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National governments of the European Union have reached agreement on the law that will implement the Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, even though Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Greece are unhappy that nuclear power has not been specifically excluded. There could be fights over that issue when the Parliament and Commission negotiate with the Council in a 'trilogue'.
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UK and European pension funds hunting for positive yields are increasingly looking to swap short to medium dated government bonds for riskier credits in high yield and structured finance.
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Natixis has become the first bank to introduce a green weighting factor to its internal capital model, so that the way it prices loans is skewed to favour environmentally sound assets and disadvantage polluting ones. The ground-breaking move brings to fruition an 18 month project and anticipates what some believe may one day be demanded by regulators.
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SMBC has made two additions to its London desk for syndication origination in structured finance.
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BlueBay has launched a new total return leveraged finance fund, which can buy structured credit and investment grade bonds as well as leveraged loans and high yield.
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London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has emphatically rejected the unsolicited £32bn takeover bid by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEG), with LSEG's board suggesting that the deal has profound flaws.