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Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

ESG and Emerging Europe editor Euromoney

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Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker is ESG and Emerging Europe Editor. She started her career in banking before switching to journalism in 2003. She has been a regular contributor to Euromoney and Global Capital since 2010, covering emerging markets, banking and capital markets.

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BANKING

PrivatBank CEO: ‘We just need to survive and then there’s no way back’

Exclusive: The head of Ukraine’s largest bank tells Euromoney that it is refilling ATMs and keeping branches open even as Russian attacks intensify.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, March 01, 2022
Opinion

Russia’s financial system: What a waste

Decades of work have been put into building Russia’s financial system. Putin’s war is destroying it overnight.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, March 01, 2022
Opinion

Should regulators stop worrying about retail greenwashing?

Policymakers around the world are rushing to protect retail investors from buying products that are less sustainable than they believe them to be. Why?

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, January 31, 2022
Sustainability

ESG in 2022: Time to step up

The scrutiny of sustainable finance is expected to intensify over the year as stakeholders look for market participants to deliver on environmental promises.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, January 12, 2022
THE EUROMONEY 25

Rising rates help Sber regain its sparkle

A year ago, Sber’s stellar profitability looked to be under threat. This year, it has defied the doubters and has just unveiled record net profit for the first nine months of the year.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, December 10, 2021
Opinion

Banks must be bolder on carbon offsets

The controversy around voluntary carbon markets has deterred banks from getting involved. They need to worry less about reputational risk and more about the planet.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, December 06, 2021
Sustainability

Erste chief executive calls on policymakers to step up on climate

Emerging Europe has been slow to join the fight against climate change. Now the region’s biggest banking group is making its voice heard.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, December 02, 2021
Sustainability

Russians remain wary of green finance despite policy shift

Policymakers in Moscow are finally promising to tackle climate change. Will the Russian private sector follow suit?

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, October 29, 2021
Sustainability

Rabobank turns to farmers to tackle climate change and boost biodiversity

Sustainable agriculture holds the key to reducing emissions and transforming the global food system, says Rabo Carbon Bank’s chief executive.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, October 12, 2021
Opinion

Banks wrestle with COP26 logistics

Want to know what banks will be doing at COP26? Give them a minute and they’ll get back to you…

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, October 08, 2021
Sustainability

Banks eye voluntary carbon markets as Carney’s taskforce gears up

A year after launch, the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets is close to setting standards for a murky market. Board member Chris Leeds discusses the journey so far, the challenges ahead and the opportunities that standardization could create for banks.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, October 04, 2021
Sustainability

Climate: The EBRD leads by example in CEEMEA

Can multilateral development banks fight climate change while still promoting economic development in emerging markets? The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is the first to set out concrete plans on how to do this.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, September 28, 2021
Sustainability

Climate and inequality top of the agenda for new NIB chief

One of the stars of Estonia’s post-Soviet generation, André Küüsvek, talks to Euromoney about escaping lockdown in Kazakhstan, expanding the NIB’s environmental remit and the risks posed by rising inequality.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, September 09, 2021
Opinion

My year in ESG: adventures in sustainable finance

Bright people, information overload and impenetrable jargon: our ESG editor Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker reflects on her first 12 months covering a fast-growing sector.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, August 25, 2021
Opinion

Are sustainability-linked bonds groundbreaking or greenwashing?

The bond market’s hottest structure has come under fire from a leading ESG investor, with borrowers accused of gaming the system to take advantage of demand for sustainable products.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, June 01, 2021
Sustainability

Private equity: ESG’s natural home?

Private equity has been slow to join the ESG revolution. More firms are waking up to the opportunities on offer as well as the downside risks.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, May 26, 2021
CAPITAL MARKETS

Russia’s retail revolution

Low interest rates, lockdown boredom and super-sophisticated trading apps have lured millions of Russian retail investors into the capital markets over the past year. But will they stay for the long term?

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, April 22, 2021
Sustainability

The biodiversity investment challenge

Biodiversity loss now competes with climate change as the principal challenge for sustainable finance. What does it actually mean for banks and asset managers and what can the private sector do to restore the balance of nature?

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, March 29, 2021
Opinion

Turkey’s banks could be in for a rough ride

The country’s banks have successfully weathered a series of crises during the past six years. Will this time be different?

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, March 26, 2021
BANKING

Blackstone’s Baltic banking bet

After a lifetime in Vienna, Peter Bosek has moved 1,600 kilometres north to head up Blackstone’s banking operation in the Baltics. He talks to Euromoney about life in Tallinn, how to take advantage of millennials’ new-found enthusiasm for investment and what banks can learn from Netflix.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, March 16, 2021
Sustainability

ESG investors focus on additionality as banks eye social bonds

ESG investors want to see evidence that their money is making a difference. It could be putting a dampener on banks’ appetite for issuing social bonds.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, March 01, 2021
Opinion

Sustainable finance: Taskforce or talking shop?

It has the backing of Prince Charles, as well as several big names in banking – but will the Financial Services Taskforce contribute anything new to the fight against climate change?

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, February 22, 2021
Sustainability

Warsaw bourse targets ESG after tech triumphs

Polish companies have been behind the curve when it comes to sustainability. A reinvigorated Warsaw Stock Exchange plans to bring them up to speed.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, February 16, 2021
BANKING

State-backed lending buoys Hungary’s banks

Strong fundamentals, generous Covid support and timely digital banking regulation mean that Hungary’s banks are in good shape for 2021.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, February 12, 2021
Sustainability

China’s ESG investing challenge

East Capital co-founder Karine Hirn began her investing career in Russia in the 1990s before moving to China to head up the firm’s Asian expansion. She discusses the challenges of the Chinese market, why eastern Europe has the edge on corporate boards and why governance is key to ESG.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, February 09, 2021
Opinion

Responsible investment: The SDG conundrum

As policymakers worry about achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, companies and asset managers are still working out how to make sense of them.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, January 29, 2021
Sustainability

Middle East borrowers tipped to boost transition bond market

Fears over greenwashing claims have often dissuaded issuers from the Middle East from entering the sustainable bond markets. That could be set to change.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, January 26, 2021
Sustainability

Transitioning trade finance is ESG’s biggest challenge

If the market for sustainable finance is ever to achieve true scale, it needs to crack the tough nut of sustainable trade finance solutions.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, January 25, 2021
Sustainability

The challenge of sustainable supply-chain finance

Previously known as reverse factoring, sustainable supply-chain finance is one of the products currently generating the most interest among both banks and their corporate clients.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, January 25, 2021
Sustainability

Beyond the Paris Agreement: An environmental wishlist for Biden

The US president’s prompt action in rejoining the Paris Agreement has given encouragement to environmentalists at home and abroad. What should be next on his green hit list?

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, January 25, 2021

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