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  • Andreas Petrie, who is thought of as being a key figure in cultivating the Schuldschein market into an established corporate alternative to bonds in Europe, is to retire at the end of the year.
  • The European Union leaders’ summit, which begins on Friday, should determine the approval of the bloc's planned €750bn coronavirus recovery fund. The summit is drawing the attention of investors in eurozone periphery government bonds and high grade corporate paper, particularly as the EU is far from agreeing the fund's final size.
  • China’s securities regulator has banned GF Securities from sponsoring IPOs for six months and underwriting bonds for a year, punishing the firm for its role on a series of fundraisings for Kangmei Pharmaceutical Co.
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    Momentum is growing for the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic to have a strong green thrust, as the UK’s mini-Budget and comments by European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde made clear this week. Capital market participants are enthusiastic about the prospect and expect it to further green the markets — but how far the drive goes will ultimately depend on politics, write Mike Turner, Jon Hay and Jasper Cox.
  • Axiom Alternative Investments has launched a new long/short global high yield fund, following the hire of Gilles Frisch as a portfolio manager last year, targeting the opportunities that will come through at the end of this credit cycle.
  • Nicholas Sossidis and Stephen Partridge-Hicks, the founders of investment manager Gordian Knot and pioneers of structured investment vehicles, are planning the firm’s comeback in the securitization market, with a new venture focused on corporate receivables ready to launch.