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National governments of the European Union have reached agreement on the law that will implement the Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, even though Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Greece are unhappy that nuclear power has not been specifically excluded. There could be fights over that issue when the Parliament and Commission negotiate with the Council in a 'trilogue'. -
UK and European pension funds hunting for positive yields are increasingly looking to swap short to medium dated government bonds for riskier credits in high yield and structured finance.
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UBS has hired an experienced green bond banker from SEB to lead its effort in that fast-growing market, from a base on the London syndicate desk.
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Former Deutsche Bank DCM head Miles Millard has joined ING as head of global capital markets Leo-Hendrik Greve left the job in September last year, and has now landed at boutique Bowline Capital Partners.
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There was a mixed bag of views across the capital markets after the European Central Bank unleashed a new comprehensive stimulus package on Thursday, comprising restarting net bond buying, a rate cut and a tiered deposit rate system for banks.
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How much emphasis do you put on a tweet? According to JP Morgan and its recent ‘Volfefe Index’, 280 characters is all US president Donald Trump needs to shock the markets. The aim is to create an index “to measure the impact of the president’s tweets on rates volatility”. However, with algorithmic trading and tweet aggregation commonplace, many market participants are unconvinced that the index brings anything new to the table.
