(IN BRIEF) Barclays has appointed Paul Johnson as the new Head of Equities for Asia Pacific, where he will lead the bank’s equities business in the region, focusing on Equity Derivatives, Equity-linked Financing, Electronic Trading, and Prime Services. Johnson will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged APAC, APAC Co-Head of Equity Derivatives, APAC growth, appointment, Asia Pacific, Bank of America, Barclays, CEEMEA, CEO of Barclays Asia Pacific, client-first approach, electronic trading, equities and derivatives, Equity derivatives, Equity-linked Financing, Exotics Equity Derivatives Trading, FXO trading, Global Head of Equities, global markets, Goldman Sachs, Head of Equities, Head of Markets, Hong Kong, Industry expertise, Jaideep Khanna, Latin America, leadership, MENA, Paul Johnson, Prime Services, Scott McDavid
(IN BRIEF) SIX has acquired Swiss Fund Data (SFD), enhancing its role as the leading provider of fund data in Switzerland. SFD, known for offering comprehensive data on Swiss-registered funds, will continue to provide critical services to the Swiss financial … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, International Trade, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged acquisition, Adrian Schatzmann, AMAS, asset management, Asset Management Association Switzerland, CEO, corporate actions, data services, domestic funds, Executive Board, financial marketplace, foreign funds, fund data, Head of Financial Information, legal announcements, Marion Leslie, market transparency, partnership, pension planning funds, pillar 3 funds, Pricing, reference data, reliable data, SFD, SIX, Swiss Fund Data, Swiss fund market, Swiss-registered funds, transparency
(IN BRIEF) Pier Luigi Colizzi, Chairman of EMEA M&A at Barclays, has been appointed as a Global Chairman of Investment Banking and joins the Global Chairman Group (GCG). The GCG, formed in 2021, focuses on managing key client relationships and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged advisory and M&A operations, advisory services, appointment, Barclays, BZW, Chairman of EMEA M&A, Citi, Co-Head of GCG, corporate banking, corporate clients, Credit Suisse First Boston, European markets, financial sponsors, GCG, Global Chairman Group, Ingrid Hengster, Investment Banking, IPOs, leadership, M&A, Mark Zanoli, Pier Luigi Colizzi, Smith Barney, strategic client relationships, strategic initiatives
(IN BRIEF) Starting in 2026, the Netherlands is facing the risk of power grid congestion due to rising electricity demand, which could hinder the country’s energy transition. ABN AMRO’s latest report highlights the importance of cooperation between companies and grid … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged 2030 climate goals, ABN Amro, ACM, Ahoy Rotterdam, Decarbonisation Summit 2025, Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets, Dutch Senate, electricity demand, electrification, energy efficiency, energy hubs, Energy Law, energy sector, energy transition, flexible grid capacity, grid operators, Netherlands, partnership, Peter van Ees, power grid congestion, Quid pro quo: What’s Causing Increasing Power Grid Congestion and How to Solve It, sustainabiity
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) presented a report at the Invisso Conference in Vienna examining innovation progress in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe (CESEE). While the region has made significant strides in R&D and labor productivity, challenges such … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged business environment, Central, CESEE, competitiveness, Debora Revoltella, Eastern, economic convergence, EIB, EU, GDP, ICT, INNOVATION, innovation gaps, innovation-driven growth, intellectual property, Invisso Conference, Kyriacos Kakouris, labor-productivity, Manufacturing, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, partnership, Patents, pharmaceuticals, R&D personnel, research-intensive sectors, risk capital, skilled workers, South Eastern Europe, technology adoption, venture capital, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw
(IN BRIEF) Formo, a Berlin-based food tech company, has secured a €35 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to scale up its fermentation processes for producing dairy and egg alternatives. This brings the company’s total financing to over … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News
Tagged Animal Welfare, animal-free, Austria, bioidentical milk proteins, blue cheese, caseins, dairy alternatives, egg alternatives, egg substitute, EIB, environmental impact, fermentation processes, food system resilience, food tech, Formo, Frischhain, Germany, Greek feta, health, INNOVATION, InvestEU, Koji mushrooms, Metro, micro-fermentation, Nicola Beer, partnership, protein-rich, Raffael Wohlgensinger, REWE, Series B funding, sustainability, sustainable consumption, sustainable food production, synthetic biotechnologies, white cheese, €135 million, €35 million loan
