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    Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, announced on Tuesday night a 10 point plan for the environment, including phasing out petrol cars by 2030. But policy specialists are disappointed that the plan lacks financing commitments and especially that there is no announcement of a national investment bank.
  • The EU recovery fund has hit a major obstacle in its journey to capital markets. Hungary and Poland have vetoed the "own resources decision", which would allow the EU to access the bond market on its own account.
  • Gregg Lemkau is leaving Goldman Sachs at the end of the year and will head up an alternative investment firm linked to tech entrepreneur Michael Dell. Jim Esposito will take over as joint head of the investment banking division at Goldman.
  • Ben Smyth, the whistleblower and former debt capital markets banker who took UBS to court, has been hired as an investment officer by the litigation funder Therium Capital.
  • The Financial Stability Board has said that it will look at policies to address systemic risk when it comes to financial intermediation involving non-banks, as it seeks to learn lessons from the market meltdown at the cusp of the coronavirus crisis in March.
  • BBVA said on Monday that it had reached an agreement to sell its US subsidiary to PNC Financial Services. The Spanish bank’s bonds rallied sharply on the news of the deal, which will increase its main capital ratios by as much as 300bp.
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