SSA People and Markets

Danish agency makes internal appointment to take over from Eske Hansen

BondAuction aims to revamp syndication process

The funding team of the European Stability Mechanism has launched its first physical roadshow to meet investors in person for 18 months, making the supranational agency one of the first, if not the first, to officially revive the concept since the Covid-19 crisis began.

New treasurer to lead IFAD's entrance into the capital markets

Handelsbanken has hired a former NIB CFO to run its sustainable finance team

Newly created roles to help grow bank's European rates franchise

Come 2022, a pillar of the primary dollar SSA market will fall away. The Libor mid-swaps curve will no longer be the foundation against which borrowers price their benchmarks

Eske Hansen, chief funding and investor relations manager at KommuneKredit, will be leaving at the end of the month after more than two decades at the Danish agency.

Central banks are promoting a set of climate scenarios that may encourage banks to continue financing fossil fuel expansion when they should be shutting it down, according to an NGO — highlighting the immense influence central banks could have on climate policy.