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In this round-up, China posts stronger-than-expected export data for November, the banking and insurance regulator fines Bank of China over ‘irregularities’ in a crude oil product, and an Ant Group unit and a Greenland-led consortium win digital banking licences. -
The European Union’s Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, the cornerstone of its action on sustainable finance, looks set to bless several technologies such as biofuels and hydroelectric power that are not just environmentally questionable but actively harmful, as a result of lobbying by vested interests.
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In this round-up, China unveils guidelines to assess its domestic systemically important banks, both the November Caixin China manufacturing and general services Purchasing Managers’ Indexes beat expectations, and the US House of Representatives waves through a bill that could delist Chinese companies from its stock exchanges.
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Three of the biggest asset managers, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, are still voting against most shareholder motions on climate change, human rights and other sustainability issues, despite their insistence that they take environmental and social matters seriously. Often their ‘no’ votes are decisive in blocking resolutions — even though most are only asking for better disclosure.
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France and Germany will end up as the largest countries in the EU's capital markets after Brexit, including in primary equity and debt markets, according to new research from the think tank New Financial.
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The European Commission is considering a way to proceed with its €750bn coronavirus recovery fund that will exclude Hungary and Poland. The two countries have stood firm in their opposition over the idea that receipt of EU funds will depend on states adhering to the rule of law.
