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Digital euro, green bonds, and 24x7 finance

The Digital Euro and the U.S. Dollar: Strategic Evolution (State Street)

The digital euro is emerging as Europe’s strategic response, aimed not at dethroning the U.S. dollar, but at safeguarding monetary sovereignty, enhancing payment resilience and asserting relevance in a tokenized financial future.

3 Bond Myths Dispelled (PIMCO)

Marc Seidner, PIMCO's CIO Non-traditional strategies, shares how investors should think about alpha opportunities across public and private credit markets amid the challenges of a fragmented global economy.

Talking Heads – Have Green Bonds Emerged from Their Niche? (BNP Paribas AM)

Green bonds, whose revenues are used to fund green projects such as renewable energy, have matured.

Mid-Year 2025 Outlook (Apollo)

U.S. tariffs have climbed to their highest level in nearly 90 years, fueling market volatility and creating uncertainty for corporations. The result?

Real Time: 24x7 Finance in an Always-On World (Citi)

This Citi GPS report focuses on the shift toward real-time payments, driven by technological changes and enabled by regulation and policy shifts.

Unpacking the $15 Trillion Opportunity in Leisure Travel (BCG)

More and more visitors are coming from emerging markets, including China, India, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, and Cambodia. Millennials and Gen-Zers are the most influential travelers globally.

Is China Really Growing at 5 Percent? (FRBNY)

Chinese authorities recently announced a growth target of "around 5%" for 2025, the same as their 2024 target. This is about half the pace of growth that China sustained from the 1980s to the early 2010s.

Global Data Center Trends 2025 (CBRE)

Despite persistent power constraints, hyperscale growth accelerates.