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The European Stability Mechanism stands ready to lend eurozone countries up to 2% of their GDP at negative rates — but in spite of the clear cost savings compared to market funding, countries have yet to take up the offer. It is time to rid ESM lending of its stigma. -
The UK government looks ever more likely to create a new public sector bank focused on green infrastructure. Policy experts welcome the prospect, but there would be many choices to make over the structure and financing of the organisation.
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Two former bond bankers at Citi have set up a workflow and analytics platform to help improve the efficiency of debt capital markets desks at investment banks.
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In a world first this week, 23-year-old student and Australian retail government bond investor Katta O’Donnell filed a legal challenge against the sovereign on Wednesday, claiming that the government does not do enough to disclose the risks of climate change to investors. If successful, the case could change issuers’ obligations regarding climate risk disclosure.
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EU leaders spent 91 of the 120 hours available at their Special European Council, which concluded on Tuesday, thrashing out the bloc’s new €1.82tr budget — including the €750bn recovery fund — dubbed Next Generation EU. The decision spells dramatic changes not just for the eurozone but for its bond markets, writes Lewis McLellan.
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TD Securities has appointed Matthew Jaconelli to head up its MTN and niche currency operations in Europe, taking over from Sameer Rehman, who will now focus on financial and corporate issuance.
