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Greg Ritchie

@greg_ritchie

Journalist at Bloomberg. Fan of @officialdafc and disappointment. Tips to gritchie10 at bloomberg dot net

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Joined October 2011
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French 10-year borrowing costs match Greece’s for the first time bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @greg_ritchie
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🚨Personal news: After two and a half wonderful years at the Standard I am leaving to become the new editor of @UKTNofficial
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Simon Hunt appointed new editor of UKTN - UKTN

Simon Hunt appointed new editor of UKTN - UKTN

UKTN, the leading technology news site, has appointed Simon Hunt as its new editor as it marks the next phase in its expansion.

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Happy T+1 day. The US stock market is finally as fast as it was about a hundred years ago. Story by @greg_ritchie bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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EXCLUSIVE: The UK government is close to naming a successor to Robert Stheeman as the head of the Debt Management Office... Possible candidates named here... bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @greg_ritchie @worrachate @EllenAMilligan @lndurand
UK Nears Pick for New Debt Chief Ahead of Bond-Sales Wave

UK Nears Pick for New Debt Chief Ahead of Bond-Sales Wave

The UK government is close to naming a successor to Robert Stheeman as chief executive of the Debt Management Office, just as the agency prepares to issue a flood of new bonds.

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A major UK power generator avoided paying consumers more than £600 million at the height of the energy crisis Drax has been accused of gaming a subsidy contract that its own CEO says is designed to guard consumers from price spikes Exclusive @BloombergUK bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…
UK Consumers Needed Energy Relief — a Loophole Lost Them Millions

UK Consumers Needed Energy Relief — a Loophole Lost Them Millions

Drax, one of the country’s biggest energy producers, managed to avoid returning hundreds of millions to households during a historic cost-of-living crisis

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An incredible feat of financial engineering. They made Saudi Aramco ESG bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Akshat Rathi@AkshatRathi6 Jun 2023
US "failure to ratify a number of treaties in areas including women’s rights and controversial weapons" is enough for this German state to ban investing in US treasuries. Superb spot by @greg_ritchie. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
US Treasuries Blacklisted by German State as ESG Law Takes Hold

US Treasuries Blacklisted by German State as ESG Law Takes Hold

Baden-Württemberg takes ‘a blunt approach’ that leads to creation of so-called exclusions list.

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Power traders in the UK have pulled in half a billion pounds by using the stations they control in ways that worsen tight markets and increase energy bills Regulator Ofgem has now called the practice “manipulation” Exclusive @business investigation bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…
Consumers Foot the Bill For Traders ‘Manipulating’ UK Power Market

Consumers Foot the Bill For Traders ‘Manipulating’ UK Power Market

Some of the UK’s biggest energy companies participate in a practice that regulators say drives prices higher.

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“The first rule of #ESG is, don’t talk about ESG.” How bankers are burying any reference to that now toxic acronym when selling financial products in Republican states. @climate with Saijel Kishan & @greg_ritchie bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Bankers Bury ‘ESG’ in Pitch Books to Head Off Republican Attacks

Bankers Bury ‘ESG’ in Pitch Books to Head Off Republican Attacks

As the political rhetoric gets nastier, banks and asset managers are changing their messaging in investor reports and other marketing strategies.

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HSBC just added #greenwashing to its list of key climate risks, alongside physical and transition risks i.e. greenwashing could be as financially material to banks as stranded assets and flooding, fires, etc. @climate with @greg_ritchie bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
HSBC Says Greenwash Risks Have Potential to Impede Market Access

HSBC Says Greenwash Risks Have Potential to Impede Market Access

Bank adds `greenwashing’ to list of risks as global regulators move to clamp down on overhyped climate claims.

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A $5 trillion sovereign bond group is rethinking climate risk bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @greg_ritchie
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Brazil’s government could reassert its global climate credentials by selling a bond where the interest it pays creditors hinges on whether the country protects the Amazon rainforest bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business with @greg_ritchie
A Brazil Bond to Protect Amazon Rainforest Gains Traction Among ESG Investors

A Brazil Bond to Protect Amazon Rainforest Gains Traction Among ESG Investors

Brazil’s government could reassert its global climate credentials by selling a bond where the interest it pays creditors hinges on whether the country protects the Amazon rainforest.

