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The Bank of England's unveiling of plans to look into providing Shariah liquidity facilities for UK Islamic banks was one of the highlights at last week’s World Islamic Economic Forum in Dubai. It’s a great idea, but there’s just one problem – this should have been done ages ago.
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There’s a distressing tendency among equity analysts to underplay investment banking, especially when it comes to once proud universal banks like Barclays and RBS. CEOs play up their retail banking credentials, but the investment banks will have the last laugh.
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The $32bn green bond market grows ever stronger, as NRW.Bank pricing last week’s deal through its curve proves. But the real innovations in green finance are much further from the mainstream – like Hawaii’s solar panel ABS and Electricité de France’s plans for a green private equity fund.
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The Asian bond market got a rare slice of diversification away from Chinese credits recently, when Tata Motors issued a $750m dual trancher that was easily covered by a $4.5bn order book. It is certainly encouraging to see Indian corporates getting such a hot reception, but others will need to take a more calculated approach to offshore financing. -
By asking insurance companies how their business models are exposed to climate change, the Bank of England has made a big advance in the world’s response. Governments may drag their feet, but at last the world’s financial architecture is beginning to realise the reality of global warming.
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Europe’s banks misvalued their assets by €47.5bn. That is the verdict of the European Central Bank, after its examination of eurozone bank balance sheets. The scale and quality of the exercise has been impressive, and the market seems to like it. But is it just a big nothing?
