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An innovative collaboration between six organisations from different sectors has led to the creation of the Subnational Climate Finance Initiative, which will work with local governments in developing countries to fund green infrastructure. The scheme highlights the value — but also the difficulty — of blended finance. -
Sustainability-linked bonds with variable coupons are winning wide acceptance among investors, according to a survey by Natixis of 40 investment managers with $20tr of assets between them. Investors think they could be used by issuers of all kinds, want to see robust standards, and are open to structural innovations.
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The reliability of Science-Based Targets — one of the most promising systems for helping companies decarbonise — has been questioned after RWE, the German power company, was excluded by Axa, the French insurance group, for being too wedded to coal, despite having an approved SBT.
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In this round-up, China publishes a set of strong economic data for the first two months of the year, five Chinese telecommunications companies including Huawei Technologies are blacklisted in the US for posing a national security threat, and UBS is boosting its holding in its onshore securities joint venture to 67% from 51%.
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Green bond issuance is set to blossom in Africa — at least, that is the hope of FSD Africa, an organisation in Kenya that has agreed to cooperate with a group of stock exchanges to foster the market in 16 of the continent's countries. Substantial deals are expected from Kenya and Malawi in the coming months.
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In this round-up, Chinese premier Li Keqiang defends Beijing’s ‘above 6%’ annual GDP growth target, China’s exports soar during the first two months of the year, and the securities regulator is reportedly planning to increase scrutiny on IPOs in Shanghai’s Star market.
