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HSBC AM adds EM debt portfolio manager
HSBC Asset Management has hired an emerging markets debt portfolio manager from APG Asset Management.
21 Jun 2021 -
MUFG announces new role for Chafetz
MUFG has appointed Randall Chafetz — who was its first non-Japanese executive officer — to the new role of vice-chairman of the global corporate and investment bank, based in New York.
15 Jun 2021 -
LMA updates legacy transition agreement as deadlines loom
The Loan Market Association has updated documentation around shifting legacy loan agreements from Libor to risk-free rates, with the trade body warning that there is only a short time frame left before major deadlines in the transition.
14 Jun 2021 -
BofA forms EMEA ESG council as it seeks ‘glidepath’ to lower emissions
Bank of America has set up an EMEA ESG strategic council chaired and led by three senior investment bankers, to intensify its effort to reduce its carbon footprint and manage its climate risks. BofA made a net zero commitment in February but has not yet set out its decarbonisation trajectory.
11 Jun 2021 -
UK to be torn between harmony and leadership on green regulation
The UK has begun the process of creating its own versions of the European Union’s sustainable finance regulations, by picking a Green Technical Advisory Group to help it draft a green taxonomy. It will face two conflicting priorities: to maximise harmonisation by staying close to EU rules; and to depart from them, for a variety of reasons including the possibility of improving on the EU’s approach.
10 Jun 2021 -
Bread Street aims to bring private equity to UK pensions
Two former investment managers at Aberdeen Standard have launched a firm called Bread Street Capital Partners, with the aim of creating a series of listed private markets funds to broaden access to the funds of top tier financial sponsors. The firm also aims to capture more investment from UK defined contribution pension schemes, which have historically had tiny allocations to private equity compared with some of their international peers.
10 Jun 2021 -
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BofA puts big hitters on EMEA ESG council
Bank of America has set up an EMEA ESG strategic council chaired and led by three senior investment bankers, to intensify its effort to reduce its carbon footprint and manage its climate risks.
10 Jun 2021 -
JPM sends levfin bankers to US
JP Morgan has reorganized its leveraged finance capital markets operations in EMEA, with Todd Rothman and David De Boltz having relocated from London to New York.
08 Jun 2021 -
CréditAg appoints new Apac acquisition finance head
Crédit Agricole has named Ravi Nichani as head of acquisition finance and advisory for Asia Pacific, and leveraged and telecom finance group for Asia, effective in August.
03 Jun 2021 -
White & Case levfin partners follow Mincemoyer to A&O
Two senior leveraged finance lawyers have switched firms from White & Case to Allen & Overy in New York, following Jake Mincemoyer, who joined A&O as head of US levfin in February.
01 Jun 2021
