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  • More than half of a global group of 276 investors surveyed by HSBC have a strategy for reducing the environmental impact of their activities — but 74% of them encounter barriers to increasing their low carbon financing, mainly a lack of credible investment opportunities.
  • The non-performing loan securitization at the heart of Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s rescue package could pay out fees of €2.72bn — including €1bn of servicing commission and a €710m legal bill. The bank has also revealed details of the planned issue’s structure, and the spread it hopes to achieve on the senior notes. Owen Sanderson reports.
  • The first day of trading on the long hailed Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect ended in a whimper, with just a fifth of the daily net trading quota used up. But Charles Li, chief executive of the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) was clear the bridge will serve its purpose in the long run.
  • The spectacle of Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi’s political suicide did little to rattle financial markets on Monday morning, with any immediate negativity in credit and equity that had not already been priced in ahead of the country’s Sunday referendum quickly eased over by shorters monetising their gains.
  • The week begins with the long-awaited launch of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, while in the foreign exchange (FX) markets the RMB volatility led to a new record in RMB futures traded on the Singapore Exchange in November.
  • In this round, up, cross-border RMB trade settlement falls further in Hong Kong, the RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) scheme adds the first Thai asset manager, and the Hong Kong Exchange confirms the final list of stocks available through Shenzhen Connect from December 5. Plus, a recap of our weekly coverage.