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Green bond basics you should know
Green bonds have become increasingly popular recently, after all they enable sustainable financing of companies and private individuals. Today we want to explain the green bond basics in more detail using an example. According to Bloomberg, Slovakia’s Tatra banka has...
Five arguments for investing responsibly
By Christa Geyer, Raiffeisen Capital Management | It is not so long ago that sustainability was a topic for which the majority of investors had at best a weary smile left. This somewhat arrogant view of responsible investments, which were assumed to yield lower...
Podcast: How to enter the financial markets
By Alexandra Jocham, RBI | Women are still underrepresented in the financial markets. We discussed the reasons for this in our last podcast with Veronika Lammer, who is a financial markets expert. This podcast is now about how women (and of course men) can overcome...
5 ways to a more sustainable lifestyle
By Sonja Simek, RBI | The awareness for a more sustainable lifestyle is becoming more omnipresent each day, and there are many ways to make your everyday life more environmentally conscious. If you don't want to start by making soap yourself or run a strict zero waste...
Why digitalisation is an enabler and driver of (more inclusive) economic growth in CEE
By Casper Engelen, RBI | In the last decade, we have seen an accelerated development towards digital economies in the CEE region. Here, the digitalisation of production, consumption and financial services plays a key role in economic development and convergence....
5 misconceptions about cryptocurrencies and ESG objectives
By Katarina Nossakova, RBI | Following the huge rise in popularity of Bitcoin[1] with its value increasing over 300 per cent during 2020[2] and the cryptocurrency market hitting a record-high market capitalization right above $2.5 trillion[3], much has been...