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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. -
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.
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Etrading Software has launched a system to ramp up the efficiency of loan trading, enabling dealers to strip out the motley collection of spreadsheets, emails, instant messages still used in the market and centralise crucial information ahead of executing loan trades.
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This week 35 investors with $8.5tr of assets — many of them UK and Nordic pension funds — launched the Net Zero Investment Framework, a primer for investors wanting to decarbonise their portfolios. Faith Ward, chair of the Institutional Investors’ Group on Climate Change, answers some key questions for GlobalCapital about why the Framework is important and how it will be implemented.
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HSBC has agreed to tighten its policies on climate transition and coal funding, in response to a shareholder motion calling on it to phase out fossil fuel financing. The move underlines the power investors have to accelerate change on environmental and social issues using shareholder votes, and could raise the bar for other banks.
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Barclays has appointed a former C-suite executive to run private side activities in its asset-backed finance group, following the departure of Cecile Hillary to become deputy treasurer at Lloyds Banking Group.
