Bond markets assess fallout as German policy hawk quits ECB

WNM | Sep 26, 2019 at 2:59 PM

Euro zone bond yields held above two-week lows on Thursday on optimism over U.S.-China trade talks, while the resignation of Sabine Lautenschlaeger from the ECB’s executive board turned focus to what the central bank will look like under its next chief.

Big global banks adopt new U.N.-backed climate principles

WNM | Sep 22, 2019 at 8:52 PM

Banks with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, adopted new U.N.-backed “responsible banking” principles to fight climate change on Sunday that would shift their loan books away from fossil fuels.