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Nikko Asset Management has raised more than €144m from Japanese clients to launch a total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) fund. It will invest in loss-absorbing bonds issued by European and US globally systemic banks. Further ahead, the firm will explore diversifying its offering into minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) as well.
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The troubles faced by legendary fund manager Neil Woodford and the decision to gate one of his UK equity funds has led to discussion over the future of active management and whether Woodford’s difficulties are a serious blow to the industry. Such talk is premature. -
A combination of the takeover of Baoshang Bank and the escalating trade war muffled the Chinese bond market and increased smaller banks and corporations’ funding costs. Meanwhile, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has injected record highs of liquidity into the bank bond market.
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The first results are emerging from the worldwide drive to get companies to think about how climate change is going to affect their businesses. Over 40% of the world’s biggest firms are now able to give an estimate of how much they expect to lose and gain. Collectively, they forecast twice as much upside as downside. But this may be optimistic, especially as the data are skewed to financial services.
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The London Stock Exchange Group has continued the push by traditional market institutions into providing information on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, by acquiring French firm Beyond Ratings.
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In this round up, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is planning to publish a list of ‘unreliable entities’, clearly echoing the US’s ‘entities list’, the State Council issued a white paper detailing China’s stance on trade tensions, and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said its takeover of Baoshang is a ‘one-off’.
