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What are the prospects for finance and credit worldwide in the year ahead – and what are the key trends and risks to look out for? See Moody’s 2025 Outlook reports and analysis in the weeks to come for exclusive insights on countries and sectors across the globe, and explore the impact of geopolitical risks, advancing technology, interest rates, investment patterns and more. See Moody’s Executive Summary: https://lnkd.in/eNdcYqgZ #MoodysOutlooks2025

As Climate Finance Day concludes at #COP29, we invite you to explore our recent research on why climate investment gaps matter for credit and financial markets, as well as how banks are progressing on their net zero targets. Learn more: https://mdy.link/40Tvrlw

Join Moody’s Outlook season at our annual online State of Nations Global Edition with key credit analysts. Hear our latest global sovereign outlook, and explore the important issues for 2025, including social, geopolitical and liquidity risks, prospects for advanced, emerging and frontier markets, monetary policy and much more. See details and register here: https://mdy.link/3CvMSig #MoodysOutlooks2025

Join Moody’s Outlook season at our annual online State of Nations APAC event with key credit analysts. Hear our latest APAC sovereign outlook, and explore the important issues for 2025, including climate, social and defense risks, sovereign debt, the impact of US elections, growth prospects and much more. See details and register here: https://mdy.link/48MhYOD #MoodysOutlooks2025

Join us for the Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets CEE, CIS & Türkiye on 19-20 November in Istanbul. Come meet our team and hear Petter Bryman share his insights on the latest sovereign credit trends across CEE & CIS. Find more details here: https://mdy.link/4ewQTA6

Moody’s Ratings has won Most Improved Rating Agency of the Year by the Global Banking & Markets Latin America Awards. This award recognizes our contributions and thought leadership surrounding evolving risk areas such as Sustainable Finance, Private Credit, Digital Finance, and Cyber Risk in the Latin America region. See the full list of winners: https://mdy.link/410KaLV

Sixteen sectors with $4.3 trillion in rated debt face heightened environmental credit risk, according to Moody’s Ratings. Sectors with very high or high environmental credit risk account for 5.1% of total rated debt, up from 3% in 2015 at the time of the Paris Agreement's unveiling. Our two graphics below show detailed breakdowns by sector. See more from Moody’s: www.moodys.com/ESGCredit #Cop29

The Saudi Vision 2030 program will be a powerful catalyst for growth in the country’s banking sector over the next few years. But insufficient deposit growth at Saudi banks is a hurdle. Our graphics below explain the key issues. See more on banking: https://mdy.link/3YUYOTt #Banking #SaudiVision2030

As natural capital and the protection of biodiversity climb the policy agenda, companies are turning to ‘blue bonds’ to finance ocean friendly or clean water projects. Kelp Blue Trading (Pty) Ltd’s recently published blue bond framework is intended to finance projects to cultivate kelp forests, which have multiple environmental benefits. How far does the framework align with market standards and to what extent will it contribute to sustainability? To find out, read our Second Party Opinion: https://mdy.link/3NXpqwJ Kelp Blue

How are Fed rate cuts likely to affect the private credit market and banking? Ana Arsov, Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Financial Institutions/Head of Private Credit, at Moody’s Ratings, explains the prospects in an interview with Sky News Arabia at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh. Watch here: https://mdy.link/3Ap0QBK #PrivateCredit #Banking FII Institute