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  • Mark Wheatcroft has been appointed Mizuho's head of sustainability for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a newly created post. His previous role as head of primary debt markets has been taken over by Guy Reid.
  • Can the capital markets function properly with its workforce operating remotely, whether from home or at disaster recovery centres? This question is becoming increasingly important as the Covid-19 infection rate rockets and the death toll grows. One organisation that has more experience of coping than most is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, based in Beijing.
  • Daiwa Capital Markets Europe's co-head of syndication is set to retire in the next few months, bringing a 44 year run in syndication to an end. GlobalCapital understands his departure is not related to the recent exits from Daiwa's SSA DCM team.
  • The European Central Bank is widely expected to ramp up its efforts to prop up the eurozone economy on Thursday. It could spear the effects of an oil price shock and the spread of the coronavirus outbreak with a trident of bank lending, rate cuts and QE.
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    The European Commission's Technical Expert Group will be publishing its much-awaited Taxonomy and Green Bond Standard on Monday. GlobalCapital has received leaked copies from a source in Brussels. The GBS endorses a use of proceeds approach and limits the inclusion of operating expenditure. The Taxonomy contains reassurance for companies whose activities are not yet covered by it and sets out human rights standards.
  • Sustainable finance specialists are waiting eagerly to see the precise details of the European Union's Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, the next draft of which will be revealed on Monday.