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EU to put ‘sustainability risks’ at heart of new reporting standards
The European Commission wants to develop new non-financial reporting standards that will compel EU companies to publish more information about the risks they face from climate change and other sustainability issues.
28 Jan 2020 -
Investec plucks healthcare pair
Jens Lindqvist and Brough Ransom have moved from N+1 Singer to Investec to cover healthcare.
28 Jan 2020 -
Goldman names new leaders for mid-market and sponsors units
Olaf Diaz-Pintado has been named head of Goldman Sachs’s cross markets group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, while the bank has appointed new regional heads for its financial and strategic investors group.
28 Jan 2020 -
GBP considers guidance on Enel-style bonds
The Green Bond Principles organisation has gone public with its plans to set up a working group on sustainability-linked bonds. It will be charged with working out whether the GBP should issue guidance on the new structure — a move that would ensure the GBP remains relevant as the sustainable finance market changes.
23 Jan 2020 -
Credit Suisse rejigs IBCM after ‘tough year’
Credit Suisse has streamlined its investment banking and capital markets operation (IBCM) and is confident that it will return to form after a chastening 2019, writes David Rothnie.
23 Jan 2020 -
China cuts registration fees for domestic bonds
China’s biggest clearing houses have slashed their fees for the registration of new bonds.
23 Jan 2020 -
How would UK capital markets handle a BoE rate hike?
A Bank of England rate hike is in no one's short term thinking. But if it happened, it could be dire for the housing market and therefore, for those parts of the capital markets that exist because of it.
21 Jan 2020 -
UBS IB spends $80m on restructuring the workforce
UBS’s investment bank spent around $80m from restructuring related to personnel at the end of last year. The Swiss bank has also said it will look into partnerships with other banks for its investment bank.
21 Jan 2020 -
Alvarez & Marsal expands into debt advisory
Tim Metzgen is leading a new European debt advisory franchise at Alvarez & Marsal.
20 Jan 2020 -
BIS: climate may strip central banks of power
A research paper published on Monday by the Bank for International Settlements sets out how grave the peril of climate change is. It asserts the necessity of central banks grasping this problem as central to their responsibilities — but also admits that they will be unable to “preserve financial stability in the age of climate change”.
20 Jan 2020
