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In this round-up, Xi Jinping reveals plans for the country to become carbon neutral by 2060, FTSE Russell decides to include Chinese government bonds in its flagship index, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange resumes granting new outbound investment quotas. -
FTSE Russell plans to add Chinese government bonds to its flagship FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI) next year, a move that is expected to provide investors further access to the world’s second largest bond market.
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The European Central Bank decision to exempt sustainability-linked bonds from its internal rule that stops it buying bonds with step-up coupons is the final step in allowing this new market to take flight, specialists said this week.
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Sovereign wealth funds from Abu Dhabi and Qatar have started to take ownership positions in new direct lending platforms in Europe and the US. But as Western economies plough into a deep recession, while rival investors still sit on barrels of dry powder, the wealth funds' decision to push into middle market credit now is surprising.
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The General Court of the European Union has annulled three decisions of the Single Resolution Board on contributions banks have to make to the EU Resolution Fund. It said the Board had an "inherently opaque" process for calculating these fees.
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Gabriel Grego, managing partner and chief investment officer at Quintessential Capital, is known among investors for his devastating critiques of fraudulent companies. A former paratrooper in the Israeli Defence Force, Grego is on what he sees as a moral crusade to sniff out corporate corruption. He is adamant, he tells GlobalCapital, that activist short selling is a force for good in financial markets — and society as a whole.
