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Moody's uses market value CLO framework for its first Bitcoin bond rating

State of New Hampshire's innovative bond gets Ba2 rating
◆ Dutch issuer brings new euro benchmark at last, with social label ◆ Most recent euro line opened over 10 months ago ◆ Peers' bonds helpful to pricing given BNG's absence

NIB names Hellerup new treasurer

Head of funding for 16 years steps up at Nordic supra

Gulf banks face higher capital costs as war bites economies

Central banks in the region have stepped in with support and lenders are thought unlikely to let sub debt extend
◆ Dutch issuer brings new euro benchmark at last, with social label ◆ Most recent euro line opened over 10 months ago ◆ Peers' bonds helpful to pricing given BNG's absence
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  • ABS
    Loanpal, Solar Mosaic and Sunrun have all returned to the securitization market in the span of two weeks, ramping up first quarter volumes to over $1bn for the first time ever. Sources expect solar loan origination and demand to significantly increase in 2021 as the asset class provides a clear cut way to fulfill investors’ ESG criteria.
  • UK RMBS could see marginal losses from the government’s Grenfell inquiry pushing the cost of removing flammable cladding on up to 1.5m flat owners across the country, after DBRS Morningstar research revealed on Monday that repossessions could eat into securitized mortgage portfolios.
  • The IMF and Zambia will continue their negotiations about a package to put the country on a path to financial stability, the Fund said on Thursday, after the deadline for initial talks had passed the day before with no deal agreed. But market participants are still demanding more transparency over the defaulted sovereign's external debts.
  • In this special round-up on China’s annual Two Sessions parliamentary meeting, the central government sets a conservative annual growth target for the Chinese economy in 2021, signals a modest tightening in fiscal and monetary policies, and plans to broaden regulatory oversight of the fintech sector.
  • SRI
    The UK’s monetary policy will officially be designed to fight climate change from now on, after chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak changed the Bank of England’s mandate this week, delighting sustainable finance campaigners.
  • Senior market participants welcomed the announcement of the UK Infrastructure Bank’s creation in this week’s Budget speech. While it is unlikely to tap capital markets in the near future, bankers hope the bank will evolve into a major government agency borrower that prints socially responsible bonds to help in the UK’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.