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EBRD’s GET 2021-25: Bold Green Finance Targets, Fossil Fuel Risks & Paris Alignment

EBRDs Green Economy Transition (GET 2021-25) ...

Since January 2023, all new EBRD investments ...

In 2024, EBRD committed 2.7bn in green financ...

Scrutiny remains over fossil-fuel exceptions ...

How EU Banking Is Shifting After Brexit: Paris Emerges as Regulatory & Headcount Powerhouse

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Since Brexit, the top five Wall Street banks ...

ECB scrutiny has pushed banks to avoid “empty...

Paris has become the main EU markets hub, dra...

New rules such as CRD 6 from 2027 will furthe...

Tietoevry Banking Joins Norway’s NCE Finance Innovation Cluster to Boost Fintech SaaS

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Tietoevry Banking has joined Norways NCE Fina...

The partnership leverages Tietoevrys scale as...

NCE Finance Innovation, now a NIC Impact Clus...

Impact will hinge on converting membership in...

NIB Issues €750M Dark-Green Bond Under Revised EU-Taxonomy Framework

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In September 2024, Nordic Investment Bank iss...

The revised framework broadened eligible cate...

S&P Global Ratings gave the framework a “Dark...

The bond drew a €1.2bn orderbook and supports...

Norway’s NBIM Cuts BP Stake by 25% amid Energy-Transition & ESG Pressures

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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (NBIM) cut its...

At BP’s roughly US$91 billion market cap, the...

BP shares fell about 3.16% after the disclosu...

Neither NBIM nor BP gave a reason, but the mo...

Denmark Pension Funds Shift Strategy: Private Capital Backed ESG Defence Investments Surge

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Denmark’s banks, pension funds and insurers h...

Danish pension funds have sharply increased d...

Major providers such as PFA and Danica are lo...

Pension funds are also backing defence-focuse...

Bloomberg “Unusual Activity” Block: Key Facts & What It Means for Cybersecurity Risk

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Access to the Bloomberg article is blocked by...

The block page provides a session-specific re...

The likely trigger is bot-like traffic patter...

The block disrupts timely content access and ...

Denmark Sets New Standard: Nationwide Verification of Payee with SurePay Before EU Deadline

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Finance Denmark chose SurePay to deliver a na...

Denmark is moving ahead of the EU Instant Pay...

SurePay is a proven provider with 9B+ VoP che...

The rollout makes Denmark the first Nordic an...

Healthcare PE Hits $191B in 2025: Biopharma, Medtech & IT Fuel Global Surge

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Global healthcare PE deal value hit a record ...

Exits rebounded to ~$156B from ~$54B in 2024,...

Biopharma (~$80B), provider services (~$62B) ...

Europe nearly doubled to ~$59B and Asia-Pacif...

EU Court Slams Backlash Over “Killer Acquisitions”: Impacts of the Illumina-GRAIL Ruling

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The ECJ ruled on 3 September 2024 that the Co...

This overturns the Commissions 2021 policy ai...

DMA Article 14 forces gatekeepers to inform t...

Scrutiny of risky below-threshold acquisition...