flow analyses and explains how market trends shape our client industries and covers: corporate cash management/treasury; institutional cash management; trade finance and lending; trust and securities services; as well as sustainable finance, technology, regulation and other macroeconomic and geopolitical issues.
By working with market experts and researchers and covering key industry developments, flow provides unique insights into today’s international business landscape
Cash management
Cash management, Trust and securities services
Working with NBFIs Working with NBFIs
Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) and the rapid growth of private markets offer investors an opportunity to diversify their portfolios, but what do they need in order to work safely within the financial system? flow’s Clarissa Dann and treasury correspondent Graham Buck set out the NBFI landscape and explain how regulated banks are supporting them
Cash management
Inside downstream correspondent banking – and why it matters Inside downstream correspondent banking – and why it matters
As regulation and standards evolve, the view of risk linked to downstream correspondent banking relationships is also changing. Deutsche Bank’s Matthew Probershteyn explores this shift in perception – and examines how banks are strengthening both control frameworks and transparency in practice
Cash management
Transaction banking global leaders: a view from the top Transaction banking global leaders: a view from the top
Transaction banking is “unique”, “cool”, and “connects our clients to the real economy”, according to the global leaders panel finale at the BAFT Europe Forum in London. flow’s Clarissa Dann reports on their reflections ranging from payments transformation and AI applications to strategic partners and talent attraction
Trade finance and lending
flow case studies, Trade finance and lending
Financing Dar es Salaam’s new bus network Financing Dar es Salaam’s new bus network
As bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in Africa continue to expand in response to increased urbanisation, flow’s Clarissa Dann profiles the roll-out in Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam and spotlights how a trade finance partnership with a local bank using a letter of credit got the wheels turning
Trade finance and lending, Macro and markets
What next for global energy? What next for global energy?
With a negotiated settlement to end the war in Iran not as yet confirmed, what does this mean for global trade with energy prices at current levels? flow’s Clarissa Dann examines insights from Deutsche Bank Research and key international agencies and reflects on what this means for trade finance demand
Trade finance and lending, Macro and markets
Europe’s energy stress test Europe’s energy stress test
How will this latest Iran oil shock impact the global economy, and what does this mean for ramping up Europe’s competitiveness? flow’s Clarissa Dann shares geopolitical insights from expert speakers at the 3–5 March 2026 BAFT Europe Forum
Trust and securities services
Trust and Securities Services
Europe’s T+1 transition: lessons, readiness and what firms need now Europe’s T+1 transition: lessons, readiness and what firms need now
With Europe’s October 2027 T+1 transition deadline now firmly in scope – and its practical complexities crystallising – flow securities services correspondent Janet du Chenne meets the Deutsche Bank Trust and Securities Services team translating US lessons, internal readiness work and industry guidance into coordinated client action
Cash management, Trust and securities services
Working with NBFIs Working with NBFIs
Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) and the rapid growth of private markets offer investors an opportunity to diversify their portfolios, but what do they need in order to work safely within the financial system? flow’s Clarissa Dann and treasury correspondent Graham Buck set out the NBFI landscape and explain how regulated banks are supporting them
flow case studies
Fewer accounts, faster payments: ABB’s path to a more efficient treasury
flow case studies, Cash management
Fewer accounts, faster payments: ABB’s path to a more efficient treasury
Supporting ABB’s purpose of enabling sustainability and resource efficiency also requires internal functions to operate with greater efficiency. ABB’s Corporate Treasury team, for instance, is using virtual bank accounts to run a leaner and optimised operation. flow’s Will Monroe finds out more
Allseas: Pioneering offshore construction
flow case studies, Cash management
Allseas: Pioneering offshore construction
When Dutch-Swiss global offshore energy contractor Allseas expanded operations into Brazil, its treasury team faced new challenges around onshore/offshore conversion, funding alignment and documentation frameworks. flow’s Clarissa Dann reports on how Deutsche Bank helped to provide an integrated solution
First Pacific: maximising long-term value for investors
Trust and Securities Services, flow case studies
First Pacific: maximising long-term value for investors
Headquartered in Hong Kong SAR, First Pacific is one of Asia’s leading investment holding companies. How does it keep its own investors engaged and loyal? flow’s Will Monroe talked to John W Ryan, Group Chief Investor Relations Officer, to find out
Macro and markets
What next for global energy?
Trade finance and lending, Macro and markets
What next for global energy?
With a negotiated settlement to end the war in Iran not as yet confirmed, what does this mean for global trade with energy prices at current levels? flow’s Clarissa Dann examines insights from Deutsche Bank Research and key international agencies and reflects on what this means for trade finance demand
Europe’s energy stress test
Trade finance and lending, Macro and markets
Europe’s energy stress test
How will this latest Iran oil shock impact the global economy, and what does this mean for ramping up Europe’s competitiveness? flow’s Clarissa Dann shares geopolitical insights from expert speakers at the 3–5 March 2026 BAFT Europe Forum
Commodities Outlook 2026 – where next
Trade finance and lending, Macro and markets
Commodities Outlook 2026 – where next
Copper is up, oil down, but amid the uncertainty and volatility that characterises the current geopolitical landscape there is one constant – China. As the world’s second biggest economy enters its year of the Fire Horse, flow’s Will Monroe shares key updates from Deutsche Bank Research’s Commodities Outlook, where supply and demand is clearly linked to what China might do next
Technology
Cash management, Technology
AI in corporate treasury: what are the barriers to adoption? AI in corporate treasury: what are the barriers to adoption?
Data issues and slow integration/adoption are preventing artificial intelligence’s full potential from being realised in corporate treasury. Dr Tobias Miarka of Crisil Coalition Greenwich examines what this means for businesses and treasurers
Cash management, Technology
How fintechs are reshaping payments: lessons for corporate treasury How fintechs are reshaping payments: lessons for corporate treasury
As real-time payments, APIs, and digital assets transform how money moves, corporates have to keep up. Reporting from EuroFinance 2025, flow explores how fintech companies SumUp and Bitpanda demonstrate treasury’s power as both enabler and catalyst of this transformation
Sustainable and Transition Finance
How AI is reshaping the energy transition
Sustainable finance, Technology
How AI is reshaping the energy transition
As artificial intelligence (AI) drives innovation across sectors, it’s not only fuelling technological progress, but also significantly increasing electricity demand. Deutsche Bank’s Lavinia Bauerochse describes how this development is transforming the global energy transition – and why investments in grid expansion and transition finance are taking centre stage
Discover the world of finance
Community
Discover the world of finance
Since its launch in 2020, the broadcast channel ExpeditionFinance has been exploring the future of the financial industry. Deutsche Bank host Jürgen Schmitt reflects on a journey which has taken him from Australia to Turkey, to Singapore and the US – and one which is far from over
The price of CO₂
Sustainable finance
The price of CO₂
Carbon pricing is essential to combat climate change as it incentivises companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. flow’s Desirée Buchholz looks at how regulatory initiatives in the EU could impact global investment flows – and the role voluntary carbon markets play in reaching net-zero commitments
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