Banking, Money and International Finance
The Role of Financial Institutions in ESG Policy in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Małgorzata Iwanicz-Drozdowska
October 06, 2026
In an era where sustainability has become a defining challenge for businesses and policymakers, the role of financial institutions in shaping Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices is more crucial than ever. As financial institutions are under increasing pressure to finance green ...
Youth Engagement and Sustainable Finance: The Financial Power of the Next Generation
1st Edition
Edited
By Shakeb Akhtar, Nikita Singhal, Shikha Goyal
October 05, 2026
In the context of escalating climate crises and growing economic precarity, this book investigates the transformative role of youth as financial actors, policy influencers, and sustainability champions. It positions the next generation not merely as future beneficiaries of climate action but as ...
The Dynamics of Global Financial Markets: Risk, Regulation, and Innovation
1st Edition
By Renata Karkowska
September 25, 2026
The Dynamics of Global Financial Markets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation provides a timely and comprehensive overview of the modern financial system amid rising uncertainty and rapid change. It explores how global markets are influenced by systemic risks, regulatory developments, geopolitical ...
The Economics and Finance of the Green Transition: Financial Instruments, Institutional Analysis, and Policy Design
1st Edition
By Ewelina Sokołowska, Magdalena Olczyk
September 11, 2026
The green transition is no longer simply a question of better technologies or stronger carbon prices. It is a question of whether decarbonisation can remain feasible, investable, and socially durable under volatility, geopolitical rivalry, ecological limits, and distributional conflict. This book ...
ESG Risk Management in Banking: Strategy, Regulation, and Market Reaction
1st Edition
By Patrycja Chodnicka-Jaworska, Annalisa Ferrari
August 10, 2026
Sustainable development has become a defining challenge of the 21st century, driven by climate change, environmental degradation, and the global initiatives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. These issues have gained urgency not only because of rising global ...
ESG Risk in Investment Funds and Insurance: Regulatory Perspectives and Market Reaction
1st Edition
By Patrycja Chodnicka-Jaworska
July 15, 2026
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory framework governing sustainability in the non-banking financial sector, with particular emphasis on insurance companies and investment funds. It examines the implications of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and climate-related...
Bank Performance Measures: Navigating AI, Climate and Geopolitical Risks
1st Edition
By Paweł Niedziółka
December 16, 2025
The reforms introduced in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2009 have had the desired effect in that banks are better capitalised, banks have higher liquidity buffers, and the share of non-performing loans is low. Macroprudential policies have been implemented, banking sector ...
Corporate Share Buybacks: Impact on Equity Incentive Pay and Shareholder Value
1st Edition
By Gilbert Amahoro Ndayisaba, Abdullahi Dahir Ahmed
May 27, 2025
This book integrates elements from agency theory and signalling theory and draws upon recent changes in the Australian payout policy and incentives pay for risk-averse employees to provide theoretical and empirical analyses that explain the paradox of the popularity of on-market stock buyback ...
Innovative Finance for Technological Progress: Roles of Fintech, Financial Instruments, and Institutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Roohallah Aboojafari, Naoyuki Yoshino
August 26, 2024
Innovative businesses and startups contribute to job creation, economic growth, and technological advancement in most countries. Finance helps nurture innovative firms like startups. Unfortunately, most startups and innovative projects cannot secure finance through the usual and conventional ...
The Economics of Financial Services in Emerging Markets: Measuring the Output of the Banking and Insurance Industries
1st Edition
By Bhagirath Prakash Baria
August 26, 2024
Any enquiry into the nature, performance, role, demerits, growth, efficiency, or other aspects of financial services such as banking and insurance activities, requires rigorous estimates of their economic output, i.e., the economic contributions made by these firms, as well as by the industries as ...
Understanding the Polish Capital Market: From Emerging to Developed
1st Edition
Edited
By Marek Dietl, Dariusz Zarzecki
August 26, 2024
The first stock exchange in Warsaw – capital city of the Kingdom of Poland– was established in 1817. Over the past 205 years, the fortunes of the capital market have been closely linked to the "bumpy road" of Polish history. The establishment of the GPW Warsaw Stock Exchange in 1991 was a landmark ...
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Financial Risk Management: Intelligent Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Noura Metawa, M. Kabir Hassan, Saad Metawa
May 27, 2024
This book presents a collection of high-quality contributions on the state-of-the-art in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data analysis as it relates to financial risk management applications. It brings together, in one place, the latest thinking on an emerging topic and includes principles, reviews...