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Deutsche Bank has firmly denied that its removal from the Belgian Debt Agency’s list of primary dealers has any wider implications for its public sector debt business — but the move has left rival bankers fretting about the health of the sector.
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A green bond policy guide, launched at COP21 on Wednesday, called on global regulators to alter their risk weightings on green bonds in order to incentivise issuance. -
As the green bond market grows, participants are debating how to define it. Should deals have to offer additionality — proof that the projects would not have happened otherwise? Should pure play green companies be allowed to issue — and should oil companies? Sean Kidney and Manuel Adamini of the Climate Bonds Initiative and Bas Wetzelaer of Dutch investor Actiam argue that the market should embrace a wide range of issuer and deal types, as long as the activities financed genuinely help the climate.
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Standard Bank will pay $25.2m to the UK Treasury and will be required to pay the government of Tanzania a further $7m in compensation over its failure to prevent bribery. The fine relates to the winning of a mandate for Tanzania’s $600m private placement in 2013, the pricing of which was heavily criticised by bankers away from the deal.
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The axe hanging over Credit Suisse’s workforce fell on its sovereign, supranational and agency business this week, and is now hovering over its medium term note team.
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Regulation is pushing the fixed income market in opposite directions — as cash bond trading gears up for standardisation and transparency, repo is becoming more negotiated and bespoke, according to the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
