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In this round-up, China leaves the benchmark lending rates steady yet again, the central bank’s monetary policy committee gets a reshuffle, and senior foreign policy officials from Beijing and Washington fail to agree on key issues at a high-stakes meeting. -
A leaked letter from the European Parliament, seen by GlobalCapital, shows the Parliament has joined in the debate about the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, which has been watered down to make life easier for institutional investors. The Parliament is calling for the rules to be strengthened, to help savers know which investments are green and ensure compliance does not become just a “tick box exercise”.
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In this round-up, economists expect China’s GDP to grow at a faster pace than previously forecasted, Vanguard decides to take a step back from its plan to establish a wholly-owned fund management company in the Mainland, and Luckin Coffee pushes forward a debt restructuring and a potential equity investment deal.
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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.
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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.
