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Société Générale and Standard Chartered provided euro and yen tranches respectively in first World Bank-backed transaction involving the Japanese currency
HSBC, Mizuho and Standard Chartered coordinated deal which drew 10 lenders
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South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Daewoo E&C) is tapping the offshore market for a $100m term loan. -
The Bank of England announced on Monday a consultation on a package of measures to tighten its scrutiny of banks’ and other financial firms’ readiness for climate change. The Bank’s approach is gradualist, but it is signalling clearly that firms must take the financial risks from climate change seriously, and that regulation in this area will be ramped up.
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Taiwan’s Mei Ta Industries has returned to the offshore market after three years for a €220m ($254m) dual tranche borrowing.
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Despite a flurry of announcements by business leaders that they were abandoning their visits to a Saudi conference amid claims of the torture and murder of a journalist, IMF boss Christine Lagarde said she would go to Riyadh to “speak my mind”.
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Moves for a closer alliance between European’s two main development institutions appear to be accelerating, as France exerts diplomatic pressure to boost the continent’s soft power.
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The advance of global warming, highlighted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report this week, not only demands that the private sector accelerate efforts to cut carbon emissions. Companies must also adapt to the changing climate – and this will involve interacting in new ways, experts say.
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