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The Americas derivatives community came together in New York to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements across the industry
The derivatives market gathered in London on Thursday night to celebrate its leading players
Internal restrictions mean SSAs issue fewer CMS-linked notes
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The restructured Spanish bank Cajamar, which has grown its capital base and cleaned up its balance sheet, had its recently issued covered bond downgraded to junk this year by Moody’s. The rating action, which could potentially affect many other issuers, did not take into account the bond’s safety both from a regulatory and structural point of view and, writes Bill Thornhill, was out of sync with the other agencies.
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Commerzbank bought an investment bank two weeks before Lehman Brothers collapsed, and now counts the German government as a major shareholder. But despite its drawn-out recovery meaning less frequent visits, Commerzbank is now creating funding markets all of its own, writes Tom Porter.
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The corporate sector is the big one as far as SRI is concerned. It’s where the most energy and climate-rated improvements can be made and where the most capital will be raised. Corporate leaders see sustainability as a value driver, and investors are beginning to agree. As Jon Hay reports, a wave of green bonds could help companies communicate their credentials to the market.
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Established SRI bond issuers such as the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation have emphasised the importance of working with investors on the development of their green programmes, and credit investor feedback with helping them to evolve their issuance, reporting and communications strategy in this field. In this roundtable discussion EuroWeek brought together key SRI investors with borrowers and bankers to explore the issues affecting the buyer base.
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In an age in which movements in banks’ share prices are often based on the latest mis-selling scandal, taking financial institutions’ environmental, social and governance credentials into account when picking stocks makes a lot of sense for equity investors. But what about the world of fixed income bank products? Will Caiger-Smith investigates.
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India’s growth is falling, inflation is rising and the rupee is plummeting, but IDBI Bank plans to build on its experience of issuing in non-G3 currencies as volatility also continues to rattle US dollar markets, writes Frances Yoon.