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Sir Richard Branson spoke with GlobalCapital’s Lucien Chauvin on Wednesday, after meeting Caribbean heads of government and leaders of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington. Branson is pushing for a Marshall Plan to help the Caribbean cope with the relentless onslaught of hurricanes, exacerbated by climate change.
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World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has told Caribbean leaders it is time to think creatively about ways to deal with the region's debt, low growth and the vulnerabilities posed by climate change-provoked disasters. By Lucien Chauvin, Oliver West and Virginia Furness.
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With the idea of a European Monetary Fund back on the table at this week’s IMF annual meetings, one Eurozone minister insisted any financing must give a state “ownership” rather than being seen as a directive from Brussels to carry out reforms -
The People’s Bank of China has used its extensive holdings of European government bonds to act as an “escape valve” at times when the European repo market has become squeezed — such as year-end and quarter-end periods, when certain French and German bonds were unobtainable at almost any price.
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KfW has sold Europe’s first blockchain-based bond, although a quirk of German law meant the transaction had to be replicated on paper. While the bond was instantly settled, those involved say a crucial component is missing if this technology is to become part of capital markets’ infrastructure: a cash settlement facility on a distributed ledger.
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Mizuho has hired Julie Edinburgh to fill a new position: head of vanilla MTNs.
