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A European Union recovery fund proposal is expected to be presented to a summit of European leaders on July 17-18. Its size is to remain unchanged from a proposed €500bn of grants and €250bn of loans, but the EU budget is likely to be slimmed down, according to sources. -
Equity investors are turning their focus away from rescue capital raises and towards other long-term priorities after the initial shock of the Covid-19 outbreak. At the beginning of the year, increased investor scrutiny of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors was on the tip of all tongues in Europe’s equity capital markets, and it is now featuring heavily in conversations again.
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The World Bank has abandoned its plans for a follow-up to its pandemic bond. That is a pity. Although its attempt wasn’t perfect, the format is a valuable concept and shouldn’t be abandoned because of one flawed deal.
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Each week, Keeping Tabs brings you the very best of what we in the GlobalCapital newsroom have found most useful, interesting and informative from around the web. This week: supervising financial reporting, a discordant health and financial picture in emerging markets, and managing climate risk.
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It can hardly be said that the process of releasing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of government conservatorship has been rushed. The painstaking process has taken place over the course more than a decade and has consumed the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) through two presidential administrations. And yet, FHFA capital requirements proposals published this week for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) may not go far enough to ensure their safety and soundness.
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The end of government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac drew one step closer this week, but a US Supreme Court ruling on the leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) raises the possibility that the course could be reversed under a new government after November's election, write Max Adams and Jennifer Kang.