(IN BRIEF) Stadtwerke Reutlingen has received a €70 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to modernize its electricity grid and expand its district heating network as part of Germany’s energy transition. The loan will fund infrastructure upgrades, including … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged clean energy, decarbonization, digitalization, district heating expansion, district heating network, EIB, electric vehicle chargers, electricity demand, electricity grid, energy transition, European Investment Bank, Federal Network Agency, gas and oil heating systems, Germany, grid infrastructure, grid modernization, heat pumps, Jens Balcerek, local energy generation, Nicola Beer, partnership, renewable energy, renewable energy generation, Reutlingen, solar power, Stadtwerke Reutlingen, sustainability, sustainable energy, wind power, €327.7 billion investment, €70 million loan
(IN BRIEF) The Barclays Property Insights report reveals a slowdown in the growth of rent and mortgage spending, which increased by 1.8% year-on-year in December, down from 8.2% in November. This is the lowest growth rate since August 2024, attributed … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged "Bank of Mum and Dad", Bank of England, Barclays, base rate reduction, Consumer Spending, Deposit savings, discretionary spending, driveways, family support, financial confidence, first-time buyer schemes, First-Time Buyers, garages, gardens, home improvements, home renovations, Homebuyers, homeownership, house prices, housing affordability, housing payments, longer mortgage terms, Mark Arnold, mortgage spending, mortgages and savings, Property Insights, property value, rent, stamp duty, UK housing trends, utility bills
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a €66 million synthetic securitisation deal with Bank Millennium in Poland, marking the EBRD’s second capital relief transaction in the country. This deal will help Bank Millennium strengthen … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Poland, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Bank Millennium, capital relief transaction, corporate loans, credit protection, EBRD, EBRD .Investment, energy efficiency, EU Capital Requirements Regulation, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, financial resilience, GET criteria, Green Economy Transition, Green Projects, Lending Capacity, low-carbon economy, mezzanine tranche, partnership, Poland, Poland economy, private sector, renewable energy, risk management, risk-weighted asset relief, significant risk transfer, simple, small and medium-sized enterprises, SME, SRT, standardised, STS, sustainability, synthetic securitisation, transparent, €15.4 billion, €66 million
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed €20 million to the SG Capital Baltic Private Credit Fund, a new initiative managed by Latvia-based SG Capital Partners AIFP. The fund aims to raise €100 million to support small and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Latvia, Luxembourg, Management, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged acquisitions, Arvīds Kostomārovs, Baltic businesses, bonds, capital expenditure, Climate Action, economic growth, EIF, EIF investment, environmental sustainability, Estonia, European Investment Fund, flexible financing solutions, funding gap, Harijs Švarcs, INNOVATION, institutional investors, InvestEU programme, Latvia, Lithuania, Marjut Falkstedt, Mid-Sized Companies, partnership, private credit, private credit financing, senior loans, SFDR, SG Capital, SG Capital Baltic Private Credit Fund, SG Capital Partners AIFP, SMEs, sustainabilty, Sustainable Finance, Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, working capital
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD has provided a €25 million loan to BNP Paribas Finansal Kiralama in Türkiye to support gender-responsive green investments. This loan, part of the Türkiye Green Economy Financing Facility II, aims to fund projects in energy efficiency, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Turkey, United Kingdom
Tagged 2053, BNP Paribas Finansal Kiralama, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, climate finance, climate resilience, EBRD, EBRD .Investment, energy efficiency, equipment finance, gender component, gender-responsive, Green Economy Financing Facility II, Green Technologies, leasing companies, net-zero emissions, Oksana Yavorskaya, partnership, private sector, renewable energy, Sibel Alyar, small and medium-sized enterprises, sustainability, sustainable growth, trade finance, Türkiye, WOMEN
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has launched a synthetic securitisation operation with a €94 million mezzanine guarantee, supported by a counter-guarantee from the European Investment Bank (EIB). This initiative, focused on green projects, is designed to help Italian … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged BNP Paribas Group, capital, ecological transition, EIB, EIB Group, EIF, energy efficiency, energy transition, energy-efficient projects, environmental sustainability, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, Families, financing, financing accessibility, Findomestic, Gelsomina Vigliotti, green support, Households, Italy, Marco Tarantola, Marjut Falkstedt, mezzanine guarantee, partnership, renewable energy, renewable energy innovation, retail loans, solar energy, sustainability, sustainable solutions, synthetic securitisation, €400 million, €94 million
