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Aija Zitcere, director in the financial markets policy department of the Latvian Finance Ministry and her colleague, Imants Tiesnieks, a senior expert in the same department, discuss the main features of Latvia’s covered bond law, which was approved by its Parliament on Wednesday. -
Deutsche Bank held a three hour “deepdive” into its sustainability actions for clients, investors, the press and NGOs last week, with its CEO Christian Sewing and all its business heads. It coincided with an array of announcements, which even earned a favourable comment from Moody’s, including that Deutsche is accelerating its €200bn sustainable financing target. But those hoping for more detail on how Deutsche will decarbonise its financing were disappointed.
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The European Banking Authority has published its first EU-wide climate risk assessment. It reveals that many banks lack the granular data required to reliably estimate their green asset ratios.
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SMBC Nikko has hired Markus Steilen as managing director and head of continental European debt syndicate, based in Frankfurt. Steve Apted remains head of syndicate in London.
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The European Central Bank issued several warnings about the banking sector in its Financial Stability Review (FSR) this week, as it drew attention to corporate zombification, a new capital markets exodus and an undesirable tightening in lending standards.
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Moody’s has placed Deutsche Bank on review for a ratings upgrade, praising the firm for making "swift and pronounced progress" towards its restructuring goals. The rating agency wants to determine whether the German bank can sustain a recent improvement in its earnings, which has largely been fuelled by an outperformance in its capital markets business.
