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  • FTSE Russell plans to add Chinese government bonds to its flagship FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI) next year, a move that is expected to provide investors further access to the world’s second largest bond market.
  • The European Central Bank's decision to embrace sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) as collateral and for its asset purchase programme is a sign of what is to come.
  • The coronavirus pandemic has sparked an unprecedented wave of sovereign borrowing. Much of the paper has, unsurprisingly, ended up on the balance sheets of domestic banks. This has, equally unsurprisingly, prompted a fresh round of worry about the strengthening of the sovereign-bank nexus.
  • The European Commission released a new action plan for its Capital Markets Union project on Thursday, prompting many observers to urge the EU to crack on with the proposals, after the CMU has taken years to implement.
  • The delayed launch of the European Commission’s vast funding programme has thrown bond bankers into a fever of anticipation. The immense prestige of a programme of such international importance, as well as the sizeable fees to be won, means they are under huge pressure to develop strong relationships with the EC and win mandates. Some are beginning to vent frustration.
  • The European Central Bank decision to exempt sustainability-linked bonds from its internal rule that stops it buying bonds with step-up coupons is the final step in allowing this new market to take flight, specialists said this week.
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