Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Bankers join on two continents as bank seeks to grow in public sector bonds
Head of funding for 16 years steps up at Nordic supra
SSA DCM banker previously worked at RBC and Santander
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
The UK's national infrastructure bank set to be launched by the government could focus on a range of green investment opportunities, including setting up a scheme like the US's Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) model. -
The newest recruit to the ranks of large supranational issuers is also the bulkiest. Responding to Covid-19, the EU has created the €100bn SURE fund, active already, and a €750bn Next Gen EU programme, coming next year. Both are bond-financed, requiring a huge increase in the EU’s until now modest issuance, especially in the next two or three years.
-
Martine Mills Hagen, the head of funding at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, has left to join the Opec Fund for International Development.
-
ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA), the administrator for Libor, will consult on its intention to cease the publication of the majority of dollar Libor rates after the end of June 2023 — 18 months later than originally planned.
-
The Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, is adding a “negative screening” process to its purchases of corporate bonds under its quantitative easing programme, meaning it will no longer buy the bonds of the most polluting companies.
-
The Sri Lankan ministry of finance has responded to a Fitch rating downgrade by saying that the country does not ‘accept’ the decision, and has in place a policy framework to tackle its debt obligations and spur economic growth.
