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  • As Western societies begin to contemplate life returning to some semblance of normality, the financial industry is working out how best to balance the understandable desire to get back to how things were before the crisis with the very real threat of a new and more deadly wave of coronavirus brought on by a mass-return to offices. GlobalCapital’s Silas Brown spoke with Peter Openshaw, a specialist in immunology and virology and professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College, about the transmission of Covid-19 and how banks, investors and companies can reduce the risk of infection.
  • Most companies listed on the mainboard of Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) saw a rise in their 2019 revenues and profits. They also increased their capital raising activity.
  • BNP Paribas blamed European authorities’ restrictions on 2019 dividend payments for losing it €184m in its equities business, when it released its first quarter results on Tuesday. However, in debt capital markets and fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) it was a more positive picture, as the bank took advantage of a surge in debt origination and electronic trading.
  • A group of veteran fund managers have launched a new boutique asset manager dedicated to responsible investing in emerging market equities.
  • Jacques Callaghan, formerly of Macquarie Capital, has joined HSBC as head of UK mid-market M&A, concentrating on a wedge of companies that are important to the bank’s new strategy.
  • The China Securities Regulatory Commission and the National Development and Reform Commission have jointly announced a long-awaited pilot programme for real estate investment trusts to promote economic growth. The trial allows the listing of Reits backed by infrastructure projects.