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UK utilities switch on euros and sterling with green bonds

◆ Scottish Hydro tests long-dated sterling demand ◆ Tight pricing limits further tightening from guidance ◆ Cadent extends its euro curve with 10 year trade
◆ French bank returns after January amid scarcity for senior debt ◆ Investors like what they see as there is no book attrition ◆ Seven year tenor lures broader appetite

RWE builds sticky book for green dual trancher

◆ German utilities taps improving bond market ◆ Demand holds firm across six and 11 year tranches ◆ Fair value debated

Taking on a tyrant

How to go about the delicate business of dealing with bad behaviour from the boss
◆ French bank returns after January amid scarcity for senior debt ◆ Investors like what they see as there is no book attrition ◆ Seven year tenor lures broader appetite
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    BlackRock wants to move a long way towards catching up with leading investors in its response to climate change, its CEO Larry Fink indicated in his annual letter to chief executives on Tuesday. BlackRock stopped short of setting a net zero carbon emissions target for its $8.7tr of assets under management, or committing to swift decarbonisation. But it did publish a ‘net zero commitment’ saying it would “support the goal of net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner”.
  • The European Central Bank will use a new climate change centre to improve its work on the topic, while also investing in a new green bond fund set up by the Bank for International Settlements.
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    Three of the most active banks in financing oil exports from the Ecuadorian Amazon — an environmentally destructive industry with a long track record of trampling on indigenous people’s rights — have agreed to cease important parts of their financial support, after pressure from NGOs and a devastating oil spill in 2020.
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    A cross-party group of UK members of Parliament has written to Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, calling on the Bank to start greening its quantitative easing and Covid support programmes.
  • ABS
    Securitization is emerging as the last resort for some US oil and gas companies seeking funding. Banks are deserting the equity and reserve-based lending markets they rely upon. But investors have proved eager to deploy capital in well-structured shale deals that can yield as much as 6%, meaning the ABS market may provide a lifeline for the struggling energy firms, writes Jennifer Kang.