Future Finance Initiative
The project is grounded in the principle that financial systems are means, not ends. Their primary purpose is to support productive investment, employment, innovation, and sustainable development. When finance becomes dominated by short-term speculation and excessive risk-taking, it undermines economic resilience and social trust. The initiative therefore examines structural reforms needed to restore balance, transparency, and accountability in financial markets.
A central focus of the project is aligning financial flows with human-centered objectives. This includes strengthening regulation to reduce systemic risk, redirecting capital toward sustainable infrastructure and social investment, and developing mechanisms that reward long-term performance over short-term gains. The initiative also explores the role of emerging financial technologies in enhancing efficiency, inclusion, and transparency, while emphasizing the need for strong ethical and governance frameworks.
The project highlights the importance of global coordination in financial reform. In an interconnected world, fragmented regulatory approaches allow risks to migrate across borders. A coherent and cooperative framework is essential to ensure stability and fairness across financial systems.
Ultimately, the Future Finance Initiative seeks to contribute to a financial architecture that supports inclusive growth, employment security, and environmental sustainability. By reconnecting finance with its social purpose, the initiative aims to transform financial power into a constructive force for long-term economic stability, human security, and shared prosperity.
PROJECT
Tao of Finance
A WAAS Project that explores how to finance the huge multi-trillion dollar annual investment requirements for achieving the SDGs, with special emphasis on investments in human resources and environmental protection.听Read more here.听
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Capital & Technology – Force for Good
The initiative is designed to increase awareness of the finance industry鈥檚 engagement as a 鈥榝orce for good鈥 and to increase this and galvanize change in the broader financial sector and beyond for a sustainable future. Read more here.听
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Special Bonds
Strategy to enhance funding for SDGs by the insurance and pension fund system through introduction of special public bonds with subsidized yields which reflect the true value and overall return to society of the positive and negative externalities associated with investments in the SDGs. Read more here.听
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Integral Finance
This is a series of Podcasts hosted by Mariana Bozesan on the need for reinventing finance and economy. This initiative showcases interviews with world renowned investors & scientists on the future of our financial systems.听Read more here.听