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British Muslims Targeted in OneCoin Scam

A BBC investigation has found that British Muslims were targeted in one of the world’s biggest “get-rich-quick” money scams – the OneCoin fraud. Journalist Jamie...

Swedish Central Bank Sells Bonds ‘for Climate Reasons’

Sweden's Riksbank has sold government bonds issued by Canadian and Australian states "for climate reasons", in one of the first cases of a central...

Climate Change: Why Sweden’s Central Bank Dumped Australian Bonds

Suddenly, at the level of central banks, Australia is regarded as an investment risk. On Wednesday Martin Flodén, the deputy governor of Sweden’s central...

EIB & IsDB Commit $1Billion Each to Co-Finance Green Projects

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the European Investment Bank pledged to commit $1b each in co-financing green projects, during the 2019 Sukuk Summit,...

Green Bond Issuance May Reach $250bn In 2019

The Climate Bonds Initiative said in a blog that monthly issuance volume of green bonds reached $22.8bn in October, taking total issuance since the...

EU’s Public Version Of Libra Could Soon Make Headway

With the caveat that the project faced challenges and was for the long term, senior officials have noted that progress on the feasibility of...