Nordea Corporate Insights

Did you think you would find drama in a podcast on bank regulations? Think again. Johan Trocmé, Viktor Sonebäck and Kajsa Andersson from Nordea Thematics talk about what Basel IV is, why the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision is involved in regulations to begin with, and what they are hoping to achieve with this finalisation of Basel III. Most importantly, they explore what this will mean for...

In this Nordea On Your Mind podcast, Johan Trocmé and Viktor Sonebäck from Nordea Thematics talk to Henrik Immelborn who runs Debt Solutions and Loans in Denmark at Nordea Investment Banking. They discuss how Nordic large corporates fund themselves today versus 20 years ago, how they coped with the shock from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and how market imperfections create a need for advice on f...

Does capital structure matter for a company’s value? In this podcast, Johan Trocmé, Viktor Sonebäck and Johanna Rådemar from Nordea Thematics have fun trying to disprove nobel prize-winning economic theory. Their analysis in the Nordea On Your Mind report titled ‘The hunt for the right leverage’ suggests leverage has a big influence on both valuation and long-term share price performance.

Johan Trocmé and Viktor Sonebäck from Nordea Thematics talk with Adam Schatz, CEO of DIY and Home Furnishing e-tailer BHG Group, about the explosion in online shopping triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Will changes in consumer behaviour be permanent, and how do online and bricks-and-mortar retailers need to respond? What will be needed to succeed? Disclaimer: All opinions and estimates in this p...

2020 has been a turbulent year, fundamentally defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. Viktor Sonebäck and Johan Trocmé reflect back on the Nordea On Your Mind topics covered during the year, evolving from navigating the initial shock to the economy, to the sometimes drastic changes in consumer behaviour brought by the pandemic, and how these could turn out to be permanent. The new normal will be differe...

Industry 4.0 may sound like a software update, but it is a German-invented name for the next big industrial revolution, after steam power, electric power and programmable logic. It is also the topic for Nordea's latest report of Nordea On Your Mind. In this podcast, Johan Trocmé and Viktor Sonebäck talk about findings from their report, like how productivity growth has collapsed in the G7 economie...

Capital markets have rebounded from the COVID-19 shock, and consensus forecasts expect 2021 to be even better than the pre-pandemic 2019. Are corporates equipped to face a more challenging 2021 and 2022 if consensus forecasts are too optimistic, and is there a need for a contingency plan? It could take time to get back to normal, and the new normal could be different from the old one. Corporates s...

The coronavirus blew a large hole in the Finnish economy. While private consumption is returning to normal as Finland slowly reopens, challenges faced by exporters and manufacturers are expected to actually worsen in the fall when order books are cleared. Will Finland be able to continue on its V-shaped recovery path? Listen to the podcast with Tuuli Koivu, Nordea’s Chief Economist for Finland. Re...

Sweden has attracted international attention for its outlier coronavirus strategy, relying more on recommendations for people’s behaviour rather than a strict lockdown. So how has Sweden’s economy fared during the pandemic, and what’s the outlook going forward? Listen to the podcast with Nordea Chief Analyst Torbjörn Isaksson. Read more about Sweden in the Nordea Economic Outlook: https://docs.nor...

When the coronavirus hit, Norway’s economy was expected to take one of the biggest blows, suffering the double whammy of falling oil prices as well as the pandemic. In this Nordea Markets Insights podcast, Norway Chief Economist Kjetil Olsen explains why Norway’s recovery is turning out to be much stronger and faster than anyone expected a couple of months ago. Read more in the Economic Outlook: h...

Denmark was one of the first countries in Europe to announce a coronavirus lockdown in early March. It was also one of the first countries to reopen its economy. So how is the economic recovery progressing? In this Nordea Markets Insights podcast, Chief Analyst Jan Størup Nielsen presents the Danish economic outlook and explains why he’s been positively surprised when it comes to private consumpti...

The oil industry has suffered three big shocks only in the past twelve years. It has been turned completely upside down in 2020, with a price war in March quickly abandoned as the COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented demand collapse. Johan Trocmé, Viktor Sonebäck and Shirin Haddad talk about their latest Nordea On Your Mind report ‘Oil: black gold or black hole’, where they explore how the in...

