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Lockdowns raised big questions about how capital markets operate. Trading floors — their beating heart — emptied even as the need for the financial blood they pump round the system rocketed. But markets thrived. Now Ralph Sinclair asks how the experience will change the future of work in capital markets.
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The green bond market lets investors scrutinise the way issuers use their money, promoting good behaviour. Now, the focus is turning to the middle men: the banks. It is a welcome iteration, given their importance in financing either a green or brown future, but we must push them further. -
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched the first systematic process by an issuer to formally integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into choosing its bookrunners. Senior funding officials and sustainability bankers have welcomed the initiative as an important evolution in the use of ESG in capital markets, write Burhan Khadbai and Jon Hay.
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NatWest Markets names CEO and CFO — Natixis appoints new managers for UK and Middle East — Barclays' private capital markets boss leaves
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Simon Field, who spent many years in HSBC’s global banking team looking after public sector clients, has taken up a new position as global head of escrow.
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Participants in the sustainable bond market are considering allowing issuers to publish their sustainability frameworks after issuing bonds, instead of before. This would be a major change in market practice.
