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Swiss bond market jumps back into action after slow April
Almost Sfr3bn printed in first week of May as Swiss franc mart shakes off tariff spectre
US administration has cut funding for IFAD and said nothing about EBRD
Ashmore aims to boost EM impact investing with new strategy
Dedicated EM impact investing is still at small scale
AI has limited role to play in a business based on trust
Investment banks wishing to cut costs with AI should remember what clients pay for
US administration has cut funding for IFAD and said nothing about EBRD
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◆ US gives further clues on MDB support ◆ FIG issuers face funding choices ◆ What's the point of the EU green bond standard? -
Only a trickle of issuers have printed green bonds under the new standards so far
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Investors invited to site visit to facilities in Berlin and Frankfurt
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Both issuers found decarbonisation harder than planned
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◆ MDB adds another point on euro curve ◆ One benchmark per year printed since debut ◆ Deal got ahead of ‘rammed’ week for supply
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◆ €1.7bn deal gets 2025 funding past the line ◆ Seven year print and 18 year social tap ◆ Bankers say market gives 'good results' and more supply inbound
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The Nordic Investment Bank has broadened its investments in the socially responsible bond market to include social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds from issuers in the bank’s member countries.
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Barclays is to face a second shareholder resolution on its response to climate change at its annual general meeting in May, urging it to set more ambitious targets to phase out financing of fossil fuels.
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Banks and investors’ claims to be acting on climate change appear to clash with the financing they still provide in the real economy, research showed this week — such as plans to increase fossil fuel production and consumption, even in the UK and France.
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Senior bank finance and capital markets figures speculated this week about where the ECB would be most likely to throw its weight in its effort to boost the sustainability of its balance sheet. With a senior eurozone central banker having recently urged it to decarbonise its assets, banks are on high alert as they anticipate sweeping changes to asset purchase and repo terms, writes Bill Thornhill.
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Look at any bank’s website or hear its CEO speak and you will get a torrent of virtuous words about climate change, sustainability and supporting clients on their journeys to net zero. The same goes for big investors, from BlackRock down, but the windows of their ivory towers are misted up with all the hot air being spouted.
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BlackRock and Amundi, the largest asset managers in the US and Europe, have both published policies on how they intend to engage with companies about climate change. After widespread criticism, BlackRock has moved a long way towards a more proactive stance, but it is not clear yet that either firm is prepared to get really tough with high carbon emitters — especially in their passive portfolios.
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Issuance plans sketched out but defence-orientated MDB must gain inter-governmental support first
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Former JP Morgan DCM head and RBS treasurer join as special advisors to multilateral defence funder
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Kai van der Kolk will advise on corporate finance transactions in the sector
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◆ SLBs miss targets with hundreds more up for review ◆ US issuers make hay in European sunshine ◆ Banks probe longer dated debt issuance
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Treasury secretary’s speech called for big changes which other countries may not support
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German and Greek listings set to be first since US tariffs announced
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The processes of choosing a new Pope and someone to run Crédit Agricole’s CIB may have more in common than you think
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◆ Large book, small concession ◆ Merz stumbled on the path to power ◆ 'Remarkable stability' in Bunds
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Relief at absence of full scale panic is clouding equity investors’ judgement
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DocMorris announces Sfr200m rights issue expected in May
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Stock drops 17% in highly volatile market
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Deal follows steep share price fall
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