September 24, 2020/Aetoswire Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, today announces the successful issuance of its inaugural CHF150 Million Reg S senior unsecured benchmark Green Bond (the “Bond”) under the Corporation’s US$5 Billion Global Medium-Term Note (“GMTN”) programme , maturing 2025 (“the […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
How to Meet the European Union’s Ambitious Climate Mitigation Goals
September 24, 2020/IMFBlog By Dora Iakova, Alfred Kammer, and James Roaf Last week, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen made an ambitious proposal. By 2030, the European Union would aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent below their 1990 levels. And this is […]
Surprise cut in MPR: Implications on the Economy
September 23, 2020/InvestmentOne Report Surprisingly, the Monetary Policy Committee of the CBN at the end of its meeting yesterday cut the benchmark interest rate by 100bps to 11.50%, the lowest rate since 2016. In the same vein, the Committee adjusted the asymmetric corridor to +100/-700 bps around the MPR from […]
