UPDATE 4-German 30-yr green bond bucks market selloff with record demand

Green bonds, with their limited supply, usually trade with a lower yield.

“I think it is half supply-related and half macro-related.

The world’s biggest company joins a growing list of debt issuers tapping the market for green and sustainable bonds, which is swelling as asset managers come under pressure from their investors to advance environmental, social and governance causes.

— The world’s biggest industry body for sustainable investing wants pension funds to help pick up the slack for Japan, which is lagging in integrating environmental, social and governance factors into investment decision-making.Such investors, whose behaviour is likely to influence other money managers, have been slow to adopt the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, according to Michiyo Morisawa, the PRI’s Japan head.

IAG, which also owns Aer Lingus, Iberia and Vueling, has a weekly cash burn rate of 175 million euros while most of its fleet is grounded due to restrictions, meaning its focus over the past year has been on raising funds.

Wood, whose flagship fund suffered its largest outflows on record last week, said in a webinar Tuesday that she sees spiking commodity prices as a sign that businesses are double or triple ordering supplies as they try to restart their global supply lines.

BEIJING -China should implement its commitments to equal treatment for foreign business and abandon “implicit” guidance to replace foreign products with domestic alternatives, the American Chamber of Commerce in China said on Tuesday.

He added that with more than $2 trillion now invested in virtual currencies, “a meaningful reset lower could also affect more traditional financial assets like equities.”For the JPMorgan team, the possible retail-driven froth in cryptocurrencies is a reminder of late 2017, when a crypto boom peaked.Ether RecordAmong the most notable moves in the crypto market Monday was Ether’s jump past $4,000 for the first time after a climb of more than 2,000% in the past year.

— The surging cost of commodities to industries and households is a threat to China’s economic growth and the purchasing power of its citizenry.As prices soar for everything from the copper and steel used in construction, to the coal that heats homes and powers factories, to the corn that feeds animals, what can Beijing do to control the record-breaking rally?The answer is complicated by several factors, including policies on pollution and imports that have only served to exacerbate supply constraints.

are also sliding after hot debuts during the past year’s rally.The weakness in some recent debuts could damp enthusiasm for offerings still in the pipeline, with at least seven IPOs expected to price this week, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Read more: Tech-Fueled Selloff Goes Global on Inflation FearAffirm, the consumer lender, briefly fell below its IPO price on Tuesday, dropping under $49 less than four months after shares surged by 98% in their debut session — one of the biggest pops since the 2008 financial crisis.Vaccine developer Vaxcyte Inc.

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The 1967 devaluation of the pound that humiliated Harold Wilson’s Labour government followed years of balance of payments problems.Now the pound floats freely, meaning that the exchange rate can fall to a level where foreign investors once again find British assets attractive, sparing Britain an abrupt funding crisis.With British assets owned by foreigners now worth around six times the size of the economy, an adjustment may not be without pain, however.

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