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Citi sets up unit to advise governments on digitalisation
Naveed Sultan will develop and lead a new digital policy, strategy and advisory practice for governments, corporates and financial institutions at Citi, and has been appointed chairman in the bank's institutional clients group (ICG).
30 Oct 2020 -
ECB relieves onlookers with promise of more stimulus
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde was firm enough in her promises of monetary policy support to avoid disappointing investors at a press conference on Thursday.
29 Oct 2020 -
Agora snags Estlin as adviser
Peter Estlin, a former lord mayor of the City of London and group financial controller at Barclays, has joined Digital Debt Capital Markets, the company behind the Agora software, the start-up founded by fellow Barclays alumnus and bond market veteran, Charlie Berman.
29 Oct 2020 -
Guest view: The ECB can axe Alberta bonds’ repo eligibility
GlobalCapital has argued that it is not the ECB’s job to exclude individual borrowers’ bonds from its list of repo-eligible securities on environmental grounds, in response to our call for the Province of Alberta’s debt to be removed from its list of eligible marketable assets (EMA).
28 Oct 2020 -
ECB can't pick and choose, even for the environment
An ESG think tank believes that the European Central Bank should drop Alberta’s euro bonds from its list of eligible marketable assets, as a punishment for its support for polluting industries.
27 Oct 2020 -
Tax rethink will completely change Swiss bond 'side dish', says departing veteran Ronald Hinterkircher
Ronald Hinterkircher, who is retiring from the Swiss franc bond market after a 40 year career, has told GlobalCapital that digitalisation and the possible removal of the withholding tax for foreign investors could change the market over the next few years.
26 Oct 2020 -
ESM’s pandemic credit lines ‘will be used’ says CFO
The European Stability Mechanism’s Pandemic Crisis Support credit lines will eventually be drawn on by euro area member states, according to the institution’s chief financial officer, Kalin Anev Janse.
22 Oct 2020 -
EU's green bond issuance risks 'falling short'
The EU's plan to issue large volumes of green bonds as part of its recovery plan will shape that market, but it also risks undermining it due to a discrepancy as to what what counts as green, according to two experts.
19 Oct 2020 -
Nearwater sets up third US Treasury conduit with Barclays
Nearwater Liquid Markets has set up a third ABCP conduit which will buy only US Treasuries, repoing them with Barclays, in a move that would help the UK-based bank manage its access to high quality collateral.
14 Oct 2020 -
People news in brief
ESM's Ruhl seconded to European Commission — Hinterkircher to retire — JP Morgan offers front office investment banking apprenticeships
08 Oct 2020
