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Changing business models of stock exchanges and stock market fragmentation

This report reviews structural changes in the stock exchange industry and provides data on M&A changes in the aggregate revenue structure of major stock exchanges. It describes the fragmentation of the stock market resulting from an increase in stock exchange-like trading venues, such as alternative trading systems (ATSs) and multilateral trading facilities (MTFs), and a split between dark (non-displayed) and lit (displayed) trading.

Corporate finance and productivity

One of the puzzles of the post-crisis period is low observed aggregate productivity growth. This report dissects the problem using the company and sector value-added data of more than 11,000 of the world’s largest listed non-financial and non-real-estate companies, taken from 20 different industry sectors.

Fiscal incentives for R&D and innovation in a diverse world

Public policy has an important role to play in promoting research and development (R&D) and the development, diffusion, and use of new knowledge and innovations. Fiscal incentives, including tax policies, should be directed at specific barriers, impediments or synergies to facilitate the desired level of investment in R&D and innovations.

The Financial Markets Outlook

The global economy is caught between two major headwinds: the reversal of the investment-heavy commodity supercycle; and the "L-shaped" recovery in advanced economies caused by the aftermath of the financial crisis and the interaction of re‐regulation with low and negative interest rates. This report analyses these issues and presents a financial outlook.

The impact of investment treaties on companies, shareholders and creditors

Investment treaties are intended to offer foreign investors protection for their investments from host government conduct in violation of the treaty. This report examines how many investment treaties, as interpreted, have generated rules that can disrupt fundamental principles of corporate governance and corporate finance.

Fragmentation in clean energy investment and financing

Scaling-up investment in renewable electricity is critical for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. Despite increasing cost-competitiveness, overall investment in renewables projects remains constrained by policy and market obstacles. These hinder development of a sufficient pipeline of bankable projects and affect the risk-return profile of renewable electricity projects.

Il est indispensable de réduire la fragmentation des politiques publiques pour ouvrir la voie à une croissance rapide et durable de la productivité

Des réformes structurelles supplémentaires sont nécessaires pour aider le secteur des entreprises à améliorer les gains de productivité et à s’affranchir des contraintes majeures que sont l'atonie de l'investissement dans les économies avancées et l'excédent de capacités dans les économies émergentes, selon un nouveau rapport de l'OCDE.

OECD Report to G7 Leaders on Responsible Business Conduct

This note describes work undertaken by the OECD to support the implementation of the 2015 G7 Leaders’ Declaration in the area of responsible business conduct. Four areas of action are covered: outreach on responsible business conduct (RBC) standards to other countries; development of guidance for supply chain due diligence; monitoring of multi-stakeholder initiatives; and strengthening National Contact Points.

L’entreprise inclusive au service du développement durable

Pour faire du développement durable une réalité, il faut prendre en compte l’interdépendance entre les problèmes environnementaux et sociaux. Les gouvernements, les organisations internationales, les institutions de financement du développement et les donneurs reconnaissent qu’il faut faire tomber les barrières entre aide, commerce, investissement et gestion des ressources naturelles, dans les pays développés comme en développement.

Green Investment Banks - Scaling up Private Investment in Low-carbon, Climate-resilient Infrastructure