ITALY WORKING ON PLAN TO START ISSUING GREEN BONDS – SOURCES
By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italy’s government is honing its first-ever green bonds issuance plan to be launched soon to fund environmental projects, according to ruling coalition sources. Key investment areas have been identified but the framework, containing the standards and list of specific projects, is still to be defined, though sources say it will […]
STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY- EMPTY CLASSROOMS AGAIN; MORE COMING WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Wednesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes. The order to close New York City schools beginning Thursday was unwelcome in the extreme but Mayor Bill de Blasio said it was necessary. The […]
ITALY TO PLACE NEW USD BONDS TODAY, CAP IS USD 4BLN FOR US INVESTORS; MORE ISSUANCE COULD FOLLOW
By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italy will issue at 10:30 am EST Thursday a second round of US-dollar-denominated bonds with the goal of consolidating a stable and solid presence in the US market through a broad range of maturities after last year’s first issuance. Rome’s Treasury announced it has mandated Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities Europe […]