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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s capital instruments are at risk of being zeroed after UniCredit announced this week that it could buy the state-owned Italian lender on extremely favourable terms. Market participants are more optimistic on Monte’s senior debt, which would rally strongly if included in a merger. -
Andrea Orcel is looking to clinch a deal for Unicredit to acquire parts of stricken Italian lender Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) in the early part of September after revealing it was negotiating with the Italian government.
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Royal Dutch Shell and London asset manager Tramontana have created a carbon credit securitization product, forming a new asset class aimed at optimising the offsetting of carbon dioxide emissions. Tom Brown reports.
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A major capital markets body published its final standard for using term Sonia reference rates on Wednesday, as the remaining pieces of the Libor transition puzzle fall into place before most pairings for the benchmark end on December 31.
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The Loan Market Association (LMA) and the European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) jointly released a best practice guide for sustainability-linked loans on Wednesday. The guidance is aimed specifically at the leveraged loan market and stresses the importance of agreeing on clearly defined key performance indicators ahead of announcing a SLL.
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The Federal Reserve kicked off its two-day policy meeting on Tuesday, with the officials deeply divided on when to make the move to tapering asset purchases. With no dot plot projections expected this time, sources are keeping a close eye on what Fed chairman Jerome Powell says, looking for hints about the central bank’s plans.
