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The Green Climate Fund’s 21st board meeting, which ended on Saturday in Bahrain, proved far more fruitful than the last one, which produced four days of painful gridlock and failed to agree any new projects. This time, the UN body approved 19 projects totalling $1.04bn. -
The African Development Bank’s $500m portfolio credit insurance deal, to be announced on Monday October 22, is one of the first of its kind, but is very likely to be followed by further such transactions, as experience in this area grows and other development finance institutions explore the potential benefits.
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Multilateral development banks are increasingly seeking creative ways to strengthen their arms by getting private capital to invest alongside them, magnifying their efforts. The International Finance Corp has long been one of the most active in this field, and thanks to a fund it launched five years ago, it last year achieved a co-investment ratio of over 100%.
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London Stock Exchange Group on Friday announced that it would increase its stake in London-based clearing house company LCH Group by up to 15.1%, bringing its holdings to over 80%.
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China recorded a larger than expected fall in its third quarter GDP, foreigners are still piling into Chinese stocks and bonds despite volatile currency, and the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges signed co-operation agreements with their French and Russian counterparts.
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Green finance experts have hailed the Bank of England’s announcement this week that it intends to tighten supervision of financial firms’ climate risks as an important step forward in greening the financial system. But doubts remain as to whether the Bank will push firms far enough, fast enough.
