Pension Funds
AMB :- Survey shows 'consolidation most significant future trend' in the UK's pensions industry

AMB :- Survey shows 'consolidation most significant future trend' in the UK's pensions industry

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Consolidation across defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) schemes is the most-anticipated trend for the UK pensions industry over the next five years, the Pensions and Lifetime S...Article Link

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Transition debt opens new phase of holistic issuer scrutiny

Transition debt opens new phase of holistic issuer scrutiny

The launch this week of the Climate Transition Finance Handbook has propelled the sustainable debt market towards a new era, in which the emphasis moves from a labelled security to the issuer itself, writes Jon

Europe
Deutsche points to 'sustainable' investment bank revenue growth

Deutsche points to 'sustainable' investment bank revenue growth

At the end of a strong year, Deutsche Bank told investors that its investment bank had not simply benefitted from a rising tide lifting all boats, but that it would be able to carry on

Software and Hi-Tech
Spain cuts issuance target, rules out further syndications in 2020

Spain cuts issuance target, rules out further syndications in 2020

The Spanish treasury has cut its funding target for the year by €15bn as a result of a better income than expected and said it does not expect to issue any more syndicated bonds before

Fintech and Finance
EM mandates hit screens ahead of issuance window closing

EM mandates hit screens ahead of issuance window closing

Two CEEMEA issuers mandated banks to arrange investor calls on Monday, although bond issuance volumes are expected to wane in coming weeks.

Europe
Debt cancellation: not today’s fight

Debt cancellation: not today’s fight

Not content with the central bank purchase programmes of seemingly infinite elasticity, some Italian officials have recently floated the possibility of the ECB forgiving the debt it has purchased. This is illegal, and changing the

Europe
EU leaps rule of law hurdle; proceeds with recovery fund

EU leaps rule of law hurdle; proceeds with recovery fund

Hungary and Poland will not veto the EU’s budget, ending the threat to the bloc’s €750bn coronavirus recovery fund, after the parties agreed to a compromise at Thursday’s European Summit.

Software and Hi-Tech
France and Belgium announce 2021 funding

France and Belgium announce 2021 funding

France and Belgium announced borrowing programmes for 2021 this week. France is aiming for the same amount as this year, while Belgium is paring back its needs.

Banking Profiles
Rich investors set to double ESG investing by 2025, Barclays survey suggests

Rich investors set to double ESG investing by 2025, Barclays survey suggests

Some investors with a net worth of more than $876m think socially conscious investing leads to better returns

Software and Hi-Tech
UK’s richest to offload billions in assets to avoid Covid-19 tax hikes

UK’s richest to offload billions in assets to avoid Covid-19 tax hikes

London's super-rich are particularly worried that inheritance and capital-gains taxes may be hiked to repair the UK's coronavirus-battered finances

Convertible bankers bullish after stellar 2020

Corporate issuers have been turning to the convertible bond market in 2020 to repair balance sheets damaged by Covid-19 and to take advantage of growth opportunities the pandemic presents, spurring issuance to its highest levels

Angel / Venture
Venture capital struggles to boost funding for start-ups with women founders

Venture capital struggles to boost funding for start-ups with women founders

Some progress has been made at young companies, but a surge of giant late-stage funding deals largely left female entrepreneurs on the sidelines

Software and Hi-Tech
IK Investment Partners in exclusive talks with Ardian to buy Kersia

IK Investment Partners in exclusive talks with Ardian to buy Kersia

If concluded, the acquisition of the French biosecurity and food safety company will be the first of IK’s latest €2.85bn fund

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