer parts of the...
Global Regulators Warned About Entry of ‘Big Tech’ Firms into Financial Services August 3, 2021 By Marc Jones Central banks and financial regulators urgently need to get to grips with the growing influence of “Big Tech,” according to...
Individual Results of Climate Stress Tests Should Not Be Disclosed: Oversight Group July 14, 2021 By Marc Jones Climate change financial ‘stress tests’ will need to be improved with better data and modeling, a new paper by a...