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Bank of England’s rate cut: Here’s what the City is saying

Benchmark rate returns to record low to help cushion the UK economy against the impact of coronavirus

Sovereign green bonds enter mainstream despite Covid-19 hurdles

Green bonds are becoming the rule, rather than the exception, for Europe’s sovereigns with two more debuts this week. Covid-19 has delayed others from entering the market but the instruments are now well and truly

CMB paves Greater Bay Area green

China Merchants Bank (CMB) sold its first green bond on Wednesday, taking $800m on the back of support from sustainability-focused investors.

JG Summit ends seven year hiatus with $600m bond

Philippine conglomerate JG Summit Holdings managed to tackle investor questions and scrutiny into the impact of Covid-19 on its business to make a rare bond market outing for $600m.

California teachers’ pension takes stock of coronavirus impact

The effects of the coronavirus on one of the largest US public pension systems has been limited by the structure of its private equity investments

ESG too big to ignore, private equity executives say

At this year’s SuperReturn conference in Berlin, ESG was pretty much all anyone wanted to talk about

AMB :- ESG factors link to credit risk, says study

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have a more significant effect on sovereign credit spreads in developed markets than emerging ones, says a study. A research by Federated Her...Article Link

AMB :- Other voices: The impact of CFIUS on private equity and hedge fund investors

By: Abbe Dienstag, Richard Gilden Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel On Feb. 13, 2020, final regulations became effective updating and refining rules regarding transaction reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment...Article Link

Other voices: The impact of CFIUS on private equity and hedge fund investors

By: Abbe Dienstag, Richard Gilden Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel On Feb. 13, 2020, final regulations became effective updating and refining rules regarding transaction reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States

Hand sanitisers awash at PE conference as firms search for silver lining to coronavirus

As the industry tried to come to grips with the full impact of the outbreak for the world economy, there was also some optimism

Other Voices: ESG "creating 90s-style tech bubble" as investors ignore fundamentals

By Graham Clapp, Manager of the RWC Continental European Equity Fund Share prices for ESG focused companies are soaring, as investors ignore fundamentals in the hope of finding the long-term winners which can tackle environmental

AMB :- Other Voices: ESG "creating 90s-style tech bubble" as investors ignore fundamentals

By Graham Clapp, Manager of the RWC Continental European Equity Fund Share prices for ESG focused companies are soaring, as investors ignore fundamentals in the hope of finding the long-term winners which can tackle ...Article

Singapore wealth fund Temasek cuts bonuses as staff ‘share pains’ of coronavirus impact

The firm has also asked some of its senior executives to voluntarily donate up to 5% of their base salaries for one year

Deloitte: ESG-mandated assets on pace to account for 50% of all professionally managed assets by 2025

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The US has often lagged behind other jurisdictions in terms of its appetite for ESG investments, but that may be changing. A new report from Deloitte suggests that the number

AMB :- Deloitte: ESG-mandated assets on pace to account for 50% of all professionally managed assets by 2025

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The US has often lagged behind other jurisdictions in terms of its appetite for ESG investments, but that may be changing. A new report from Deloitte suggests that the number

Financial Institution Developments

Posted by Edward D. Herlihy and Richard K. Kim, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Monday, February 17, 2020 Editor's Note: Edward D. Herlihy and Richard K. Kim are partners at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &

KKR closes its global impact fund at $1.3bn

KKR Global Impact will invest in the lower mid-market across the Americas, Europe and Asia

ICR launches ESG due diligence services to help private equity and venture capital firms assess ESG risk for portfolio company investments

Opalesque Industry Update - ICR, a leading strategic communications and advisory firm, today announced the launch of ICR ESG Diagnostics, a comprehensive Environmental, Social Governance analysis to help private equity and venture capital firms identify

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