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- Title
COVID‐19 and Finance: Market Developments So Far and Potential Impacts on the Financial Sector and Centres.
- Authors
Wójcik, Dariusz; Ioannou, Stefanos
- Abstract
This paper offers an informed commentary on the actual and potential impacts of the pandemic on financial markets, sector and centres, grounded in literature on financial centres, the state‐finance nexus, and trends affecting the landscape of finance since the global financial crisis. We expect a slowdown in new financial regulation, continued firm‐level consolidation, and a continued rise of business services related to finance. The application of new financial technologies is likely to accelerate, affecting retail banking in particular, but will not necessarily be led by FinTech firms. Local and regional financial centres are likely to face larger challenges than leading international centres. As the panic and partial recovery in financial markets in March and April 2020 highlighted the significance of the international monetary hierarchy, with the US$ in the lead, a radical shift of financial power to Asia seems unlikely.
- Subjects
ASIA; COVID-19; FINANCE; FINANCIAL markets; FINANCIAL crises; FINANCIAL technology
- Publication
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography), 2020, Vol 111, Issue 3, p387
- ISSN
0040-747X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tesg.12434