IESE Insight - Finance

VC and private equity: Where in the world to invest post-COVID?

Alexander Groh; Heinrich Liechtenstein; Karsten Lieser; Markus Biesinger The United States remains the top spot for investors, according to the 2021 VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index. How do the other 124 countries -- from Albania to Zimbabwe -- stack up, taking COVID into account?

Banking on resilience: Preparing our financial system to face natural disasters

Patrick Bolton; Harrison Hong; Marci Kacperczyk; Xavier Vives The third report in the IESE-CEPR Future of Banking series provides the latest perspectives on how resilient the financial system is to natural disasters and climate change-related events and what can be done to improve its resiliency.

How a company's financial structure affects its stock returns

Teng Huang; Anil Kumar; Stefano Sacchetto; Carles Vergara To diversify a portfolio of stocks, choose companies with different financial structures. Why? Because the stock returns of companies with similar levels of financial flexibility are more closely correlated. This finding is even more pronounced in times of crisis.

Bankable advice: 6 timeless money tips for volatile times like now

IESE Insight What to do with your savings, especially in a market marked by pandemic volatility? IESE's Javier Estrada goes back to the basics of sound financial planning, along with a few books and other resources that may help.

Calculating the cost of climate change

Carles Vergara The coronavirus was only the latest disaster to hit real-estate markets. Now is the time to think more, not less, about the effects of climate change on your business.

COVID-19 crisis to alter banks' business models

E. Carletti; Stijn Claessens; Antonio Fatás; Xavier Vives Looking ahead, the banking sector is likely to need a deep restructuring, according to Xavier Vives and coauthors of The Bank Business Model in the Post-COVID-19 World, the second report in the IESE-CEPR series on the future of banking.

The Big Picture: What's the future of banking?

IESE Insight Evolving consumer expectations, tech innovations, regulatory changes and new business models are fast reshaping the global banking industry. As the rules of the game change, who will emerge as the winners?

Cash is king: advice for CFOs

IESE Insight The coronavirus crisis has brought a liquidity crisis for companies. Javier Santoma, professor of Financial Management at IESE, suggests the measures that CFOs should be taking to help make sure their businesses survive.

5 strategies to build an alliance for social good

Diego Arias Padilla; Joan Fontrodona It's clearer than ever that business and social initiatives need to work together to build a better world. An alliance to vaccinate millions of at-risk children is an inspiring example as the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine accelerates.

How much will COVID-19 shake the world economy?

Nuno Fernandes "The potential impacts of the coronavirus crisis are larger than any previously seen in history," warns Nuno Fernandes in a new report. The economies of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are predicted to be among the most affected.