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The Loan Market Association has updated documentation around shifting legacy loan agreements from Libor to risk-free rates, with the trade body warning that there is only a short time frame left before major deadlines in the transition. -
In this round-up, China passes a law that will enable reciprocal measures against foreign sanctions, the US president signs an executive order lifting bans on Chinese applications, and the central bank will start quarterly evaluation of the green finance performance of major lenders.
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Bank of America has set up an EMEA ESG strategic council chaired and led by three senior investment bankers, to intensify its effort to reduce its carbon footprint and manage its climate risks. BofA made a net zero commitment in February but has not yet set out its decarbonisation trajectory.
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The UK has begun the process of creating its own versions of the European Union’s sustainable finance regulations, by picking a Green Technical Advisory Group to help it draft a green taxonomy. It will face two conflicting priorities: to maximise harmonisation by staying close to EU rules; and to depart from them, for a variety of reasons including the possibility of improving on the EU’s approach.
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The Green and Social Bond Principles organisation published the first new version of the Green Bond Principles since 2018 on Thursday. It strengthens the recommendations that issuers publish a bond framework and obtain an external review, and encourages issuers to communicate about their organisation-wide sustainability efforts, not just the assets linked to the labelled bond.
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Two former investment managers at Aberdeen Standard have launched a firm called Bread Street Capital Partners, with the aim of creating a series of listed private markets funds to broaden access to the funds of top tier financial sponsors. The firm also aims to capture more investment from UK defined contribution pension schemes, which have historically had tiny allocations to private equity compared with some of their international peers.
