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Closing the Gaps: Scaling Climate & Adaptation Finance under the Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement is the right framework, b...

Clean energy investment exceeded US$2T in 202...

Adaptation finance is rising but remains an o...

Climate finance commitments are off-track, wi...

Denmark’s High-Stakes Strategy: Spending Big to Hold Greenland Amid Geopolitical Tension

Europe Policy Public Administration

Denmark is spending more political and milita...

Keeping Greenland is costly for Denmark (abou...

Greenland’s Arctic location is central to NAT...

Denmark must balance upholding sovereignty an...

Regulators Propose Cutting Community Bank Leverage Ratio to 8% — What It Means for Lending

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

Federal regulators (FDIC, Fed, and OCC) propo...

The proposal would extend the noncompliance g...

About 475 more community banks would qualify ...

Regulators say capital safeguards would remai...

Gangwon’s New Venture Fund: Structure, Metrics & What Determines Its Success

Asia Policy Other Investment Pools and Funds

Gangwon Province has activated ₩44.3B in sub-...

The sub-funds operationalize a ₩105.6B mother...

Capital will be deployed across seven priorit...

Success hinges on regional deal flow, operato...

Fed’s 2026 Rate Cuts: Miran’s Push vs CBO’s Caution on Inflation

Americas Policy Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

Fed Governor Stephen Miran said “well over 10...

He argues underlying inflation is already nea...

Most Fed officials are far more cautious, wit...

The CBO similarly expects only gradual easing...

Fed Governance, Balance Sheet & Losses: What Ends Dec 1, 2025 Mean for Policy

Americas Policy Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

The Fed’s statutory mandate spans five core f...

Its governance structure centers on a seven-m...

The current Board is led by Chair Jerome H. P...

Recent CRS data highlight a shrinking balance...

New Laws Shift Focus: Reputational Risk Removed from Bank Supervision and Debanking Guidance

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

OCC and FDIC proposed rules to bar use of “re...

Congressional bills including the FIRM Act an...

ACA International and other banking trade gro...

Key uncertainties are how “reputation risk” i...

Why Basel III Endgame and Bank Lending Mix, Not Just Fed Rates, Will Shape Growth

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

With QT fading, regulators' capital and risk-...

The Basel III endgame would materially raise ...

The policy goal is to measure and steer loan-...

Key uncertainties include impacts on borrowin...

New U.S. Stablecoin Rules Under the GENIUS Act: What Banks Need to Know

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

OCC, FDIC, and the Federal Reserve have resci...

In December 2025, the OCC conditionally appro...

The GENIUS Act (July 2025) established a fede...

Key uncertainties remain on charter and activ...

EU Must Tackle Risk Perception to Unleash Startup Growth Through 28th Regime & Scaleup Fund

Europe Policy Other Investment Pools and Funds

Europe’s main start-up bottleneck is systemic...

With public actors already supplying a large ...

The EU’s Startup & Scaleup Strategy (28th Reg...

Proposed levers include success-contingent fu...