Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Ten months after its unusual regional retreat in equity capital markets and M&A, HSBC has had a good year in debt capital markets, suggesting its new strategy can work
Bank says it is investing in Middle East and plans more hires
Loans and energy specialists leave after many years with bank
A pair of trading floor colleagues are wondering whether to disclose their relationship at work, and if so, how
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
The polite world of sustainable finance has collided with the ugly reality of politics in the past week, as open strife has broken out over the European Union’s sustainable finance legislation, especially the Taxonomy. Conservative and progressive elements are battling over a host of issues, above all whether gas power should ever be classed as sustainable, and the validity and even legality of the Taxonomy is being called into question. -
The US securities regulator has introduced rules that would delist foreign companies from local stock exchanges if they do not comply with US auditing standards. Shares in Chinese companies dual listed in Hong Kong and the US dived following the move.
-
The prospect of investors exerting real pressure on companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including divesting from big polluters, came a step closer on Wednesday with the release of the Net Zero Investment Framework, a map to guide investors on the journey to carbon neutrality.
-
Tesco, the UK supermarket chain, has reacted quickly by setting new targets to sell healthier food, less than a month after a group of shareholders filed a resolution calling for this — a sign of how sensitive companies are to having environmental, social and governance motions voted on at their annual general meetings.
-
The London listing review, out this week, has been hailed as a vital chance for the City to straighten its slipping crown as Europe’s top financial centre.
-
Hong Kong has begun exploring ways to allow listings by special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs), which are gaining popularity in Asia after taking the US by storm in the past year. But while the early-stage discussions show the bourse’s growth ambitions, it will have to clear numerous roadblocks to make blank-cheque firms a reality. Jonathan Breen reports.
