◆ Demand solid across seniorities ◆ Hybrid regular Veolia moves into green structure◆ Swisscom shows investors also looking for thinly priced debt

Diversity of deals on offer as recession fears subside

◆ US gives further clues on MDB support ◆ FIG issuers face funding choices ◆ What's the point of the EU green bond standard?

Almost Sfr3bn printed in first week of May as Swiss franc mart shakes off tariff spectre

Only a trickle of issuers have printed green bonds under the new standards so far

Investors invited to site visit to facilities in Berlin and Frankfurt

Chuka Umunna has been appointed by JP Morgan to a newly created post of head of ESG for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

European financial regulators have bowed to pressure from investment firms and their trade bodies, and look set to weaken the requirements of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, a central part of the EU's Sustainable Finance Action Plan.

Companies with high carbon emissions are preparing for the risk that they could have to pay more to access capital markets, if investors and banks retreat from fossil fuel-heavy businesses, and even divest altogether — as Aviva has threatened to do. Some issuers will use investor relations drives and labelled financings, but ultimately they will have to find common ground with investors on how to transition to low carbon.

In a rare sign that environmental campaigners are having an impact on the financial industry, the burden of financing the Ecuadorian Amazon oil trade has shifted between banks in the past six months. But it is clear the banking industry is supporting the trade in more ways than have yet been uncovered.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone managed to seal its $500m 10 year deal inside fair value on Tuesday, despite investor concerns about the company's environmental and social record.

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”.

Securitization will be central to EBRD’s new five year strategy

Bank to keep backing Ukraine and start operations in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria

US administration has cut funding for IFAD and said nothing about EBRD

Issuance plans sketched out but defence-orientated MDB must gain inter-governmental support first

Former JP Morgan DCM head and RBS treasurer join as special advisors to multilateral defence funder

Kai van der Kolk will advise on corporate finance transactions in the sector

I manage my team the way I was managed — to get results. Now I'm being punished for it. It feels more than a little hypocritical

Investment banks wishing to cut costs with AI should remember what clients pay for

The processes of choosing a new Pope and someone to run Crédit Agricole’s CIB may have more in common than you think

DocMorris announces Sfr200m rights issue expected in May

Stock drops 17% in highly volatile market

Deal follows steep share price fall