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The mandatory buy-in regime under the EU’s regulation for central securities depositories (CSDR) is expected to cause bid-ask spreads across bond markets to widen significantly, according to a warning from the International Capital Markets Association. The lobby group would like the rules changed. -
One of Europe’s leading bond syndicate bankers is leaving MUFG.
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Axa’s proposal this week that the European Union should create a €500bn joint borrowing vehicle for climate change could easily be dismissed as pie in the sky. So it is, for now.
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Green finance specialists gave a cautious welcome this week to an idea put forward by Axa that the European Union should set up a new organ, modelled on the European Stability Mechanism, to borrow about €500bn for investments to fight climate change. Jon Hay and Burhan Khadbai report.
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The issue of how "transition" activities, which are not green but are moving in the right direction, should be treated in European legislation will be discussed on Wednesday by the European Parliament, Council and Commission as they try to reach agreement on the EU's Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities.
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In a marathon board meeting that lasted into the evening on Thursday, EU member states have approved a new Energy Lending Policy for the European Investment Bank, ending a dispute over how fast it can cut out fossil fuel financing. Those arguing for gas still to receive financing won substantial concessions, compared with the EIB's first draft of the policy.
