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Taxonomy ducks gas and caves on bioenergy
The detailed rules for the EU Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities look set to come into force, as the European Commission published them on Wednesday, after weeks of intense lobbying and negotiation that had raised the prospect of them being delayed again.
21 Apr 2021 -
Germany, Belgium join battle over Taxonomy credibility as it goes to wire
Hectic negotiations and lobbying are going on at the European Commission about the Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, in the last day before it is due to publish the detailed rules.
20 Apr 2021 -
Corporate reporting to enter the age of sustainability
A new acronym is joining the sustainable finance lexicon — the SRD.
20 Apr 2021 -
RBC creates new role overseeing global public sector issuers
RBC Capital Markets has created a new leadership position at the top of its global public sector markets business, promoting a senior banker in Toronto to fill the role.
19 Apr 2021 -
Primary market platform moves into new FX and adds Europe boss
DirectBooks, a platform for primary bond issuance initiated by a group of banks, has added the ability to handle euro and sterling deal announcements as well as a new senior member of staff to run its European business.
19 Apr 2021 -
EU eyes separate gas law, leaves harmful bioenergy in Taxonomy
The European Commission is set to put forward a new solution to the intense battle over the EU's sustainable finance Taxonomy, between green finance supporters and EU member states that want to safeguard their plans to use gas, GlobalCapital has learned.
15 Apr 2021 -
TCX partners with EU to subsidise frontier currency lending
TCX is working with the European Commission to encourage more local currency lending.
15 Apr 2021 -
Natixis’s Rachdi to join World Bank funding team
Hicham Rachdi, a director in SSA derivatives solutions at Natixis has left the bank after an almost 10 year spell to join the World Bank’s funding team in Washington DC.
14 Apr 2021 -
Finance ministers’ climate group speeds up work as urgency increases
The US, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea have joined the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, the collaborative group striving to reshape economic policy-making for the battle against global warming.
14 Apr 2021 -
Rosset to join EIB’s funding team
Sebastien Rosset, the former SSA trading head at Barclays, is set to join the European Investment Bank’s benchmark funding team.
12 Apr 2021