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has begun 2025 with a successful series of funding issuances, including a GBP 500 million bond and a NOK 2 billion environmental bond (NEB). This follows a record-setting 2024, in which NIB raised … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, News
Tagged "Dark Green" Second Opinion, 2025, 95 transactions, environmental bonds, EUR, EUR 1.7 billion, EUR 9.1 billion, funding issuances, GBP 500 million bond, global benchmark bonds, green finance, investor base, NEB, NEB framework, NIB, NOK 2 billion environmental bond, Nordic Investment Bank, public and private bonds, S&P Global Ratings, sustainable projects, twelve currencies, USD
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €4.7 million EU-backed loan to support the reclamation of the Hrybovychi landfill in Lviv, Ukraine. This funding will help improve waste management infrastructure, address environmental hazards, and transform the landfill … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology, Ukraine
Tagged Andriy Sadovyi, drainage layer, EBRD, EIB, environmental challenges, Environmental Safety, EU environmental standards, EU-backed financing, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, firefighting, green space, green zone, groundwater monitoring, Hrybovychi landfill, international partners, Lviv, Lviv city budget, Oleksii Kuleba, park area, partnership, perennial grasses, Phase I, Phase II, recreational area, rehabilitation, reservoir, soil covering, surface water treatment, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, Teresa Czerwinska, Ukraine Municipal Infrastructure Programme, UMIP, Valdis Dombrovskis, waste management, waste management challenges, €6.04 million loan
(IN BRIEF) SEB’s China Financial Index for 2024 revealed a drop to 52.0, indicating a challenging business environment for northern European companies operating in China. This decline, the lowest since May 2020, reflects concerns over customer demand, local competition, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Politics, Sweden
Tagged break-even, business outlook, CHINA, China Financial Index, Chinese government, Covid-19 crisis, customer demand, economy, EU-China relationship, foreign businesses, foreign direct investment, foreign exchange rates, geopolitical concerns, Investment Outlook, Juliette Xue Lascoux, labor costs, local competition, May 2020, modest investments, northern European companies, order intake, partnership, pessimism, profit outlook, profit shrinkage, profitability, sales growth, SEB, SEB Shanghai, staffing outlook, subsidiaries, trade war, US presidential election, US-China relationship, US-China tensions
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) successfully priced a EUR 5bn 10-year EARN bond on January 8, 2025, marking the largest Climate Awareness EARN order book in the institution’s history at EUR 47.3bn, including EUR 1.95bn from Joint Lead … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged 10-year bond, 2.875% coupon, bank treasuries, benchmark bond, BNP Paribas, bond demand, bond issuance, bond pricing, bond terms, central banks, Climate Awareness EARN, DBR 2.6 08/15/34, EIB, EUR 47.3bn order book, EUR 5bn bond, EUR 60bn target, European Investment Bank, France, funding program, geographical demand, investor interest, J.P. Morgan, January 15 2035 maturity, January 8 2025, Joint Lead Manager, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Morgan Stanley, Natixis, official institutions, oversubscribed, re-offer price, re-offer spread, re-offer yield, spread, United Kingdom
(IN BRIEF) Nordea has donated funds to support the University of Jyväskylä’s four-year research project focused on assessing the biodiversity footprint of economic activities. The research aims to improve understanding of how economic actions impact biodiversity, particularly in the Nordic … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Dr. Dirk Schumacher has been appointed as the new Chief Economist of KfW Group, effective 1 April 2025. With a doctorate in economics, Schumacher brings extensive experience from his previous roles at Commerzbank, Goldman Sachs, the European Central … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Germany
Tagged appointment, Chief Economist, Commerzbank, Dr. Dirk Schumacher, Economic Analysis, Economics, European Central Bank, European economy, Fritzi Köhler-Geib, German economy, Goldman Sachs, KfW Group, KfW Research, macroeconomic research, Natixis, Stefan Wintels
(IN BRIEF) Prudential plc has appointed Ray Farris as the Chief Economist for Eastspring Investments, its asset management arm. Farris, who brings over 30 years of experience in economics and strategy, will provide macroeconomic analysis to guide Prudential’s and Eastspring’s … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BBVA and IBM Research have created a dataset to evaluate biases in generative AI models in languages other than English, specifically testing for biases in Spanish. The dataset, based on IBM’s SocialStigmaQA (SSQA), examines how AI models respond … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged BBVA, Clara Higuera, dataset, IBM Research, Non-English Generative AI Models, partnership
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