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  • Indian telecommunications giant Bharti Airtel is on track to launch a Rp250bn ($3.52bn) rights issue after getting the go ahead from its board of directors.
  • SRI
    A group of nine NGOs, trade unions and other civil society groups have got together to produce an independent white paper setting out in detail how they believe the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan should progress. It calls on the EU to push ahead with the Plan, only some of whose targets have been acted on so far, and to take it further and deeper.
  • A robust balance sheet did not protect Vale from returning to junk status with Moody’s this week as the Brazilian mining company’s bonds suffered the agency’s decision to punish the borrower.
  • Latin American bond markets finally welcomed news of a potential issuer on Thursday as the concessionaire operating Quito’s new airport announced roadshow plans.
  • Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, warned politicians on Thursday not to roll back banking regulations established in the wake of the financial crisis, as she highlighted a spike in financial pay. She also discussed ways of making finance more sustainable in its outcomes, and how fintech could improve inclusivity.
  • David Malpass, US candidate for the World Bank presidency, has serious weaknesses and lacks experience, according to a former chief economist at the multilateral lender.