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In this round-up, the Chinese economy rebounds at a fast pace from a year ago when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, regulators vow to manage hidden debt risks at local governments, and two existing shareholders agree to pump $250m into Luckin Coffee.

Progress in sustainability-linked finance for banks has flipped from glacial to dizzying with Berlin Hyp’s €500m sustainability-linked bond this week.

If the European Union wants its bonds to be considered the true eurozone safe asset, then it’s going to have to start acting like it means to stick around.

It was the best of wines, it was the worst of wines. It was the age of Riesling, it was the age of cheap plonk from 7/11. It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity that anyone would charge you that much for something that tasted like Lambrini.

Imagine trying to explain stock markets to an alien or an intelligent caveman, someone who has grown up in a world without the flicker of red and green numbers, the theatre of shareholder meetings, the strange spectacle of Jim Cramer’s pre-scheduled rage.

Ukraine is once more at the forefront of emerging market investors' worries as military tensions with Russia escalate. Amid the uncertainty, Ukraine is fighting another uphill battle to access IMF funding in order to recover its economy as soon as possible. The governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Kyrylo Shevchenko, spoke to GlobalCapital about the challenges the country is facing and the importance of central bank independence.

GlobalCapital is conducting its annual poll to determine its Bond Awards 2021. The voting deadline has been extended until April 22, so we invite readers who have not voted yet to do so in the coming week.

Renewable energy has been one of the hottest sectors in Europe’s equity capital markets in recent times but investors are no longer just buying companies for their verdant hue. Issuers must now prove they have the financial strength to back their environmental credentials.

Turkey's central bank once again faces a critical rates decision this week. Any whiff of a cut in rates would be disastrous for the volatility-stricken country and its access to capital markets.

Semrush, the Boston-headquartered marketing software company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange last month during a tricky time for the IPO market. CFO Evgeny Fetisov talks to GlobalCapital about the IPO and the challenges in taking the firm public.

In this round-up, China’s top antitrust watchdog fines Alibaba Group Holding a record Rmb18.23bn ($2.78bn) for monopolistic practices, and regulators announce measures to develop and open the financial services sector in the Hainan Free Trade Port.

It is often said, incorrectly, that the Chinese word for crisis consists of the characters meaning danger and opportunity. While the translation may be off — the components are more like danger and change point — they may well describe the situation at crisis-riddled Credit Suisse for one big name banker.