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Transition finance in transition — companies face investors in flux

Demand to invest in the low carbon transition is growing fast, but strategies are very diverse
Issuance net of buy-backs is not that high, and there is no sign of any indigestion

Caffil lands social covered bond as market ‘comes off the boil’

◆ Order book smaller than issuer’s last covered in January ◆ Banker said covered bond market has reached plateau ◆

AI impact fear rocks IPO hopefuls

Questions hang over the future of software as a service firms
Issuance net of buy-backs is not that high, and there is no sign of any indigestion
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  • WuXi Biologics Holdings has raised HK$6.1bn ($787.5m) after selling a block of shares in WuXi Biologics (Cayman), the fourth time it has trimmed its position in the company this year.
  • City workers used to go to ubiquitous sandwich chain Pret A Manger because it was close to the office. Now, the UK government wants us to go to our offices because they’re near a Pret. Yes, the City’s retail and commercial property economies are in trouble, but cajoling people back to the office is not the answer.
  • The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has said that making sure staff could work remotely hindered the ability of financial firms to work on regulatory and IT projects, in a final report calling for the implementation of a set of rules on settlement discipline — including on mandatory buy-ins — to be delayed until 2022.