Foreword

• Primož Dolenc 1 - 2

  From Digitalisation to Resilience: What Artificial Intelligence Brings to Banks, Staff, and EU Competitiveness

Articles

• Mojmir Mrak and Vasja Rant 3 - 12

  From redistribution to competitiveness? The EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2028–2034

• Jure Brložnik, Aleš Delakorda and Davorin Kračun 13 - 20

  Geopolitical tensions and sustainable public finances: Global trends and implications for Slovenia’s public finances

• Maja Bednaš and Peter Wostner 21 - 28

  Demographic change is here - Is productivity the answer?

  Maja Bednaš and Peter Wostner

• Tjaša Redek 29 - 41

  Slovenia caught between the routine and innovation: structural characteristics and the developmental position of the Slovenian economy

• Polona Domadenik Muren, Daša Farčnik, Matjaž Koman, Hana Končan, Denis Marinšek, Tjaša Redek and Peter Trkman 42 - 51

  Deep Tech and competitiveness: Structural drivers and constraints in Slovenia’s innovation ecosystem

• Igor Lončarski 52 - 59

  The (in)convenient status quo of Slovenian household savings

• Vasja Rant 60 - 68

  Stablecoins and the changing landscape of money, banking and finance

• Marko Pahor 69 - 75

  Rethinking the money: Properties of money in the digital age

• Vesna Miloševič Zupančič 76 - 83

  X–Y–Z Intragenerational Bridges in the Labour Market in Times of Global Disruption

• Simona Špilak 84 - 89

  You can buy the AI. You cannot buy the leadership to deploy it. Why human capability — Not technology — Is the final competitive differentiator in banking

• Franc Bračun 90 - 94

  Artificial intelligence in banking: Competitiveness through continuous transformation

• Gonzalo Caprirolo 95 - 100

  Adoption of artificial intelligence in banking: Implications and issues

• Timotej Jagrič and Aljaž Herman 101 - 108

  From global risk signals to forward-looking betas - An AI-driven framework beyond CAPM

• Slaven Mićković 109 - 117

  How risk management in Europe has quietly replaced economic imagination

• Barbara Kurbus 118 - 128

  From ratings to reality: ESG rating disagreement