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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. But with the European Central Bank propping up the euro bond market, arbitrage opportunities for international companies in Swiss francs are vanishingly slim.
26 Oct 2020 -
Upstart broker rocks up in Schuldschein to spur secondary trading
The secondary market in Schuldscheine is rudimentary, partly as the arranging banks have never wanted to encourage it. But a little known brokerage firm is quietly acting as a go-between, helped by its contacts with non-traditional investors, writes Silas Brown.
22 Oct 2020 -
MUFG hires levfin banker to lead capital markets
JP Morgan's Raj Kapadia has joined MUFG as international head of capital markets, as the firm increases its leveraged finance focus. It has also set up a new group to advise clients at the C-suite level on market and macroeconomic developments, led by Tom Joyce, a hire from Deutsche Bank.
16 Oct 2020 -
M&A banker Le Milon jumps to Barclays
Barclays has hired Gauthier Le Milon as head of M&A for France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
14 Oct 2020 -
Putting the 'K' in capital markets
The coronavirus crisis will continue to lead to divergence in economic fortunes, and that will play out in European capital markets as well.
13 Oct 2020 -
Euronext preps equity sale to fund Borsa Italiana deal
Euronext is preparing for a €2.4bn equity raise after it agreed a deal with London Stock Exchange Group for the Borsa Italiana.
09 Oct 2020 -
ESMA supports supervision of green bond raters
Steven Maijoor, chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has said EU legislation covering green bond reviewers would help ensure the legitimacy of the proposed Green Bond Standard.
05 Oct 2020 -
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Meet the Platform: EU green finance watchdog
The European Union’s formation of its Platform on Sustainable Finance last week marks a new phase in responsible investing. Over the past four years or so, the most influential thinkers in the market, such as the Principles for Responsible Investing, have been quietly moving back to an older interpretation of what RI means: considering the effects of investment choices on others.
05 Oct 2020 -
Bold banks to set first Science-Based Targets
The long-awaited Science-Based Targets standard for financial institutions has arrived. It is one of the most ambitious attempts so far to wrest the financial sector from its path towards climate destruction.
01 Oct 2020 -
‘EDDI is dead’: market forum opens talks on a different form of harmonisation
The proposed European Distribution of Debt Instruments (EDDI) project as a one-stop synchronised front to back office platform for the eurozone bond markets is unlikely to come to fruition, with the focus now centred on a far different proposition, according to senior members of a market forum spearheading the talks.
01 Oct 2020
