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HSBC misled consumers with its green posters: Watchdog

  Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc has been reprimanded by a UK watchdog for violating environmental advertising rules, after it sought to depict itself as a green bank in a set of posters. In the latest sign that regulators are growing increasingly intolerant of all manifestations of greenwashing, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it has ordered HSBC to ensure the ...

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BOE to start its delayed bond sales next month

  Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) will start its delayed bond sales early next month, refocusing on the fight against record inflation after averting the threat of a market meltdown. The announcement of so-called quantitative tightening is a statement of intent from the central bank, which had been on the defensive for weeks after fallout from a government plan ...

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Scotiabank sells new hybrid debt as Fed’s hikes weigh on LatAm

  Bloomberg Bank of Nova Scotia, the Canadian bank with the largest exposure to Latin America, sold $750 million of loss-absorbing hybrid securities amid mounting concerns about the spillover effects of US Federal Reserve rate hikes on emerging-market economies. Scotiabank priced 60-year so-called limited recourse capital notes at a yield of 8.625%, down from around 8.75% initially discussed. That’s an ...

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