Latest SSA People & Markets news

• European DMOs question sovereign green bond trend

  

  Debt management officials from four European countries sounded warnings about the growing sovereign green bond market at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe’s government bonds conference in Brussels this week. The warnings come as the Netherlands gears up for its debut next year. Owen Sanderson reports.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• Tie banker bonuses to ESG, says Euro Parliament in radical push for green finance

  

  The chances of a profound transformation of financial markets to equip them to fight climate change rose this week, when the European Parliament adopted a bold set of policies that would require investors, banks and companies to take into account their impacts on the environment and society. Bonuses would be linked to sustainability targets.

  • 08 Nov 2018

• Relocation, relocation, relocation: French trio prep Paris Brexodus

  

  BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole and Société Générale are making plans for the eventuality of a hard Brexit, in some cases putting swathes of bankers at risk of redundancy. Some DCM and sales teams have been asked to move, though each bank is taking a different approach as to who will need to be relocated to comply with EU regulations.

  • 08 Nov 2018

• Créd Ag shunts SSA DCM to Paris in hard Brexit prep

  

  Crédit Agricole has asked around 20 people from debt capital markets and sales to move from its London office to Paris in preparation for the possibility of a hard Brexit, according to sources familiar with the matter.

  • 08 Nov 2018

• Barclays co-head of global DCM at risk

  

  Barclays’ co-head of global debt capital markets and risk solutions group has had his job put at risk by the bank.

  • 08 Nov 2018

• BNPP taps 80-90 global markets staff for possible relocation

  

  BNP Paribas has told between 80 and 90 London-based people in its global markets division that they may need to relocate to the EU in the event of a hard Brexit.

  • 07 Nov 2018

• European Parliament pushes for tougher impact disclosures

  

  The European Parliament will push for stronger rules on sustainability for investment firms and banks, after its Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee voted on Monday evening to go beyond what the European Commission is recommending.

  • 06 Nov 2018

• PBoC bill plan signals tighter control of CNH market

  

  The People’s Bank of China will issue bills worth Rmb20bn ($2.87bn) in Hong Kong next week, in what analysts see as a signal of closer oversight of offshore renminbi (CNH) liquidity.

  • 02 Nov 2018

• CME passes final regulatory hurdle for NEX acquisition

  

  CME Group has ticked off all of the regulatory approvals needed to forge ahead with its purchase of NEX Group, after the UK Competition and Markets Authority cleared the transaction on Wednesday.

  • 31 Oct 2018

• SSA funding official moves to corporate market

  

  A funding official at KfW has switched to the corporate sector.

  • 30 Oct 2018

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