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Ex-Crédit Agricole banker to be based in Paris
Édouard Sauce had been with the firm for almost a decade
As JP Morgan brings its Security and Resilience Initiative to Europe, Craig Coben uncovers what it takes to make such an effort pay off rather than fizzle out as a piece of flashy marketing
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In this round-up, Chinese premier Li Keqiang defends Beijing’s ‘above 6%’ annual GDP growth target, China’s exports soar during the first two months of the year, and the securities regulator is reportedly planning to increase scrutiny on IPOs in Shanghai’s Star market. -
Law firm Linklaters has added two new partners to its Hong Kong office to strengthen its business in private equity and leveraged finance investments.
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Etrading Software has launched a system to ramp up the efficiency of loan trading, enabling dealers to strip out the motley collection of spreadsheets, emails, instant messages still used in the market and centralise crucial information ahead of executing loan trades.
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This week 35 investors with $8.5tr of assets — many of them UK and Nordic pension funds — launched the Net Zero Investment Framework, a primer for investors wanting to decarbonise their portfolios. Faith Ward, chair of the Institutional Investors’ Group on Climate Change, answers some key questions for GlobalCapital about why the Framework is important and how it will be implemented.
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The Senate Banking Committee approved the nomination of Gary Gensler as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, allowing the two picks by US president Joe Biden to advance to the Senate floor. The restoration of consumer protection initiatives removed under the Trump administration is expected to follow a successful confirmation by Chopra.
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HSBC has agreed to tighten its policies on climate transition and coal funding, in response to a shareholder motion calling on it to phase out fossil fuel financing. The move underlines the power investors have to accelerate change on environmental and social issues using shareholder votes, and could raise the bar for other banks.
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