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Insights on Financial Services

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Asia wealth management post-COVID-19: Adapting and thriving in an uncertain world

– Asia’s wealth managers—new entrants and incumbents alike—must reinvent themselves as agile and flexible organizations in order to succeed for the long term once the pandemic is past.
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Banking imperatives for managing climate risk
– More than regulatory pressure is driving banks to manage climate risk. Financing a green agenda is also a commercial imperative—but specialized skills are needed to protect balance sheets.
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Tracking US small and medium-sized business sentiment during COVID-19
– US small businesses continue to report uncertainty about the future as the coronavirus pandemic continues, although overall sentiment appears to be plateauing in recent weeks.
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How healthy is the Asian financial system?
– Will the impact of COVID-19 lead to a financial crisis in Asia? A look at the complex dynamics at play could help policy makers and corporations prepare for that possibility.
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Stability in the storm: US banks in the pandemic and the next normal
– Banks will be tested. Now is their chance to use their hard-won resilience to preserve the financial system and support their customers and communities.
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Financial decision-maker sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A global perspective
– We are tracking financial decision-maker sentiment and behavior across multiple countries to provide facts and insights that will help finance and business leaders navigate throughout the crisis.
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Banking models after COVID-19: Taking model-risk management to the next level
– The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed unexpected flaws in the business models that banks rely upon. How can they best address this challenge?
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Shaping and safeguarding the banking workforce after COVID-19
– Banks can respond to this moment and reshape their workforce norms and culture to come out stronger than before.
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Insurance resilience in a rapidly changing coronavirus world
– In times of uncertainty, carriers can pursue resilience through a staged approach to stabilizing, reimagining, and transforming operations.

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Digital disruption in insurance: Cutting through the noise
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