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EU efforts to reach a final agreement on rules to prevent greenwashing in debt instruments have stalled, as disagreements flare over how wide-reaching such a deal should be bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/@greg_ritchie
EU Moves Closer to Deal to Fight Greenwashing in Bond Market

EU Moves Closer to Deal to Fight Greenwashing in Bond Market

European Union efforts to reach a final agreement on rules to prevent greenwashing in debt instruments have stalled, as disagreements flare over how wide-reaching such a deal should be.

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A government-backed bond program discontinued more than a decade ago is protecting a small group of canny British savers from today’s cost-of-living squeeze bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @wealth by @greg_ritchie
Record £1.2 Billion Payout for UK Savers With Rare Inflation-Linked Notes

Record £1.2 Billion Payout for UK Savers With Rare Inflation-Linked Notes

A government-backed bond program discontinued more than a decade ago is protecting a small group of canny British savers from today’s cost-of-living squeeze.

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Paul Davies@PaulJDavies5 Dec 2022
Banks and shadow banks ex-US have $65 TRILLION in off-balance sheet dollar liabilities via FX swaps and forwards - that's 2.5x the US Treasury market - acc'ing to the @BIS_org. This huge hidden debt needs to be made visible. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion
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The asset management units of Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas are adding to a tidal wave of ESG fund downgrades bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @ntashawhite @greg_ritchie @StevenArons
ESG Fund Chaos Angers Investors as Greenwashing Concerns Mount

ESG Fund Chaos Angers Investors as Greenwashing Concerns Mount

The asset management units of Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA are adding to a tidal wave of ESG fund downgrades, bringing industry assets under management to have been hit by such reclassificat...

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Poland's petroleum refiner PKN Orlen started paying creditors a higher coupon on two local-currency sustainability-linked bonds after MSCI cut its ESG rating bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @greg_ritchie @maciejonoszko

ESG Downgrade Sparks New Penalty in $200 Billion Bond Market

The sustainable bond market has passed a milestone.

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“Nobody wants to have matted hair, or dry flaky skin” - A group of nurses are behind a pilot initiative caring for the hair and skin of their most vulnerable patients, which has greatly aided their recovery. Now it may be adopted across the whole NHS: theguardian.com/society/2022…
‘It makes them feel better’: skin and haircare regime a hit for ICU patients

‘It makes them feel better’: skin and haircare regime a hit for ICU patients

Covid prompted Ginny Wanjiro at St Thomas’ to get funding for scheme reflecting the diversity of Lambeth

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BBC Statement on Ed Lawrence
BBC STATEMENT ON ED LAWRENCE “The BBC is extremely concerned about the treatment of our journalist Ed Lawrence, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering the protests in Shanghai. He was held for several hours before being released. During his arrest, he was beaten and kicked by the police. This happened while he was working as an accredited journalist. “It is very worrying that one of our journalists was attacked in this way whilst carrying out his duties. We have had no official explanation or apology from the Chinese authorities, beyond a claim by the officials who later released him that they had arrested him for his own good in case he caught Covid from the crowd. We do not consider this a credible explanation.”

ALT BBC STATEMENT ON ED LAWRENCE “The BBC is extremely concerned about the treatment of our journalist Ed Lawrence, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering the protests in Shanghai. He was held for several hours before being released. During his arrest, he was beaten and kicked by the police. This happened while he was working as an accredited journalist. “It is very worrying that one of our journalists was attacked in this way whilst carrying out his duties. We have had no official explanation or apology from the Chinese authorities, beyond a claim by the officials who later released him that they had arrested him for his own good in case he caught Covid from the crowd. We do not consider this a credible explanation.”

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A canny accounting move by the UK’s former chancellor George Osborne that reaped £120 billion in profits for the government is now turning sour bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
UK’s Fiscal Hole Deepens on Osborne’s Decade-Old Accounting Ploy

UK’s Fiscal Hole Deepens on Osborne’s Decade-Old Accounting Ploy

A canny accounting move by former UK chancellor George Osborne that reaped £120 billion in profits for the government is now turning sour and risks growing the fiscal hole challenging his successors.

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