The Euro area has experienced a spectacular fall in economic activity during the corona crisis. Yet some countries have been hit harder than others, and the economic rebound is likely to be asymmetrical. Hear why in this podcast with Chief Analyst Jan von Gerich and Analyst Inge Klaver. As the economic damage pushes government debt levels higher, will support from the European Central Bank be enou...

The US and the UK economies have both been hit hard by the corona crisis. What does the path ahead look like, especially amid geopolitical risks such as the US presidential election, the US-China trade war and the ongoing Brexit saga? Nordea analyst Morten Lund delves into the outlook for both economies in this latest instalment of our Economic Outlook podcast series. Download the full report: htt...

China was the first country hit by the coronavirus and has since largely managed to bring the outbreak under control. The Chinese economy has thus become a bellwether for the rest of the world. So how is the economic recovery progressing in China post-lockdown? Nordea Chief Asia Analyst Amy Yuan Zhuang delves into the subject in the latest installment of our Economic Outlook podcast series. Downlo...

The world economy has slid into the deepest economic recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s and looks set to contract by around 3% this year. In this podcast, Nordea Group Chief Economist Helge Pedersen shares highlights from the newly released Nordea Economic Outlook, The Road to Recovery. What will the path out of the COVID-19 crisis look like? Why do we expect this crisis to be short...

How do corporate borrowers benefit from having a credit rating? When is it worth the effort and expense? Viktor Sonebäck and Johan Trocmé talk about findings from their new Nordea On Your Mind report ‘The case for a credit rating’, describing what credit ratings are and what they are not, and how we can quantify when they actually pay for themselves, in addition to giving borrowers access to more...

Containment measures to prevent or slow the further spread of COVID-19, like travel restrictions and quarantines, are hurting economic activity. Corporates will feel a negative impact on cash flow from supply shortages or from lost revenues as people are unable to go to work to produce goods, or to consume. We argue it is crucial to have financial contingency plans with funding to be able to weath...

Why are Nordic large corporates investing so much less than they have done historically, in relation to the macro outlook and their sales? Will they eventually have to start investing again to catch up, or has something in the economy changed, so they don’t need to invest as much anymore? What do they do with their money instead of investing. And – should they invest, or would their share prices s...

Negative interest rates have spread across Europe. However, the lower and longer they are in place, the more likely they are to have unwanted side effects. In a new report, Nordea Research uses the Nordic region as a case study to determine whether this regime is in its final act. Join the report's co-authors, Torbjörn Isaksson, Inge Klaver and Jan Størup Nielsen, as they discuss highlights from t...

Should companies pay out funds to shareholders, or invest all cash generated in the business? And can companies actually get rewarded with a greater value for the business from making big payouts? Find out in this podcast about the Nordea On Your Mind report “How to pay it out”. Disclaimer: All opinions and estimates in this podcast are, regardless of source, given in good faith, and may only be v...

Is it tempting not to promise anything, not having to worry about being held accountable for any disappointments from your company? Think again. Investors want public companies to have financial targets, and 85% of them already do. And more importantly, our analysis in the Nordea On Your Mind report “Financial targets” shows a strong share price outperformance for companies who use targets and del...

Global economic outlook is turning gloomier and there are lots of uncertainty in the air. But how is it going on in the Russian economy? Will the economic growth continue, has trade war affected Russian economy and has Russian central bank joined the club of easing monetary policy? In this podcast Tatiana Evdokimova, Nordea’s Chief Economist Russia, is clarifying the Russian economic situation int...

ESG and sustainability used to be all about risks, what happened or would happen to companies who suffered serious environmental, social or governance incidents. We now see the investor and corporate focus starting to shift strongly from risk to opportunities, how being able to help society become more sustainable can translate into major business potential, and how investors are increasingly look...

Sorry, but you need to. They are a big generation, representing one-third of the Nordic population aged 24-74. You will not be able to ignore them if you sell goods or services to consumers, or if you are recruiting talent to your organisation. Find out what they want, what they need, and what makes them tick in this podcast on our Nordea On Your Mind report “Managing millennials”.