We.trade comes to life,and is open to all banks

New markets in the EMEA region are opening up apace in the depositary receipts market, but China remains the looming driving force behind activity.

The newly created role underscores Santander’s appetite for the chemical sector, at a time of strong market opportunity.

Financial messaging firm Swift has picked long term employee Javier Pérez-Tasso as its new chief executive officer, at a time of unprecedented change in the cross border payments industry.

Telecoms company Vodafone stunned the markets in the first quarter with what looked to be the ultimate prize in corporate finance – a deal that at first glance seems to let the company raise significant debt without diminishing any of its existing credit or equity metrics. But while investors poured money into the deal, the ratings agencies kicked back. 

At a time when the Lebanese government is pushing for ambitious green reforms, the EBRD and Bank Audi have committed US$200mn in funding for private renewable energy projects. 

A three year, US$300mn E&S transaction provides a financial incentive to improve environmental and social practices across the Ghanaian cocoa industry. 

Dutch development bank FMO printed its first ever green bond in the first quarter, with the deal helping promote the nascent offshore US dollar green market. 

Raiffeisen Bank International has released its own digital platform for Schuldschein, amid a flurry of bank-backed electronic processing offerings being launched into the market.

Luba Nikulina and Chris Redmond have been appointed into new positions at the leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. 

Doubling down on its emerging market assets strategy, the firm promotes Cristiana de Alessi.

Addition of Evans and Tsirigotis set to help reinvent traditional merchant banking.