Europe
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Fixed income investor BlueBay Asset Management has added to its environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment team in London with an external hire and a move from within. -
Moody’s upgraded Cyprus on Friday, leaving it one notch below investment grade status and a step closer to reclaiming high grade ratings from all three of the major rating agencies.
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The European Central Bank is not expected to sketch out the future of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp) until the fourth quarter of 2021, according to analysts.
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Turkish renewable energy company Aydem Yenilenebilir Enerji launched its debut bond on Monday, a green dollar offering.
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RBC Capital Markets has hired three women to its European global equity sales business at director level in London and Frankfurt.
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France’s IPO renaissance is expected to keep up the pace in the second half of the year, aided by the strong performance of French equities and a rebounding economy.
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The People & Markets section of GlobalCapital could almost have been called the Barclays section this week, given the number of stories that involved the bank. What has been going on?
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The Bank of England said this week that lenders with £15bn-£25bn in assets should still be subject to the minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL), despite calls from the industry to raise the threshold. The Old Lady will, however, give new and growing firms longer to comply with their targets.
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Guarantor: Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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The European Central Bank made a bold change to its monetary policy on Thursday, effectively pushing any prospect of interest rate hikes into the distant future, making them unlikely before the middle of the decade. Frank Jackman, Lewis McLellan and Burhan Khadbai report.
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Communication is the only real policy tool where the European Central Bank still has wiggle room.
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