Saturday, April 2, 2022
Martine Ackermann: Moving mountains
Founder and president of the Child CARE Monaco Association Martine Ackermann spends her weekends at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, one of the donation points for Ukrainian refugees…
Back from Ukraine with a plan for serious help
When IUM graduate student Matt Ciaccio went to Ukraine recently, it was little more than a fact-finding trip, he told NEWS.MC…
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/02/martine-ackermann-moving-mountains/
Demand for inflation-linked bonds on the rise in 2022
Tuesday 21 December 2021Vol.12 Ed.51.2
Commentary: AFT to capitalise with green linker as inflation demand hots up
By Lewis McLellan in London
The Agence France Trésor will issue its first ever green government bond (OAT) linked to an inflation index in 2022. The AFT announced this week that it will examine the possibility of printing a 10- to 15-year inflation-indexed green OAT – its first green bond in the format. Bankers believe demand for...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/21/demand-for-inflation-linked-bonds-on-the-rise-in-2022/
Monetary policy skirmishing continues ahead of ECB meeting
Thursday 9 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.36.4
Commentary: New round in ECB Kriegsspiel over bond-buying
By David Marsh in London
The ECB governing council faces an important test of cohesion over scaling back fourth-quarter government bond-buying under its 70%-completed €1.85tn pandemic emergency purchase programme. The 9 September meeting of the 25-strong group heralds a fresh stage in a psychological battle between the minority favouring a...
Financing Europe’s green recovery from Covid-19
Wednesday 18 August 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.33.2
Commentary: New giant enters green bond market
By Frank Scheidig in Frankfurt
Although the European Commission has long been able to issue bonds, it has been a rather rare guest on the capital market. Now, it has entered the green bond market in the hope of funding a sustainable recovery from Covid-19. The recovery agenda must be seen as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future rather than simply a...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/18/financing-europes-green-recovery-from-covid-19/
Bank of England’s QE policies threaten its independence, Hong Kong’s future as an international financial centre, and more
THE WEEKEND REVIEW – OMFIF
Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world
2-6 August 2021, Vol.12 Ed.31
Most-Read Commentary
Bank of England’s QE policies threaten its independence: In its recent review of the quantitative easing policies pursued by the Bank of England, the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs asked whether the QE programme had...
As companies struggle to find the capital needed to pursue and achieve their environmental targets, Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) on Wednesday closed a $500 million green bond offering. Norfolk Southern called itself “the first Class I railroad in North America to issue green bonds” in the announcement.
The point of green bonds is to raise capital for projects and transitions that make companies operate more sustainably or reduce emissions. Investors, in turn, can have confidence that...
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GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Thursday 6 May, 2021)
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY
HIGHLIGHTS
May 6 2021
Global Markets
UST yields remained close to recent lows earlier today after a number of Fed officials adopted a pretty dovish tone y-day, trying to assuage concerns about the risk of persistently high inflation. Today, the UK will be at the centre of market attention as a number of local and regional elections take place along with the BoE’s meeting.
Greece
The Hellenic Republic issued a new 5-year benchmark...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/06/global-regional-daily-thursday-6-may-2021/
Emerging markets embrace sustainable bond agenda, Accessing investment in India
Friday 16 April 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.15.5
Commentary: Emerging markets embrace sustainable bond agenda
By Philip Moore in London
The social and economic devastation wrought by the pandemic across many emerging markets may paradoxically accelerate action to address the climate threat. Issuers are increasingly confident that they can meet growing demand from investors for sustainable bonds. A number of emerging markets have...
Fed can crush ‘bond vigilantes’ if it chooses, Analysing the Federal Open Market Committee meeting
Thursday 18 March 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.11.4
Commentary: Fed can crush ‘bond vigilantes’ if it chooses
By Pierre Ortlieb in London
The Federal Open Market Committee met this week amid heated debate over the nature and state of the market for US government bonds, where long-term yields have burst to levels last seen in early 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic. Unruly trading in the...
In support of President Trump’s Executive Order 13795, implementing an America-first offshore energy strategy, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced proposed changes to clarify, streamline and provide greater transparency to financial assurance requirements (e.g. bonding) for the offshore oil and gas industry, while protecting American taxpayers against high-risk decommissioning liabilities.
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